The Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation, established in 1997 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is funded by an endowment from the late Ray Edwards.
Financial support has been provided to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Scripps Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, and the Neurosciences Institute through various awards and charitable contributions granted by the Foundation.
The Edwards Foundation has recently announced the recipient of its sixth Career Development Award. Dr. Lei Wang, Assistant Professor in the Chemical Biology and Proteomics Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, will receive research funding from the foundation for the three year period 2008-2010.
The Edwards Foundation has provided funds to endow the Roger Guillemin Nobel Lecture series and Francis Crick Nobel Lecture series at the Salk Insitute for Biological Studies.
The Edwards Foundation has provided funds to endow the Ray Thomas Edwards Graduate Student Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego, Division of Biology.
The Edwards Foundation has provided funds to endow the Ray Thomas Edwards Graduate Student Travel Award to enable students in neuroscience programs to attend professional conferences.