آشنايي با مؤسسه خير خواهانه پزشكي هووارد هاگس آمريكا

An introduction to philanthropic organization in USA: the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a united state non-profit medical research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by an American magnate Howard Hughes in 1953.This institute is one of the largest private funding organization for biological and medical research in the united state. HHMIʹs principal mission is conducting basic biomedical research in the fields of genetics , immunology and rapidly growing field of molecular biology, which it carries out in collaboration with more than 60 universities, medical centers and other research institute throughout the United States. The primary purpose and objective of Howard Hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human knowledge within the field of the basics science and the effective application thereof for the benefit of mankind. The institute has an endowment of $17.5 billion , making it the second wealthiest philanthropic organization in the united state, and the second best endowed medical research foundation in the world. Discoveries made in Howard hugs laboratories are fundamentally changing the way we view the world. The institute is an operating medical research organization - not a foundation. This means that it carries out research with its own scientific teams. The HHMI researchers are widely recognized for creativity and productivity including 124 National Academy of Sciences members and 13 Nobel Prize winners within the investigator community. Investigators have the freedom to explore and, if necessary, to change direction in their research. Moreover, they have support to follow their ideas through to fruition - even if that process takes a very long time. This institute has also allocated some research grants for individuals and science education grants for institutions. Also there are some online resources of this institute for people. There is an HHMI-NIH research scholar program for students. HHMI has recently completed building a new research campus called janelia farm research campus.