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December 11, 2025 at 1pm CT
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- Ono Pharma - Breakthrough Science Initiative
- Whitehall Foundation Research Grants
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Goyal Named Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Fellow
October 13, 2025 - from Feinberg School of Medicine
Yogesh Goyal joins a group of more than 150 past fellows from the U.S. and Canada. His research combines theory, computation, and single-cell resolved experiments to track and control cellular plasticity and fate choices in developing tissues and disease.
*$300
Medill Local News Initiative launches a new hub with a Robert R. McCormick Foundation grant
June 9, 2025 - from Medill School of Journalism
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern to expand the University’s work to strengthen local news and scholastic journalism in Illinois.
Seitz Receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
May 8, 2025 - from McCormick School of Engineering
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation recognizes Linsey Seitz, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, for her outstanding independent body of scholarship, and deep committed to education with the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
*$100K
New observations could lead to more efficient catalysts for green hydrogen production
April 11, 2025 - from Northwestern Now
2011 Dreyfus Prize winner Tobin Marks, Professor of Chemistry, led an international team of scientists that has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level.