Beyond Funding: How the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Provides Transformational Support to Researchers in Planetary Astronomy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/10/2025 on 7/10/2025 “By far, [the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship is] the best thing that’s ever happened to me professionally…It launched my career.” Peter Gao, 51 Pegasi b fellowship alumnus Astronomer Peter Gao specializes in the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system. Much of his work is theoretical; he hypothesizes about planets that scientists know exist. Like …
Bringing Together Unlikely Allies for Clean Cities Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/8/2025 on 4/8/2025 Woman bikes in downtown Denver Woman steps off the Kansas City Streetcar Woman charges her car in Colorado “What would happen if [two discrete advocacy groups] were both pushing for the same goals under one banner, leveraging each other’s strengths and assets?” Matt Oberhoffner, climate and clean energy program officer, Heising-Simons Foundation In 2020, COVID-19 …
A Shot in the Dark Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/1/2025 on 1/1/2025 Researching one of the most puzzling unsolved problems in physics. Written by Michael Blanding This essay is part of The Stories that Make Us, featuring key efforts in the Foundation’s history. Photos of FASER installation, a visit by Mark Heising and Jim Simons, and experiments, courtesy of CERN. Photos by: 1) Maximilien Brice and Julien …
A Better Way to Support Early Educators Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/1/2025 on 1/1/2025 Heising-Simons Foundation is helping transform the early childhood education workforce. Written by Michael Blanding This article is part of The Stories that Make Us, featuring key efforts in the Foundation’s history. Students and a teacher at EDvance outside. Teachers at EDvance inside. Students and teachers at EDvance outside. A student and a teacher at EDvance …