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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United States. HHMI spends about $1 million per HHMI Investigator per year which amounts to annual investment in biomedical research of about $825 million.