The brief

Analyst view

• Started with $300M from the Wellcome Trust in 2020; a further $335M followed in 2022.
• Dynamic Resilience: a $60M, three-year aging program co-funded with Temasek Trust from 2023.
• Researchers stay at their home institutions; Leap sets milestones and funds them.

Technical approach

As reported

Model

DARPA-style programs

Each program has a director, hard goals and milestones over about three years. Teams that miss milestones can lose funding.

Network

No labs of its own

Leap funds teams at universities, hospitals and companies worldwide instead of building its own institute.

Aging

Resilience, not lifespan

Its aging program targets how fast older people recover from stresses like surgery, a measurable outcome within a few years.