Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization that ranks as one of the nation's largest philanthropies, plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the United States. The Institute employs hundreds of leading biomedical scientists working at the forefronts of their fields. In addition, through its grants program and other activities, HHMI helps enhance science education at all levels and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide.