Whitaker Foundation to phase out grant programs
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 16, 2001 --- The Whitaker Foundation,...which has invested more than $575 million in biomedical...engineering education and research, has begun phasing out its...grant programs to coincide with its planned closing in 2006. ......"Biomedical engineering has gone through a period of tremendous...growth in recent years," said Whitaker Foundation President and...CEO Peter G. Kat...UC Davis biomedical engineering department awarded $12 million by Whitaker Foundation
The Whitaker Foundation announced today that it has awarded a grant of $12 million to the new Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. The grant will help expand the department and enhance campus research in genomics, medical imaging and other fields. It will trigger approximately $35 million in matching funds from the state government and university sources....Whitaker Foundation funds Washington University biomedical engineering facility
... ...............St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5, 1999 --In recognition of The Whitaker Foundation's long-term support of Washington University's scientific research and education, coupled with the recent receipt of two major grants for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has announced plans to construct a building to house biomedical engineering research and teaching....Whitaker makes largest individual grants ever totaling more than $30 million
...ROSSLYN, Va. - The Whitaker Foundation has made its first two Leadership Awards...totaling more than $30 million to The Johns Hopkins University and the...University of California, San Diego - the largest individual grants in its...23-year history. ......"These intensely competitive awards are a tribute to the excellence of...biomedical engineering educational and research programs at both o...Whitaker Foundation To Fund AAAS Science Journalism Awards Through 2001
.(WASHINGTON, DC -- June 2, 1998) -- The Whitaker Foundation, a private nonprofit.organization supporting biomedical research and education, has announced it will.continue to fund the AAAS Science Journalism Awards through 2001. .The Whitaker Foundation has funded the competition since 1995. Since the.competition's inception in 1945, more than 300 individuals have been honored for.their signifi...Whitaker Awards $6.8 Million For Biomedical Engineering Education
ROSSLYN, Va., Nov. 24, 1997 -- The Whitaker Foundation has awarded $6.8 million in grants to improve biomedical engineering education at six universities in the United States and one in Canada.. The universities and the amount of each award are: Dalhousie University in Canada, $858,863; Duke University, $999,743; Pennsylvania State University, $999,591; Purdue University, $991,000; Syracuse...