Yesterday here at HFS we posted an article about how money to fund new science might be drying up from government sources, but private sources such as rich individuals and companies seem to be coming of age in a big way. http://hamiltonfinanceservices.com/?p=2082
Today we note some specific names of those private funding sources.
The top three on our list today are Google, Microsoft, and IBM.
The first two, Google and Microsoft, have offered support for the US government’s climate initiative.
Google has donated a petabyte of cloud storage and 50 million hours of Google Earth run time to the intiative. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/google_microsoft_tackle_climate_change_as_ibm_seeks_cancer_cure/
Microsoft has given 800 terabytes and 180,000 hours of Azure run time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Azure
Not to be forgotten, IBM also has stepped up to the private funding plate with donations of Watson run time to match clinical data with genome data in efforts to find cures for cancers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)
If you have heard of other noteworthy science donations from rich individuals or wealthy companies, tell us about them here at HFS.
What do you think?
