Building bridges

Johnson & Johnson has joined the ranks of funders supporting the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Bridging-the-Gap Awards by providing two grants. The company is the first pharma to put money behind the awards.

The Bridging-the-Gap Awards were established in 2007 by the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and the Rogers Family Foundation, an Oakland-based philanthropic organization. The awards provide up to $125,000 for proof-of-concept research and are renewable for a second year, with another allotment of $125,000...