An Institute without Walls
As a pioneering institute, SANS operates without in-house laboratories. Instead, we support leading scientists through innovative approaches and mechanisms to pursue basic research, with a focus on work that is cutting-edge, pioneering, groundbreaking, and disruptive.
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A Thriving Scientific Community
SANS provides long-horizon, stable support to enable scientists to pursue original, exploratory research. Based on evaluation outcomes over the funding period, scientists with outstanding performance may be offered opportunities for continued or advancement funding, supporting sustained progress and breakthroughs on key scientific questions.
Connectivity of single neurons classifies cell subtypes in mouse brains
Cone photoreceptors with different spectral sensitivities
De novo assembly of nuclear stress bodies rearranges and enhances NFIL3 to restrain acute inflammatory responses
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An Institute without Walls
Our mission is to identify and fund scientists with originality and to support high-risk, high-value basic research. We aim to enable original, paradigm-shifting scientific discoveries and to cultivate an ecosystem and culture that encourage unconventional paths, ambitious goals, and deep, sustained inquiry.
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