registry. Found Animals also performs surveys of pet owners, to study industry trends and owner/pet relationships. In 2008, the foundation launched the Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology in 2008, an international competition aimed at reducing shelter euthanasia by controlling pet overpopulation, as well as providing funding for non-surgical sterilant research. In 2020, the foundation launched the Better Neighbor Project to support low income and homeless pet owners with food and veterinary services. In 2021, the Found Animals Registry was acquired by Pethealth Inc. (a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial). The foundation is also on the board of the Best Friends Animal Society's No-Kill Los Angeles initiative. Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property Dr. Michelson was a contributing author to the free 2016 textbook The Intangible Advantage: Understanding Intellectual Property in the New Economy, written for non-lawyers and undergraduate students to better understand patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In 2016, the new Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property was formed, to provide free intellectual property-related educational resources. Michelson Medical Research Foundation Formed in 2005, the Michelson Medical Research Foundation aims to promote innovation in medicine and science. Its initiatives include the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. In 2017, Michelson and his wife Alya launched the Michelson Prize, to support medically relevant research by scientists under the age of 36. The 2020 Michelson Prizes were awarded to Danika Hill, research fellow at Australia's Monash University, and Michael Birnbaum, assistant professor at MIT. Michelson Neglected Disease Initiative In 2013, he became a principal supporter of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, giving birth to the Michelson Neglected Disease Vaccine Initiative to provide access to affordable treatments for tropical diseases. Michelson Twenty Million Minds Foundation In 2011, Michelson created the Twenty Million Minds Foundation (named for the number of students enrolled in higher education in the United States), to make college more affordable by underwriting a library of free online textbooks. In 2016, Michelson publicly released a variety of intellectual property tools through the organization. The Spark Grants platform was launched by 20MM in March 2019, designed to truncate the lengthy grant-funding process. The foundation partnered with California for the first California Digital Divide Challenge in 2020, offering a $1 million prize for the best proposal to expand broadband access in the state. Legislative Since 2017, Michelson has funded and successfully advanced legislation for pet-related laws,