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The Role of Foundations and Scientific Societies in Supporting Frontier Research at Disciplinary Boundaries

Assembly of Science Officers Annual MeetingAmerican Institute of Physics

Robert W. ConnPresident and CEO, The Kavli Foundation

March 24, 2016

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The Kavli Foundation is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity, promoting public understanding of scientific research, and supporting scientists and their work.

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Slide 1: [[Introduce Fred Kavli, button press to reveal The Kavli Foundation Mission Statement]]

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Our Mission

Advance science for the benefit of humanity,

Support scientists and their work, and

Promote public understanding and appreciation of science

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Slide 2: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: INTRODUCE MISSION WITH PROGRAMS The Kavli Foundation supports its mission through two sets of programs. The first is our science programs, shown in the red circles, which includes Kavli Institutes, Kavli Meetings, the NAS Kavli Frontiers of Science Program, the Kavli Royal Society Centre, Scientific Society Programs, and Kavli Pilot programs. [[Speaker can elaborate on each program here if desired.]]

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Slide 3: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: INTRODUCE CONCEPT Each new initiative that we pursue capitalizes on strengths of many of these programs. To provide an example of one of our endeavors: the BRAIN Initiative really started with the CONCEPT of the Brain Activity Map, but how did it ultimately develop into the BRAIN Initiative?

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Slide 4: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION In Sept 2011, scientists, many of which are members of our nanoscience and neuroscience institutes, gathered at the Kavli Royal Society Centre outside London to participate in meetings that stimulated the Brain Activity Map Project. BAM proved critical to the scientific thinking behind the BRAIN Initiative and was a major catalyst in its launching

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Slide 5: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION Many subsequent meetings were convened by The Kavli Foundation through its active meetings program, including one one at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, which the Kavli Foundation provides support for. Outcomes of these meetings included a Neuron and Science paper on the Brain Activity Map

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Understanding the brain through new tool development

Birth of new industries

Cross disciplinary research

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Slide 6: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: OUTCOME The BRAIN Initiative was announced by President Obama in April 2013, We can now observe the many outcomes of the BRAIN Initiative, including its role in: (1) cross disciplinary research, particularly drawing in physical scientists, to pursue projects in neuroscience (2) increasing understanding of the brain through new tool development (3) advancing societal goals to improve health, made possible by an acceleration in tool development and novel findings stemming

APS News: BRAIN Initiative

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Slide 7: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: BRAIN HELPED DRAW IN PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS APS featured news coverage on BRAIN The American Chemical Society published a 2012 journal issue that highlighted BRAIN advances

Partnering with Scientific Societies to Promote Interdisciplinary Meetings and Public Outreach

The Kavli Foundation seeks to• Catalyze emergent fields• Support cross-disciplinary discussion –

find gaps and opportunities

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Slide 8: PURPOSE OF SLIDE: FOUNDATION’S INTEREST IN PARTNERING WITH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES The BRAIN Initiative example illustrates how we engage the strengths of our multiple programs catalyze new initiatives. Focusing more deeply now on our programs with Scientific Societies, the Foundation seeks to work with societies to: 1. Nucleate communities around emergent fields [[Button press to show red circles of MRS image]]– Such as our support for the Materials Research Society, where physics, chemistry, engineering are united in the study of new materials 2. [[Button press to show conference image]] And support specific cross-disciplinary discussions, like the Allied Genetics conference convened by the Genetics Society of America, brining together geneticists from an array of different model systems

From Carnegie’s Famous Admonition of 1901 to the Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge of 2010 –

Giving Back is an American Cultural Imperative

And Today, New Wealth is Being Created at a Rate not seen in more than a Century

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Philanthropy in American Society

Philanthropic Giving Over More than a Century Helps Underwrite Today’s Operating Budgets of Universities

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School Endowment Annual Payout (5%)

1 Harvard University $36,429,000,000 $1,821,000,000

2 Yale University $23,859,000,000 $1,193,000,000

3 Stanford University $21,466,000,000 $1,073,000,000

4 Princeton University $20,576,000,000 $1,029,000,000

5 MIT $12,425,000,000 $621,000,000

6 Texas A&M University $10,521,000,000 $526,000,000

7 University of Michigan $9,604,000,000 $480,000,000

8 University of Pennsylvania $9,582,000,000 $479,000,000

9 Columbia University $9,223,000,000 $461,000,000

10 University of Notre Dame $8,189,000,000 $409,000,000

Source: US News and World Report (2014 Data)

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America’s Universities Receive $35 Billion Annually For Basic Research, a Third of It from their own Resources.

Federal $23B

Non-Profit $3BUniversities $9B

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U.S. Basic Research at Universities Funding by SourceSource: AAAS and NSF Science & Engineering Indicators 2016

Looking Ahead for Science

• Six Founding Foundations

• Science Philanthropy Alliance Goals

– Increase Philanthropic Support for Basic Science– Work with American’s Research Universities and Private Research

Institutions to Ensure Support for Basic Science is Strong

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute• The Kavli Foundation• Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation

• The Simons Foundation• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation• Research Corp. for Science Adv.

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This slide is work in progress.

The Science Philanthropy Alliance will Make the Case To Philanthropists on Behalf of Basic Science

History Suggests We can be Optimistic That Much

New Wealth will be Given Back for the Benefit of Society

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