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India Earmarks Rs.1.34 Bn to Fight Bird Flu

India Thursday allocated Rs.1.34 billion to prepare, control and contain bird flu for three years starting March 2007.// The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the funding to implement the 'Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza (AI)' scheme. The scheme inc...

Australia earmarks $74 Million to Fight Bird Flu

Australia has earmarked $74 million to combat the bird flu threat over the next four years. Prime Minister John Howard was to announce the funding in Busan, Korea, where he is attending the Asia Pacific // Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum. International agencies, like the World Health O...

American Cancer Society Seeks Volunteers to Help Decide Who Gets Research Grants

... if they have little scientific training. "Stakeholders bring an invaluable perspective to help decide how best to allocate the funds that the Society earmarks for cancer research," said Otis W. Brawley, MD, the Society's national chief medical officer. They play a key role in helping the committee decide whi...

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MJFF's Rapid Response Innovation Awards Hit Mid-2009 With Over $1 Million Funded in High-Risk/High-Reward Approaches to Parkinson's Disease

...) into a potentially more effective symptomatic therapy. Rapid Response , one of the Foundation's Edmond J. Safra Core Programs for PD Research, earmarks up to $2 million annually to support research with little to no existing preliminary data, but potential to crack open entirely new ways of understand...

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NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward

... has pushed the basic science of stem cells forward and, with her latest two grants, she is poised to take it yet another step. "Treena has all the earmarks of a technical superstar," says Jaffe, her partner on the spinal cord research. "She's at the leading edge of modern biology and if anyone can take st...

NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step

...has pushed the basic science of stem cells forward and, with her latest research on bone repair, is taking it yet another step. "Treena has all the earmarks of a technical superstar," says Mike Jaffe, a professor of biomedical engineering and chemistry at NJIT. "She's at the leading edge of modern biology ...

earmarks in Biological Technology

WTN Interview with Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin: Facilitating technology growth and regional economic development is a priority

...leece. We made a conscious decision when I came into office and was confronted with my first appropriations cycle. We had to make a decision to go for earmarks or not? And we made a very clear decision, that absolutely. Along as that game is played in Washington, why leave the Second Congressional District in...

Five remaining firms vie for Tech Transfer award

...e past year. Right now, the company employs 38 people, nearly half of whom hold Ph.D's. The company's growth has created more job openings, one of the earmarks of the companies the Technology Transfer Award is looking to reward. "We have a number of open spots," Stultz said. "One of challenges is hiring te...