Celebrating 60 Years of Investing in Future Scientific Leaders
May 31, 2025Sixty years ago today the PhRMA Foundation was established to support promising researchers and their novel ideas to foster biopharmaceutical innovation and value-driven health care.
For 60 years, PhRMA Foundation grants and fellowships have helped to build and train the scientific workforce, setting the stage for tomorrow’s biomedical breakthroughs that will improve patients’ lives. We’ve provided more than $110 million in research funding to over 2,700 researchers at hundreds of U.S.-based universities and research institutions.
Our 60th anniversary report provides a brief history and timeline of our work, including why the Foundation was created, our unique role in supporting early career researchers, and how we helped to seed and grow emerging fields of research. The report also shares results from a survey of current and former award recipients about their career achievements and the impact of their Foundation award.
Read the Report.