By Biztech Africa, Source: Biztech Africa

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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s latest $6.87 million grant cycle will include USD1 million for Great Ape conservation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, led by the Jane Goodall Institute.

The Foundation, launched by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Jody Allen in 1988, this week announced 49 grants in this round of funding.

More than 40% of the Foundation’s funding in this cycle will fuel scientific research projects that have international reach. Other key grants include a set of 3-year grants to researchers studying Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) at the University of Washington, Max Planck Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital.

“The Foundation is not afraid to fund projects and groups that fall outside a traditional funder’s radar, and absorb some risk in order to jumpstart experimental programs and breakthroughs in the communities we are passionate about,” said Susan M. Coliton, vice president of The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. “We fund with a purpose, and believe each of our grants has the potential to be a tipping point between status quo and real societal change.”