Applications are now open! forms.gle/jWgWc5eZJncK...

Are you science faculty or a science teacher? We’re seeking reviewers for our review process in Dec or Jan: science-foundation.org/what-ifs-202...

@sciencefoundation.bsky.social is proud to announce our first program!

What if… you had 10K in a gift fund at your institution for curiosity-driven science?

Apply to “What Ifs…?”
science-foundation.org/what-ifs-2025/
Applications open 11/10, close 12/1

🧵 For International Microorganism Day, we thought the best way to get to know our team was by our favorite microorganisms!

www.instagram.com/p/DOuoUETDJaG/

“We need to give young scientists hope that people continue to believe in the value of science,” says @sciencefoundation.bsky.social’s founders Maren Friesen and @signalvsnoise.bsky.social.

My latest story for @nature.com.

Good morning! New SciFdn article dropped, 'Science Is It's Own Reward'

scifdn.substack.com/p/science-is...

(Why the Science Foundation has chosen to support basic science)

Another article we've loved starting SciFund -
David Lang's Unreasonable Effectiveness of Small Grants; stories of foundational work made possible by small grants.

(davidlang.substack.com/p/the-unreas...)

can't live with the cuts to basic science funding; they're an assault on my sense of the future.

building @sciencefoundation.bsky.social - nonprofit to fund basic science. small grants, fast review, LFG <3

🧵 While starting the SciFdn, we're inspired by @stuartbuck.bsky.social 's Good Science Project.

We esp. like a recent guest post (by Hiya Jain),
goodscience.substack.com/p/the-tower-...

"Today we could benefit from the same bias to action." ...

Introducing the Science Foundation: Join us in building a new model for funding basic research!

scifdn.substack.com/p/introducin...

#iheartscience

The Science Foundation is a new nonprofit aiming to support basic science, to make funding more efficient and transparent, and engage everyone in the funding process.

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