Stowers Institute for Medical Research | 13,260 followers on LinkedIn. At the Stowers Institute, great minds are at work seeking to understand the function and behavior of living organisms. | The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is a non-profit, basic biomedical research organization dedicated to improving human health by studying the fundamental processes of life. Jim Stowers, founder of American Century Investments, and his wife, Virginia, opened the Institute in 2000. Since then, the Institute has spent over 900 million dollars in pursuit of its mission.