To support the development and performance of “Southern Crossings,” an opera about a meeting between Charles Darwin and John Herschel

To support the research and writing of “The Virus Hunters: Bats, Diseases, and the Race to Prevent Pandemics,” to be published by Scribner

To support the research and writing of “Grief on the Frontlines: Reckoning with Trauma, Grief, and Humanity in Modern Medicine,” to be published by North Atlantic Books

To support the research and writing of “Martians and the American Mind,” to be published by Liveright (imprint of W. W. Norton)

To support Dr. Robert Coridan in undertaking a collaborative research project on carbon dioxide direct air capture and solidification, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

To support Dr. Kathryn Knowles in undertaking a collaborative research project on carbon dioxide direct air capture and solidification, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

To support Dr. Chong Liu in undertaking a collaborative research project on direct air capture of methane using methanotrophic bacteria, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

To support Dr. Andrea Hicks in undertaking a collaborative research project on producing synthetic silicates to sequester carbon dioxide through enhanced rock weathering, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

To support Dr. Carlos Morales Guio in undertaking a collaborative research project on carbon dioxide direct air capture and solidification, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

To support Dr. Robert Gilliard in undertaking a collaborative research project on capturing carbon dioxide from air using novel electrochemical processes, resulting from the 2020 Scialog conference on negative emissions science