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Fact Sheet
- The Stowers Medical Institute (SMI) was founded in 2005 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- SMI supports scientific research with a model similar to that of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute — researchers remain at their home academic institution but are employees of SMI and receive research funds from SMI.
- SMI currently supports the work of two Assistant Investigators: Kevin Eggan, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University and a member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute; and Chad Cowan, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
Founders
- SMI was founded by Kansas City philanthropists James Stowers Jr. and Virginia Stowers.
- Mr. Stowers is founder of the multi-billion-dollar American Century Companies. Mrs. Stowers made her career as a nurse-anesthetist.
- Inspired by their personal battles with cancer, Mr. and Mrs. Stowers began their support of medical research by founding the Stowers Institute for Medical Research (SIMR) (www.Stowers-Institute.org) in Kansas City in 1994. SIMR enjoys combined endowments of more than $2 billion.
Supporting Lifesaving Researh And Cures
- Mr. and Mrs. Stowers join the world’s leading scientists in the belief that early, or embryonic, stem (ES) cell research is an important tool in the future of biomedical research.
- Repeated attempts to ban early stem cell research and cures in the State of Missouri have prevented SIMR from recruiting scientists who work with ES cells to its Kansas City campus. Mr. and Mrs. Stowers are dedicated to protecting early stem cell research and cures in Missouri, and are working with the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures (www.MissouriCures.com).
- Mr. and Mrs. Stowers’ first choice would be to support early stem cell research at the SIMR campus in Kansas City. While that has not been possible, they are pleased to support early stem cell research elsewhere through SMI.
- The Stowers’ personal funding of SMI is in addition to their funding of SIMR. No funds from the SIMR endowment are used for SMI or its scientists.
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