Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Recommends 62 Projects f... ( COLUMBIA Md. May 8 -- The Maryla...)

Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Recommends 62 Projects for Funding

Date:5/8/2008

COLUMBIA, Md., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has completed its evaluation of the 122 applications in response to its three official Requests for Applications (RFAs). The board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) reviewed the Commission's recommendations today and approved 62 projects for funding through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) under the Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2006. This year's projects recommended for funding include:

-- 11 applications for RFA-MD-07-1 (Investigator-Initiated Research

Grants) -- These grants are designed for investigators with preliminary

data supporting the grant application.

-- 34 applications for RFA-MD-07-2 (Exploratory Research Grants) -- These

grants are designed for investigators who are new to the stem cell

field (new investigators and investigators from other fields), and for

new hypotheses, approaches, mechanisms or models that may differ from

current thinking in the stem cell field, without any preliminary data

supporting the application.

-- 17 applications for RFA-MD-07-03 (Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research

Grants) -- These new grants are for post-doctoral fellows who wish to

conduct basic and/or translational research on all types of human stem

cells in Maryland.

For a complete list of the names of the Principal Investigators, the title of each project and the institution at which the Principal Investor works, please visit http://www.mscrf.org/content/awardees/2008.cfm.

"The Commission members worked very hard to achieve a well balanced set of grant awards to cover multiple different diseases, with a variety of research approaches and the participation of many institutions throughout the state. All of
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