Press releases
The AXA Research Fund is awarding 2 million euros to support an Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncology at the CNIO. The recipient of this Chair will be Dr. Mariano Barbacid, world-renowned molecular oncologist, who is focusing on the development of novel therapies against lung and pancreas cancer, two of the tumors with the lowest survival rates.
AXA Research Fund Press Release
April 12, 2012
83 new world-class research teams tackling global risks with AXA support in 2011
Rome - The AXA Research Fund, a global initiative of scientific philanthropy supported by the worldwide insurance group AXA, is awarding 500,000 Euros as seed money to the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) to create a Chair on Household finance and insurance, held by Prof Luigi Guiso. This will be the first AXA Chair in Italy.
The AXA Research Fund Launches its First Chair in Asia
February 28, 2012
AXA Announces €3 Million Endowment to Establish AXA-NTU Chair on Natural Hazards in Southeast Asia
Appointment of the new Head of the AXA Research Fund
March 07, 2011
Previously Chief Financial Officer of the Institut Telecom, Godefroy Beauvallet has joined the AXA Group on March 1, 2011 to lead the AXA Research Fund, the scientific philanthropy initiative created by AXA to support research focused on understanding and preventing the risks threatening the environment, human life and our societies.
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