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UC San Diego's $3 million NSF grant to fund science festivals

The University of California, San Diego has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the 2010 San Diego Science Festival and fund the creation and growth of Science Festivals nationwide. The grant award follows the highly successful first annual San Diego S...

Rensselaer receives more than $2 million from New York State to fund stem cell research

Troy, N.Y. Two groups of Rensselaer researchers each have received a $1.08 million grant from New York through the state's stem cell research initiative. Both grants will fund research on the growth and development of stem cells and will provide some of the first insights available into the role ...

Iowa Power Fund advances researcher’s long quest for efficient solar power

AMES, Iowa In Vikram Dalal's 37 years of researching solar technology, the efficiency of thin film solar cells for homes and buildings has improved from 1 percent to about 7 percent. Dalal, the Thomas M. Whitney Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University and dire...

NSF to fund water and environment technology center

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $1.24 million grant to The University of Arizona and two other universities to fund a research center to investigate new clean-water technologies. These new technologies include improved monitoring of large-scale water distribution system...

Life Sciences Discovery Fund awards health research program grants

Seattle (December 16, 2008) The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced its latest grant recipients. Four Washington State-based research organizations will receive life sciences program grants totaling more than $18 million. The newly-funded health research initiatives will focus on...

State fund advances titanium powder research, 9 other Iowa State projects

AMES, Iowa A research team led by Iver Anderson is developing a cheaper and better way to make a titanium alloy powder that can be used to manufacture artificial joints. That could mean titanium joints, which can resist corrosion for the lifetime of a patient, could be affordable enough to re...

Life Sciences Discovery Fund advances latest research proposals

Seattle (September 17, 2008) Ten Washington State-based life sciences research teams will progress to the interview round in the Life Sciences Discovery Fund's latest grants competition, "Innovative Programs to Advance Health Research." A total of up to $20 million in funding is available in thi...

ETH Zurich-administered fund ends scientific anonymity

Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society, scientist Robert Hoffmann, has developed the first Wiki where authorship really matters. ...

New planning grants to fund research on freshwater issues

The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded five faculty planning grants to develop long-term research programs at Stanford that help solve the world's urgent demands for fresh water. "Fresh water is crucial to human survival and well-being, yet in poor countries more than a billion peo...

Life Sciences Discovery Fund awards health research project grants

Seattle (August 5, 2008) Six Washington State-based life sciences organizations and their partners will receive health research project grants totaling $5 million, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund announced today. The newly-funded health research endeavors will concentrate on prostate cancer ima...

NIH awards more than $33 million to fund state-of-the-art research equipment

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it will provide $33.3 million for 20 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grants to fund the latest generation of advanced research equipment. Awarded to research institutions natio...

'Women in Science' fellowship to fund postdoc's study of deep-sea methane

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science has been awarded to Florida State University alumna Laura Lapham, a postdoctoral research assistant and courtesy faculty member in FSU's Department of Oceanography, and this year, one of just five young women scientists in the nati...

Grant to fund answers about St. Johns River

The St. Johns River Management District (SJRWMD) has contracted with Florida Tech scientists for a two-year, $300,000 project to obtain additional data regarding the fish larvae and eggs (ichthyoplankton) that inhabit the St. Johns River. The study is part of a comprehensive SJRWMD effort to addre...

Safeway Inc. and PCF to fund landmark prostate cancer research collaboration

WASHINGTON, DC -- Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced they will collectively donate $6 million to fund the S.T.A.R. Program (for Special Team Amplification of Research), an innovative research initiative focused on exploring the role of targeted heat in cancer therapy t...

$1.1 million NSF grant to fund research in advanced light microscopy at UCLA

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation grant for the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The award will facilitate the acquisition of the first commercially available super-resolution stimulat...

The University of Miami receives grants from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s Ocean Fund

MIAMI University of Miami's (UM's) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is pleased to announce they have received two grants totaling $101,000 from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's Ocean Fund. One award for $51,000 will be used to re-energize and fully automate the scientific research...

New population of Iberian lynx raises hope, says World Wildlife Fund

Madrid, Spain - Spanish authorities have announced they have discovered a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for one of the worlds most endangered cat species, said World Wildlife Fund today. We are excited and amazed by this discovery, said Luis Suarez, head of WWFs...

First Quantum Grant to fund stem cell repair of damage from stroke

The National Institutes of Health has named researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University in Houston as the first and only recipients of the inaugural Quantum Grant for their international research initiative to regenerate damaged brain cells and blood vessels for the treatmen...

New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments

...the disease develops in humans." The grant will fund a teaching replacement for Dr Subramanian, allowin...rch assistant to work on the project. It will also fund a state-of-the-art high power microscope that will...ct is one of 13 receiving a share of a 4.5 million fund from the NC3Rs. Dr Vicky Robinson, chief execut...

121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal

...was jointly implemented by the DNPWC, Department of Forests (DOF), WWF, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) with support from Save The Tiger fund (STF), WWF-US, WWF-UK, WWF International and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The 2008 nation-wide tiger population was initiated on 15 Novem...

$20 million NIH grant to transform clinical research at UIC

...es, and the NIH is funding us to accelerate the process," Tanner said. The NIH launched the Clinical Translational Science Award program in 2006 to fund a national consortium of medical research institutions that now includes 39 leading centers in 23 states. When the program is fully implemented, about...

'Show me the money!' MDA greenlights grants

...d not be pursued by our lab," said Eric Schon, researcher at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. MDA has committed over $2 billion to fund medical and scientific research, as well as clinical and client services, in its 55-year history. "These new research grants, just announced at ...

Growing Demand for Rapid Screening and Detection Systems Pushes the European Maritime Security Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

...examinations considered infallible in the detection of illegal immigrants and terrorists. However, port facilities and ship owners, who usually fund maritime security, must be willing to invest in the costly systems. "Facilities and ship owners are reluctant to spend more on security as public fun...

UAB students' Nintendo Wii CPR earns American Heart Association support

... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The American Heart Association has pledged $50,000 to fund the work of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) biomedical engineering undergraduate students who are working to develop a computer program that...

Shaw to receive prestigious honor for plant pathology research

... Shaw has authored 17 research papers and four review papers in 12 years. Both the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture fund his research projects. Shaw earned his doctoral degree from Cornell University in 2000. After holding a post-doctoral position at the University of...

Engineering innovative solutions for 21st century medicine

...ed compartment. I am delighted by this collaboration between the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, which will fund four interdisciplinary teams to work on major medical unmet needs." Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive of EPSRC, said: "The Medical Engineering...

McGill University receives almost $63 million under CFI program to support five research projects

...tutions across the country. $247,664,977 was awarded under the Leading Edge fund (LEF), designed to enable institutions to build on and enhance already succ...estment. Another $264,741,466 million was awarded under the New Initiatives fund (NIF), designed to enhance Canada's capacity in promising new areas of rese...

'Platforms in space' to help businesses

...David Williams head of the British National Space Centre. The knowledge-exchange hub is co-funded at 1.86 million by the European Regional Development fund (ERDF), EMDA (East Midlands Development Agency), the Leicestershire Economic Partnership (LSEP) and the University of Leicester. Researchers from ...

Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis

...ineering design." Dr Liz Towns-Andrews, Director of Knowledge Exchange at STFC, which is funding the study through its Knowledge Exchange Follow on fund award scheme, added, "This is a truly valuable study which will not only reveal more about our neighbour Mars, but could also deliver enormous benefit...

Government of Canada announces funding for research on the H1N1 flu virus

...The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, is pleased to announce another measure to address the H1N1 flu virus. The Government of Canada will fund a national influenza research network focused on pandemic vaccine evaluation. The network will strengthen Canada's capacity to evaluate the safety and...

Tulane receives grant to study limb regeneration

...es involved in regenerating a salamander limb, we will essentially create a genetic blueprint of how to do the same in humans." The grant that will fund Muneoka and his colleagues' research is the result of a competition the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of...

Equity concerns raised by congestion pricing can be addressed to make approach viable

...n most lower-income people paying less in taxes to fund transportation, although some proportion of the gr...ting traffic congestion and the taxes collected to fund transportation. Policymakers should consider th...e at www.rand.org . The Environmental Defense fund (EDF) is a leading national nonprofit organization...

Five outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Foundation 2009 Research Scholars Award

... for Digestive Health and Nutrition remains committed to continuing to help fund these gifted scholars, enabling them to continue their research programs. T...Since 1984, the AGA and its Foundation has awarded more than $20 million to fund 150 Research Scholars and has provided a total of $38 million in grant fund...

Nobel Laureate underscores importance of investment in basic research

... the federal S&T organizations because it gives science a chance. A program officer with vision can say 'I think this is a great idea and I'm going to fund it.' The recognition of the importance of basic research in support of mission goals can lead to mission success where a more tightly focused vision m...

URI receives $18 million grant to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island

...nformatics resources for research in these disciplines, the grant will also fund the recruitment and training of undergraduate and graduate students for car...aduate students entering URI, Brown and Rhode Island College. It will also fund a new outreach program that will provide opportunities for high school teac...

Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation awards $191,000 in grants

...tional radiology faculty and trainees with an M.D., DO, Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Post-doctoral candidates may also apply. This grant is designed to fund research in areas identified by the SIR Foundation as important to the advancement of interventional radiology and patient care. This grant generally ...

Carbon measuring system to help mitigate climate change

...t projects. The system will also be available to projects implemented by the 10 GEF agencies, which include the World Bank, UNEP and the International fund for Agricultural Development. Other partners involved in the Carbon Benefits Project include the World Agroforestry Centre, the Centre for Interna...

NIH grants $122 million in Institutional Development Awards

...it will provide up to an estimated $122 million over the next five years to fund Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Exce... institutions and communities in 23 states and Puerto Rico with grants that fund multiple areas of biomedical research and reach out to diverse populations....

Pfizer supports open access publishing for researchers in low-income countries

... Today, Pfizer announced an agreement with BioMed Central to launch an open access waiver fund which will support automatic waivers of publication fees for authors from low-income countries. Thanks to the open access waiver fund, researchers ...

New early detection studies of lung cancer in non-smokers launched today

...ss different platforms. If it is successful, the researchers plan to open the project to additional collaborators from the EDRN. The NCI-EDRN will fund most of the tumor studies, and the Canary Foundation will provide funding for the cell culture studies. Projects funded by NCI include: Protei...