Pushing the Boundaries of Science
More than 50 years ago, Howard R. Hughes and a cadre of advisors conceived the idea for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). In creating the Institute, Hughes made certain that its aspirations were bold—its purpose, he said, was “to probe the genesis of life itself.”
The promise embodied by Hughes’s sweeping statement took decades to be fully realized—decades of challenge and risk for a philanthropy that has evolved in ways Hughes might never have imagined. Today, HHMI is a recognized leader in biomedical research. Discoveries made in HHMI-supported laboratories are fundamentally changing the way the world is viewed. HHMI’s commitment to extending the boundaries of scientific research includes:
