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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is funding scientists [sciencemag.org]:

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has selected its first cohort of investigators. The nonprofit research institute in San Francisco, California, part of Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan's plan [sciencemag.org] to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases, announced today that 47 faculty at three nearby research universities will get no-strings-attached awards to delve into risky new directions.

Biohub is the first concrete piece of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's foray into science, launched last September with a commitment of $3 billion over 10 years from Zuckerberg and Chan, a pediatrician. The institute brings together the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); UC Berkeley; and Stanford University to focus initially on two projects, a cell atlas and infectious diseases. The launch of Biohub's investigator program [czbiohub.org] means each scientist and engineer chosen will receive an average of up to $300,000 per year for 5 years for life sciences research.

All papers produced are required to be freely published online as preprints. Published papers may also be required to be open access.

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