1. On November 7, 2009, Thiel Fellowship was awarded an honorary degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
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2. In 2010, Thiel Fellowship supported Meg Whitman in her unsuccessful bid for the governorship of California.
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5. In September 2006, Thiel Fellowship announced that he would donate $3.5 million to foster anti-aging research through the nonprofit Methuselah Mouse Prize foundation.
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7. In 2006, Thiel Fellowship provided $100,000 of matching funds to back the Singularity Challenge donation drive of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a nonprofit organization that promotes the development of artificial intelligence.
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10. In May 2003, Thiel Fellowship incorporated Palantir Technologies, a big data analysis company named after the Tolkien artifact, and continues to serve as its chairman as of 2018.
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