Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Founded	1955
Focus	Biological and Medical research and Science Education
Location	Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.;
Method	Funding
Key people	Louis J. Muglia (President and CEO);
Endowment	US$782.7 million
Website	www.bwfund.org

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is an American non-profit medical research organization that provides funding for biomedical research, STEM education, and areas of career development for scientists. Since 1970, it has been headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park.

Founded in 1955 as an extension of the England-based Wellcome Trust, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's two-part mission is “to help scientists early in their careers develop as independent investigators” and “to advance fields in the basic biomedical sciences that are undervalued or in need of particular encouragement”.

The fund grants more than $40 million each year to research focusing on infectious disease, biomedical science, and other health-related fields. The Fund also supports STEM education efforts in North Carolina, including the North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center.

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