The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards $10.5M to New Allen Distinguished Investigators

Uncovering biological properties of extracellular vesicles, which play a vital role in how cells communicate, and understanding how sex hormones drive behavior and development are two areas that the new cohorts of Allen Distinguished Investigators will research, thanks to over $10M in funding from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. 

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will award $1.5M to seven research projects which 18 researchers will lead. Together, these awards represent a total of approximately $10.5M in funding from the Foundation, as recommended by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, to support cutting-edge, early-stage research projects that promise to advance the fields of biology and medicine. 

The seven awarded projects were selected from open calls for proposals in two fields: extracellular vesicles and sex hormones. When considering funding areas, The Frontiers Group looks for emerging fields where an investment could be catalytic to advance scientific progress—not just for awardees, but for all in that particular field.