New Grant Programs

Grant maker: Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Md.)

Purpose: To support scientists who have recently started their careers and are conducting research in biology, chemistry, computational biology, engineering, medicine, or physics

Amount available: $600-million over two years

Web site: http://www.hhmi.org

Grant maker: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.)

Purpose: To fight childhood obesity in the United States.

Amount available: $500-million over five years

Web site: http://www.rwjf.org

Grant maker: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York)

Purpose: To encourage development of new energy technologies and public policies that can reduce the threat of climate change

Amount available: $100-million over five years

Web site: http://www.ddcf.org

Grant maker: Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis)

Program: Lilly Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Partnership

Purpose: To increase the supply and availability of effective drugs to treat tuberculosis, train health-care providers to diagnose and treat the disease, and prevent it from spreading

Amount available: $50-million

Web site: http://www.lillymdr-tb.com

Grant maker: Verizon Foundation (Basking Ridge, N.J.)

Program: Thinkfinity.org

Purpose: To provide free online educational resources to community organizations, teachers, and students in kindergarten through 12th grade

Amount available: $31-million over three years

Web site: http://www.thinkfinity.org

Grant maker: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)

Program: Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative

Purpose: To accelerate the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine and improve research

Amount available: $28-million

Web site: http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org

Grant maker: Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation (Portland, Me.)

Purpose: To improve dental care for children who live in Maine

Amount available: $12-million over two years

Web site: http://www.mmc.org