
Noticias e Ideas
2025 McKnight Scholar Awards
The McKnight Scholar Awards are granted to young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing their own independent laboratories and research careers and who have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience. Since the award was introduced in 1977, this prestigious early-career award has funded 291 innovative investigators and spurred hundreds of breakthrough discoveries.

La Fundación McKnight, en asociación con el Consejo de Fundaciones de Minnesota, anuncia a siete habitantes de Minnesota como destinatarios del premio Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor 2024.

“We refuse to give up on a hopeful vision for the future, and neither should you… Our planet will be stronger if we strengthen it together. Our future will be more just if we include all our aspirations. So I’m inviting you to be courageous, to be relentless, to join us.”
—Tonya Allen, presidenta
Personaje valiente: Jeanelle Austin
Jeanelle Austin’s life’s work centers around pursuing racial justice with joy, and helping give others the tools to do the same, especially in her efforts as lead caretaker of George Floyd Square and Executive Director of the George Floyd Global Memorial.
Historias de progreso y esperanza climáticos en Minnesota
Escuche directamente a los defensores que aseguraron las mayores inversiones del estado en energía limpia, justicia ambiental y tránsito, lo que convirtió a Minnesota en un líder climático nacional, y descubra cómo la energía limpia 100% pasó de imposible a inevitable.