At Stanford University, the Koret Foundation is supporting programs that connect students and faculty across disciplines to advance knowledge and research, encourage collaborations among American and Israeli researchers, and strengthen the campus community.

Koret funding is also supporting two new grant programs within Stanford’s School of Medicine. “Early career faculty development” grants provide flexible funding to assistant professors to pursue innovative biomedical research. Also known as “jumpstarts,” relatively small grants can support the research that leads to larger, prestigious grants, and thus impact a career trajectory. “Catalyst” grants will award funding for early-stage research projects, giving selected faculty the means to pursue cutting edge ideas with the potential to transform human health.