What Becomes Possible When You Invest in Hertz Fellows?
Hertz Fellows are making an outsized impact.
At ARPA-H, Jennifer Roberts is pioneering biomedical advances that will revolutionize health care. At Breakthrough Energy, Rajeev Ram, Cooper Rinzler, and Tom Dean are fueling the carbon-free future our planet desperately needs. At the University of Texas at Austin, Marcia Isakson is safeguarding our nation through cutting-edge underwater acoustics. And at 10x Genomics, Michael Schnall-Levin is unlocking the secrets of biology, paving the way for unprecedented advances in human health.
These Hertz Fellows are among the more than 1,300 extraordinary individuals in the Hertz Community boldly pursuing breakthroughs in science and technology that promise to have enduring impact on our nation and the world.
As you know, the Hertz Foundation supports people, not projects. We can’t predict the future, but we can absolutely identify and support the right people to lead us there—individuals demonstrating deep integrated knowledge, creative problem-solving, active leadership, and a commitment to the greater good.
Hertz Fellows are selected through a unique and rigorous interview process. They are then provided generous financial support and research freedom, allowing them to explore bold ideas without the constraints of traditional academia. What comes next is the force multiplier: their lifelong membership in the Hertz Community, a set of peers that spans disciplines, generations, and geography. Together, Hertz Fellows advance ideas, invent technologies, create companies, challenge conventional thinking, and accelerate solutions to some of the world’s thorniest problems.
Hertz Fellows tell us they’re proud to belong to this prestigious community and are moved by a shared sense of responsibility to apply their talents where they are needed most.
From human health to artificial intelligence, from climate change to the next space race, Hertz Fellows are uniquely prepared to provide the scientific leadership that our nation needs—now perhaps more than ever. That’s why we’ve taken bold steps this year to expand our impact:
- Increasing the number of fellows we support, selecting 18 fellows from a pool of 862 applicants;
- Enhancing the fellowship experience through individualized mentorship, networking and professional development, and another successful Summer Workshop, this year at Mont-Tremblant;
- Diversifying candidate pipelines and forging alliances with like-minded organizations, inspired by our relationships with valued partners like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
More than 60 years ago, John and Fannie Hertz saw an urgent need to invest in U.S. technology and security. Over the decades, their investment has produced world-changing innovations. Today, we honor their legacy by deepening our commitment to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology.
Your generous support makes this work possible. Thank you for joining us as we make history together.
Stephen Fantone
Chair, Hertz Board of Directors
Founder and President, Optikos Corp.
Robbee Baker Kosak
President, Hertz Foundation