Simons Foundation

06/02/2026

Now accepting applications for our Synthetic Plant Biology program, which supports research that applies engineering principles and techniques to advance our understanding of how plants function. More details: https://bit.ly/4x37PJ3

Funding Available for Synthetic Plant Biology Research on Simons Foundation

06/02/2026

Our Open Interval program enables trios of artists, scientists and arts organizations to collaborate deeply for several months around a shared scientific theme. Next year's theme will be "turbulence," and will open for applications in September 2026: https://bit.ly/4tYDdpd

Coming Soon: Open Interval, An Artist-Scientist Exploration of ‘Turbulence’ on Simons Foundation

06/01/2026

Simons Society of Fellows Junior Fellow Kevin Hu discusses his research and playful approach to science: https://bit.ly/4dA52yc

05/30/2026

Flatiron Institute researcher Tetiana Parshakova discusses her favorite mathematicians and one of the most beautiful discoveries in the field.

05/30/2026

On the largest observable scales, the universe looks nearly the same in every direction. A new paper from Simons Foundation president David Spergel and colleagues proposes initial conditions for the beginning of our universe that could explain this cosmic puzzle: https://bit.ly/3PQmDtC

05/29/2026

New findings from the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain make important inroads into two perplexing areas of neuroscience: memory and the origins of creativity: https://bit.ly/4wpdtVl

Researchers make advances in understanding how human brains are wired by pinning down how the same neurons are used for both imagining and seeing objects.

05/29/2026

Through our Open Interval program, artist Jiabao Li began collaborating with mathematician Fumiko Futamura. Now an math ambassador, Li discusses the importance of this collaboration and their new sculpture project in a recent interview: https://bit.ly/4uFKvyQ

05/28/2026

An enzyme produced in the liver during exercise helped repair brain blood vessels and improved the memory of aged mice, which could have implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

New from the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain: https://bit.ly/42XGSJ5

A Liver Enzyme Produced During Exercise Might Reverse Memory Loss on Simons Foundation

05/27/2026

Lacunae, a short film created by Flatiron Institute researcher Lukas Devos and filmmaker Danya Abt, explores translation as a process of selection and loss using digital video noise, erasure poetry and a riddle translated across multiple languages. Watch full film: https://bit.ly/3PD81On

05/27/2026

Flatiron Institute scientist Pilar Cossio builds tools to analyze experimental measurements and reveal how environmental changes alter the behavior of RNA: https://bit.ly/48rCAg2

Flatiron Institute researcher Pilar Cossio builds tools to analyze experimental measurements and reveal how environmental changes alter the behavior of RNA molecules.