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The Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation partners with Boston’s leading institutions to promote and nurture emerging leaders in the fields of public policy, neurodegenerative disease, mental health and the arts.

Together, the Foundation improves the quality of life in Boston and beyond while mobilizing new generations of collaborative leaders who inspire, innovate and influence.

About the Fellows

Meet the Fellows and get inspired by their stories.

TOTAL

1,485

FELLOWS

TOTAL

1,384

FELLOWS

1,359

PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS

101

MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

25

ART PRIZE WINNERS

1,359

PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS

101

MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

25

ART PRIZE WINNERS

1,068

PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS

110

MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

23

ART PRIZE WINNERS

56%

continue to work
in pulic policy*

*From the 2020 Rappaport Institute on the Impact of the Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship on Career Trajectories

The unrestricted, flexible funding you provide through the MGH Research Scholars program allows scientists to take new discoveries as far as they can, as fast as they can, toward new possibilities in prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.”  

Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, phd scientific director mass general research institute

56%

continue to work
in pulic policy*

*From the 2020 Rappaport Institute on the Impact of the Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship on Career Trajectories

The unrestricted, flexible funding you provide through the MGH Research Scholars program allows scientists to take new discoveries as far as they can, as fast as they can, toward new possibilities in prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.”  

Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, phd scientific director mass general research institute

Tram Nguyen: From Saigon to Harvard

Rappaport Urban Scholar and MA State Rep. Tram Nguyen Personifies the American Success Story and is Committed to Helping Others Achieve the Same.

Dr. Rebecca Gillani: Inflammation Investigator

2023 MGH Rappaport Research Fellow Dr. Rebecca Gillani is Researching Therapies to Restore Neurologic Function in People with MS.

Tram Nguyen: From Saigon to Harvard

Rappaport Urban Scholar and MA State Rep. Tram Nguyen Personifies the American Success Story and is Committed to Helping Others Achieve the Same.

Dr. Rebecca Gillani: Inflammation Investigator

2023 MGH Rappaport Research Fellow Dr. Rebecca Gillani is Researching Therapies to Restore Neurologic Function in People with MS.

Watch: A Look at the People & Places Supported by the Rappaport Foundation

Jerome Lyle Rappaport

1927-2021

Jerry Rappaport’s life was one of tireless activism that continues to live on through the Rappaport Foundation. Since founding the Harvard Law School Forum at 19, Jerry Rappaport’s impact as a political activist, attorney, real estate developer and one of Boston’s most influential philanthropists spanned nine decades. Learn More

Public Policy

The Rappaport Foundation’s Public Policy Fellowship is an experience-based program for academically gifted students interested in pursuing careers in the public sector.

Medical Research

The Rappaport Foundation funds clinical and research scholarships, enabling young scientists to conduct and pursue novel experiments.

Contemporary Art
& Music

The Foundation supports emerging artists and composers through the Rappaport Art Prize and the Rappaport Prize for Music Composition.

Education & Emerging Leaders

The Foundation invests in transformative educational opportunities as well as the teachers and academics inspiring the next generation of leaders.

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