Through funding from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group enables cutting-edge bioscience around the world. Calls for proposals are targeted to high-risk, high-impact opportunities and seek innovative, ambitious project ideas that:

• Open a new field of research
• Upend current scientific dogma
• Change our fundamental understanding of an aspect of biology
• Are catalytic for a research community
• Are unlikely to be supported by traditional funders or by industry

The Frontiers Group solicits proposals through open calls or by invitation. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.

Allen Distinguished Investigators

The Allen Distinguished Investigator program provides three-year grants between $1M and $1.5M to individuals and teams at the early stages of research that have the potential to shift scientific paradigms in their respective fields.

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Allen Discovery Centers

Allen Discovery Centers are leadership- and purpose-driven research centers.

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