Who funds Whitehead Institute?
Whitehead Institute has an annual operating budget of $73 million, about half of which comes from research grants awarded by the federal government. Endowment funds provide the seed money necessary to develop new directions in science to conduct the experiments that will convince others an idea is worth pursuing. The flexibility resulting from these resources has played a central role in Whitehead’s development; allowing the Institute to nurture scientific advances that might not have occurred in other settings. The endowment fund totals about $376 million. Last updated August 20, 2009.
