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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
| Name: | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Description: | HHMI, a nonprofit medical research organization that ranks as one of the nation’s largest philanthropies, plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the United States. The Institute spent $776 million for research and distributed $1.6 million in grant support for science education in fiscal year 2010.
HHMI’s flagship program in biomedical research rests on the conviction that scientists of exceptional talent, commitment, and imagination will make fundamental biological discoveries for the betterment of human health if they receive the resources, time, and freedom to pursue challenging questions. Approximately 330 investigators, selected through rigorous national competitions, currently include 13 Nobel Prize winners and 147 members of the National Academy of Sciences. Hughes laboratories, found at 70 U.S. universities, research institutes, medical schools, and affiliated hospitals, employ nearly 700 postdocs and provide training opportunities for more than 1,000 graduate students each year. Founded in 1953 by aviator and industrialist Howard R. Hughes, HHMI is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and employs more than 3,000 individuals across the United States. It has an endowment of $14.8 billion. |
| Abbreviation: | HHMI |
| Super-category: | Lead institution |
| URL: | http://www.hhmi.org/ |
| Id: | nlx_98347 |
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| Abbrev | HHMI + |
| CurationStatus | curated + |
| DefiningCitation | http://www.hhmi.org/ + |
| Definition | HHMI, a nonprofit medical research organiz … HHMI, a nonprofit medical research organization that ranks as one of the nation’s largest philanthropies, plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the United States. The Institute spent $776 million for research and distributed $1.6 million in grant support for science education in fiscal year 2010.
HHMI’s flagship program in biomedical research rests on the conviction that scientists of exceptional talent, commitment, and imagination will make fundamental biological discoveries for the betterment of human health if they receive the resources, time, and freedom to pursue challenging questions. Approximately 330 investigators, selected through rigorous national competitions, currently include 13 Nobel Prize winners and 147 members of the National Academy of Sciences. Hughes laboratories, found at 70 U.S. universities, research institutes, medical schools, and affiliated hospitals, employ nearly 700 postdocs and provide training opportunities for more than 1,000 graduate students each year. Founded in 1953 by aviator and industrialist Howard R. Hughes, HHMI is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and employs more than 3,000 individuals across the United States. It has an endowment of $14.8 billion. tes. It has an endowment of $14.8 billion. |
| Id | nlx_98347 + |
| Label | Howard Hughes Medical Institute + |
| ModifiedDate | 16 September 2011 + |
| SuperCategory | Lead institution + |