I just learned that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (a private philanthropic foundation) awarded $60 million to undergraduate teaching institutions. The list of awardees indicates that many of the recipients were also “private” schools.
I often complain about scientists always wanting more money from the state for their worthy cause, so I am thrilled to hear about this completely voluntary science initiative. As an added bonus, it focuses on undergraduate schools, rather than the big research institutions, where a little bit goes a long way.
2:49 pm on May 12, 2008
