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Curiosity needs a place to go. The Student STEM Enrichment Program supports hands-on science experiences for students across North Carolina, where learning moves beyond the classroom and into discovery. Learn more: buff.ly/b2EbdO4 #BWFSTEM

UNCP launches program to address STEM teacher shortage buff.ly/UJkAWNY #bwfstem

Congratulations to Conor Murray and his co-authors on publication today of “Illuminating Consciousness” in Frontiers in Psychology: buff.ly/avShfIJ #bwfAs1

Congratulations to the 2026 @BWFUND NC Teacher of the Year, Mr. Cason Justice of @OnslowSchools!   #NCTOYPOY #nced

McCormick receives grant for chemistry personcountylife.com/student_news/m… #BWFPRISM #BWFSTEM

Excited to share our paper on engineering spatially targeted immune cells is now out in @NatImmunol. nature.com/articles/s4159… #CRISPR activation screens reveal that engineering metabolite-sensing NK and T cells provides programmable mechanisms to target solid tumors. Congrats to @komong0702, Mike Tsai, and the team! Thanks to @ocrahope, @StanfordCancer, @AllenInstitute, @BWFUND, @czbiohub, @genome_gov, Tull Family Foundation, @stanfordcbio, @Stanford Genetics and @StanfordMed for the support.

From stop-motion STEM labs to coding with Ozobots, the BWF 2026 PRISM Award recipients are bringing creative, inquiry-driven science and math experiences to their students. buff.ly/uuDeOzi #bwfstem

Foundations can play a powerful role in building stronger career pathways for early-career scientists through training, mentorship, and community. Read more: buff.ly/A4m5yv7 #bwfcareer

In this conversation with Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, leaders explore what it means to co-create health across communities and environments. civicsciencefunders.org/stories/civic-… #CivicScience

Researcher wins prestigious grant, uncovers fundamental biology that could help treat pregnancy complications ualberta.ca/en/medicine/ne… #bwfrepro

BWF is proud to announce the 2026 PRISM Awards, supporting innovative STEM learning in classrooms across N.C. These small grants help teachers create hands-on experiences that spark curiosity and open pathways into science. Read more: buff.ly/uuDeOzi #bwfstem

How Boost helps Cape Fear Community College students stay on track to work in high-demand fields ednc.org/how-boost-help… #bwfssep

Academic career development leaders - Career Guidance for Trainees grant program supports a workshop May 19-21, 2026, to help early-career administrators design and evaluate career interventions for PhD scientists. Apply by Mar 12, 2026 @ 3 pm ET 👉 bwfund.org/grants/career-…

Now available: Free, on-demand course “Applying the ISSCR Standards for Research” buff.ly/jFTcDSr #bwfund

“Find your people and talk to them often.” Our 2025 BWF awardees remind us that trust, curiosity, and community fuel great science. #2025BWF #ScienceCommunity #TrustInScience

From PLOS One - What is a “Good” figure: Scoring of biomedical data visualization buff.ly/BZvLtNV #bwfcasi

The @BWFUND team at @ABRCMS #abrcms2025! More connections! More enrichment! More collaboration! We do MORE together than Alone! #bwfenrichment #bwfden

Joined @bwfund Dr. Tammy Collins and @DamonRunyon Dr. Megan Allen for @ABRCMS 2025 session on supporting science careers! #abrcms2025

From Elon University - Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant expands Elon’s ‘Start Early in Medicine’ elon.edu/u/news/2025/11… #bwfssep #bwfstem

Excited to present the first major work after starting our lab at Stanford and the Arc this year: CRISPR-All, a unified genetic perturbation language for programming any major type of genetic perturbation simultaneously, in any combination, at genome scale, in human cells.