Research & Innovation

Stanford, UC, Facebook CEO's Biohub To Grant $50 Million For Researchers' 'Riskiest Ideas'

Researchers are given funding for their studies at $1.5 million each over the next five years. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, physician Priscilla Chan, recently created a biomedical research initiative named the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in partnership with Stanford University as well as the University of California's Berkeley and San Francisco campuses.