Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual is giving $600,000 to support research on childhood cancer, according to a Monday statement.
The financial security company awarded the grants through Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s Young Investigator program, which supports early-career scientists. Each $150,000 grant will last three years.
“We are proud to support this work and enable researchers to focus on their research, rather than how to fund it,” Eric Christophersen, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, said in a statement.