DuPage Community Foundation Awards $15,000 Grant to Marianjoy Pediatric Continuing Care Program
WHEATON, Ill., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The DuPage Community Foundation has awarded Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital a grant in the amount of $15,000. The grant is specifically targeted for Marianjoy's Pediatric Continuing Care Program, which offers group classes for children...West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency Awards Overpayment Project to HMS
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HMS today announced that it had been awarded a contract by the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency (WV PEIA) to perform provider credit balance reviews. The West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program and AccessWV, th...U.S. Navy Awards Entegrion Contracts for $4 Million for the Development of Critical Blood Products
The U.S. Navy has awarded two additional contracts to the RTP, NC-based life sciences company Entegrion, Inc., for implementation of the company's proprietary technologies to improve the safety and availability of blood-derived products for treating combat injuries. Recent medical research has d...MORE (Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence) Awards Call for Entries is Now Open
Got Moving Stories? Calling all Reporters, Writers, Producers and Editors ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has opened the call for submissions to its fifth annual MORE Awards . These awards recogn...Frost & Sullivan Awards Agfa Healthcare for Brazilian Market Penetration Leadership in 2009
SAO PAULO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan recently announced that Agfa Healthcare is the recipient of the 2009 Market Penetration Leadership Award for the Brazilian Computed Reader (CR) Market. Agfa offers a complete portfolio of solutions including digital a...European Division of Global Top 20 Pharmaceutical Company Awards Phase III Trial to DATATRAK
CLEVELAND, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced that a European Division within a Global Top 20 Pharmaceutical organization has selected DA...Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research
Five Multi-Disciplinary SU2C "Dream Teams" Selected With More Than 200 Researchers from 20 Leading Institutions Initiative's Pioneering Objective is to Expedite New Treatments from Lab to Patient with Potential for Results that Impact Many Forms of Cancer Unique Translational Model...Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.1 Million to Improve Drug Delivery in Parkinson's Disease
NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation announced that it has awarded approximately $2.1 million total to seven research teams working to improve drug delivery for Parkinson's disease. The funding was awarded under the Foundation's Improving Delivery of Pa...Parkinson's Disease Foundation Awards $300,000 in Bridge Funding for Innovative Research Projects
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) has awarded $300,000 in emergency bridge funding to four leading Parkinson's disease scientists. The grants will sustain promising investigations that were recently put into jeopardy by the sudden collapse of th...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that Energy Department-funded researchers have won 46 of the 100 awards given out this year by R&D Magazine for the most outstanding technology developments with promising commercial potential. The coveted awards are presented an...Federal Bureau of Investigation Awards Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT ) a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract cove...Federal Bureau of Investigation Awards Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT ) a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract cove...Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects
The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded four new Environmental Venture Projects (EVP) grants for interdisciplinary research aimed at finding practical solutions promoting global sustainability. Four Stanford University faculty teams will receive a total of $791,692 over the next ...Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation awards $191,000 in grants
FAIRFAX, Va.The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation recently awarded 13 grants totaling more than $191,000 to encourage the development of interventional radiology research. Grant proposals were reviewed during SIR's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego. "SIR Foundation is pr...NOAA awards $22.5 million to Harbor Branch/FAU and UNCW for new cooperative institute
BOCA RATON, FL (May 12, 2009) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced a five-year, $22.5 million award of a new cooperative institute which will be headquartered at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Pierce, Florida...DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers
Washington, DC In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at uni...W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to Hutchinson Center Scholar to Study How Cells Go Awry
SEATTLE, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Anyone touched by the ravages of cancer knows the rapidly growing, opportunistic cells don't play fair. But in order to expose exactly how cancer cells cheat their host, scientists must first study the rules governing the orderly cooperation of normal cell...The Lustgarten Foundation Awards Six Research Centers With Pancreatic Cancer Research Funding
Foundation Expects to Double 2009 Grant Awards to Nearly $4 Million BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation's largest private supporter of pancreatic cancer research, today announced its first round of 2009 grants, totaling $1.6 million awar...AFFiRiS AG: 1st Place in Venture Capital & Private Equity Awards for MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS
VIENNA, Austria, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS AG are this year's winners of the 2009 Venture Capital & Private Equity Award competition, hosted by the industry magazine Boerse-Express and Junge Industrie. The award recognised the long-standing association between the Germa...