Broad Institute

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Biomedical and genomic research center

• Mission

  To understand the roots of disease and close the gap between new biological insights and impact for patients; to discover the root causes of all common and rare diseases, and to use this insight to help develop safe and effective therapeutic interventions.

• Location

  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Common Name

  Broad Institute

• Coordinates

  42.3681551, -71.0869811

• Founding Gift

  $100 million

• Official Name

  Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• Research Areas

  Biomedicine, Genomics, Gene editing, Cancer, Metabolic diseases, Infectious diseases, Psychiatric diseases, Human health, Life Sciences, Agriculture technology, Industrial biotechnology, Genetic diseases

• Organizational Status

  Independent, nonprofit research organization (501(c)(3))

Timeline

• The Broad Institute was formally launched and founded, with a founding gift of $100 million from Eli and Edythe L. Broad. (Source: web_search_results)

  2004

• Eli and Edythe L. Broad announced an additional $100 million gift to the institute. (Source: web_search_results)

  2005-11

• Eli and Edythe L. Broad announced an endowment of $400 million to make the Broad Institute a permanent establishment. (Source: web_search_results)

  2008-09-04

• Eli and Edythe L. Broad invested an additional $100 million to fund a second decade of research at the institute. (Source: web_search_results)

  2013-11

Broad Institute

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: , pronunciation respelling: BROHD), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The institute is independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization under the name Broad Institute Inc., and it partners with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the five Harvard teaching hospitals.

Web Search Results

• Broad Institute - Wikipedia

  The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: /broʊd/, pronunciation respelling: BROHD), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The institute is independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3)(3) "501(c)(3)") nonprofit research organization under the name Broad Institute Inc., and it partners with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the five [...] The Broad Institute is made up of three types of organizational units: core member laboratories, research programs, and platforms. The institute's scientific research programs include: [...] The Broads made a founding gift of $100 million and the Broad Institute was formally launched in May 2004. In November 2005, the Broads announced an additional $100 million gift to the institute. On September 4, 2008, the Broads announced an endowment of $400 million to make the Broad Institute a permanent establishment. In November 2013, they invested an additional $100 million to fund a second decade of research at the institute.

• Our culture | Broad Institute

  The Broad Institute is a collaborative organization that builds connections between people and institutions. We bring together biologists, chemists, clinicians, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians to enable new thinking and open collaboration. The deep diversity that cuts across our community strengthens our science by prompting us to see and interpret information in new ways and to approach problems from multiple angles. The Broad is committed to empowering early-career [...] # Collaborating, innovating, and empowering We strive to build an inclusive community that empowers and taps into the full potential of every Broadie. Broad Institute is a mission-driven community that brings together researchers in medicine, biology, chemistry, computation, engineering, and mathematics from across MIT, Harvard, Harvard-affiliated hospitals, and around the world. Learn more about #HowWeScience. Our culture Philanthropic partnerships Industrial partnerships Become a Broadie [...] About us + 1. This is Broad Learn about our mission, our values, our history, and partner institutions. 2. Our impact Discover the impact of our research on human health. 3. People Meet our members, staff scientists, fellows, leadership, and other Broadies. 4. Join Broad Find out how to join the Broad as an employee or associate member. 5. Contact us Find our contact information, directions to our buildings, and directory. Research

• About the Broad Institute

  Home ## Top menu ## Breadcrumb # This is Broad The mission of the Broad Institute is to understand the roots of disease and close the gap between new biological insights and impact for patients. The Broad Institute is an independent, non-profit research organization that aims to discover the root causes of all common and rare diseases, and to use this insight to help develop safe and effective therapeutic interventions. [...] Based primarily in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Broad Institute was founded in 2004 to fulfill the promise of genomic medicine — three years after completion of the Human Genome Project, which Broad scientists helped create and lead. [...] Broad science is uniquely organized to encourage cross-disciplinary and collaborative research that cannot be done in a traditional single-laboratory setting. Our Programs and Platforms work alongside faculty labs and enable creative, groundbreaking discoveries at scale.

• Eli and Edythe L. Broad endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and ...

  The Broad Institute was launched in 2004 — just after the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) — with the mission of fulfilling the promise of genomics for medicine and the goal of sustaining the collaborative spirit that propelled the HGP. The institute aimed to bring scientists together to tackle major interdisciplinary problems related to cancer, metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, psychiatric diseases, and other conditions. [...] Rather than calling a single university home, the Broad Institute was launched as a new kind of research organization spanning the entire Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard communities, including the 17 Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals. As a result, scientists from the various institutions — and from diverse disciplines, including biology, medicine, chemistry, and computer science — created collaborative teams to tackle problems beyond what any of them could do alone. The [...] “Cambridge and Boston are world-renowned for their creative, scientific minds and unrivaled biomedical community, and the Broad Institute is uniquely positioned to realize the full potential of these intellectual resources,” said Susan Hockfield, president of MIT. “We are profoundly grateful to Eli and Edythe Broad for their generosity and vision, and look forward to continuing our many collaborative research efforts through the Broad Institute and defining the future of the field.”

• Broad Institute

  # Broad is accelerating discovery Broad Institute is a multidisciplinary community of researchers on a mission to improve human health. About us News 10.08.2025 A pioneering effort in patient-partnered cancer research enters a new phase Count Me In’s legacy of data and resources will usher in a new way of doing research on other diseases and continue to fuel cancer studies around the globe. News 09.30.2025 Jason Buenrostro named core institute member at Broad News 09.03.2025 [...] About us + 1. This is Broad Learn about our mission, our values, our history, and partner institutions. 2. Our impact Discover the impact of our research on human health. 3. People Meet our members, staff scientists, fellows, leadership, and other Broadies. 4. Join Broad Find out how to join the Broad as an employee or associate member. 5. Contact us Find our contact information, directions to our buildings, and directory. Research

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• Country

  United States

• Located In

  Massachusetts

• Instance Of

  Q31855

• Coordinates

  Lat: 42.368055555, Lon: -71.086944444

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: /broʊd/, pronunciation respelling: BROHD), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The institute is independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization under the name Broad Institute Inc., and it partners with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the five Harvard teaching hospitals.