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Carnegie Institution for Science
Company Overview
Carnegie scientists are leaders in the fields of plant biology, developmental biology, Earth & planetary science, astronomy, and global ecology. They seek answers to questions about the structure of the universe; the formation of our Solar System and other planetary systems; the behavior and transformation of matter when subjected to extreme conditions; the origin of life; the effects of climate change on forests, oceans, and other habitats; the function of plant, animal, and microbial genomes; and the development of organisms from single-celled eggs to adults.
We are headquartered in Washington, D.C. and have three scientific divisions split between the coasts, as well as observatories in Chile. We are an endowed, independent, nonprofit institution. Significant additional support comes from federal grants and private donations. A board of trustees, consisting of leaders in business, the sciences, education, and public service, oversees Carnegie’s operations. Each of division has its own scientific director who manages under the leadership of President Eric Isaacs.
Company History
For more than a century, Carnegie has empowered visionary investigators to demonstrate intellectual courage, challenge conventional ideas, and transform the world.
Our Institution was established by Industrialist and pioneering philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to devote significant resources to exceptional individuals, enabling them to explore the most intriguing scientific questions of the day in an atmosphere of complete freedom and fostering the application of this knowledge to the improvement of humankind.
This pursuit of answers—fueled by our scientists' curiosity, intellect, and creativity—has resulted in substantial breakthroughs over the last hundred years, including Hubble’s discovery that the universe is expanding, Richter’s development of a seismic scale to measure earthquakes, and Rubin’s confirmation of dark matter, among many others.
Our approach has also fostered new fields of research led to unexpected benefits to society, including the development of hybrid corn, radar, the technology that led to Pyrex ® glass, and novel drugs that deploy RNA interference technology.
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