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10	Funding Agency	Funding Type	>$100k funding	LOI-stage funding*	Team funding and building	Bridge to next step**	Soft Guidance	Annual capacity (if known)	Notes:
11	Schmidt Science Fellow	PostDoc fellowship	yes	yes	no	no	yes	<50	Supportive to people who want to change fields
12	Schmidt Futures	Grants	yes	yes	no	no	no	not listed	$250k-$1MM (roughly)
13	Grantham Foundation	Grants	yes	yes	yes	no	no	<20 grants	$250k-$1MM (roughly)
14	Activate	Fellowship	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	<30	Oversubscribed cohorts since inception
15	Gates Foundation	Grants	yes	?	?	?	?	not listed	$100k-?
16	Nucleate Eco	venture formation	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	<10	Focused specifically on venture formation
17	Science Engine	Direct-to-researcher	no	yes	yes	no	no	no limit	crowdfunding web platform now distributing grants too
18	Third Derivative	venture accelerator	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	not listed	New accelerator for climate projects
19	HHMI	Long-term PI funding	yes	no	yes	no	no	<50	Probably the most prestigious science funding for a PI
20	Climate Grand Challenge	Seed grant for white paper	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	~50	MIT only
21	Breakthrough Energy Ventures	Grants and Fellows	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	not listed	Explorer Grants are $250-500k
22	Quadrature Foundation	Grants	yes	?	?	?	?	not listed	New foundation working on AI interface
23	Vertrue Lab	Grants	yes	no	?	yes	yes	not listed	$7MM donated over ~10 years, money and mentorship
24	ResCorp	Grants	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	not listed	SciAlog is a conference and ~$50-100k grants
25	Newer models
26	Gitcoin	crypto crowd funding	possibly	yes	no	no	no	no limit
27	MITcoin	crypto science funding	?	?	no	no	no	no limit
28	Atoms.org	crypto science funding	?	?	?	?	?	no limit
29	MothMinds	donor-centric grant platform	no?	?	?	?	?	no limit
30	New Science	Fellowship	yes	yes	no	no	yes	10	https://newscience.org/one-year-fellowship/
31	Non-climate models
32	NIH K99 Transition Grant	Fellowship	yes	no	no	yes	no	unknown	not for climate
33	Impetus Grants	Grants	yes	yes	no	no	no	~100	Fast Grants model for longevity research
34	Y Combinator	startup accelerator	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	~50 companies	for early stage companies, not early stage science
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40		1) Intentionally not including school-specific fellowships like Stanford Science Fellows, Wyss Tech Dev fellows, Harvard Society of Fellow, except for the MIT CGC
41		2) * indicating for early stage researchers
42		3) ** Is there an end-goal to the funding with the aim of receiving future funding through through the program?
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