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Schmidt Science Fellows is a STEM postdoctoral fellowship awarded annually since 2018 by Schmidt Futures, in partnership with the Rhodes Trust. [1] Former Google chairman and chief executive officer Eric Schmidt , and his wife Wendy Schmidt , fund the fellowship award.
The website for Schmidt Futures states that before their final year of high school participants will be invited to attend a residential fellowship. Participants will also receive other opportunities, including scholarship funding, mentorship and career services. [5] [6]
Schmidt Futures funds basic research [10] for the public good [11] in science, technology, and society. The organization searches for talented people and focuses them on hard problems through networks and competitions, new research [ 2 ] or policy organizations, and scholarships and fellowships.
[18] [19] It also supports the $1.5 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X Prize for work on ocean acidification. [20] [21] In March 2013, the Foundation and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched the Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, a global fellowship program for developing the skills and innovative mindset needed for the circular economy. [22]
Schmidt and his wife established the Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Fellowship, a University of Chicago summer school program for aspiring data scientists. The Schmidt Family Foundation's subsidiaries include ReMain Nantucket and the Marine Science and Technology Foundation; its main charitable program is the 11th Hour Project.
Convergent Research is an incubator for philanthropic ventures founded in 2021 and funded by Eric Schmidt, Wendy Schmidt and Ken Griffin [1] [2] [3] as part of the Schmidt Futures Network. [4] Convergent Research is designed to identifying high-impact scientific or technological R&D fields, then launch companies to address these fields with a ...
A Sundance Institute program dedicated to cultivating and supporting diverse artists with disabilities is back after a pandemic pause. The Accessible Futures Initiative returns for 2021 after ...
In 2022, the National Academies launched, in partnership with Schmidt Futures, the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication [1] to recognize and develop excellence in science communication by research scientists and by early career, local, and freelance science journalists. The program provides winners with cash ...