Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
...logy (NJIT) will receive graduate student research awards of $300 each from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The awards will be presented in early November at the organization's annual convention in Austin, Texas. Dimit...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...on Grid (LOOKING). It is the largest of nearly 120 awards from the agency's Information Technology Research (ITR) program this year, which total $130 million to be disbursed over the next five years. Participating institutions will collaborate on experimental wireless, optical networks and grid technology, ...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
... NIH is announcing the recipients of these special awards today in Bethesda. "This is an exciting opportunity to bring enormous energy and new brain power to solve some of the most complex puzzles in eye research," says Darlene Dartt, PhD, the Director of Scientific Affairs at Schepens who is heading up the...Posters highlight water, energy and other natural resource research
...ity students and three winners were presented cash awards totaling $1,750. W. Robert Bolton of the University of Alaska Fairbanks was awarded first place and Lawrence L. Cook of Idaho State University came in second. Third place was awarded to Abigail Aiken representing Washington State University. INRA is ...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...g the TR100 has become one of the most prestigious awards for young innovators around the world," said David Rotman, executive editor of Technology Review. "This year's winners all are pioneering fascinating innovations in the fields of biomedicine, computing and nanotechnology, and were chosen after a rig...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
... National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 22 new awards as part of the seventh year of its Plant Genome Re...ld rely on for food, clothing and other needs. The awards involve researchers from 56 institutions in 22 states, as well as collaborators from 14 countries ar...Abstract poster contest finalists announced
... competition for a chance to win one of three cash awards totaling $1,750. Winners will be announced the morning of September 22, the final morning of the conference. INRA is a coalition of eight northwestern research universities created to promote new opportunities for research and education that will be...Martin Saunders to receive the James Flack Norris Award
...ught at Yale for 49 years. He has received notable awards from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences....K-State, other universities to study how climate affects plant evolution
...f six Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research awards granted by the NSF in 2004. Total FIBR awards over the five-year period will be $30 million....The American Phytopathological Society announces 2004 awards
...eased to announce its 2004 award recipients. These awards were presented at the APS Annual Meeting, August 2004, in Anaheim, Calif. APS grants the Fellow designation to current members in recognition of distinguished contributions to plant pathology or to the Society. The 10 members named Fellows in the Soc...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...vironmentally responsive." BeeSpace was one of six awards totaling $30 million announced today (Sept. 16) as part of the NSF's Frontiers of Integrative Biological Research (FIBR), a program now in its second year. BeeSpace will be housed in the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), now under construction on ...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...l Science Foundation (NSF) today announced six new awards totaling nearly $30 million over five years from i...cal Research (FIBR) program. Each of the five-year awards brings together scientists from many areas of biology and other fields to draw upon advances in geno...Ecology of infectious diseases grants awarded
...he ecology of infectious diseases. This year's EID awards include studies of the ecology, dynamics and spatial spread of raccoon rabies in places such as Fairfax County, Virginia; the link between marine pathogens and molluscan shellfish; the effects of deforestation on the prevalence of blood-borne pathoge...APS Foundation names student travel award recipients
...eting, August 2004, in Anaheim, Calif. The travel awards are designed to help students studying in the fiel...niversity of Wisconsin. More information about the awards and the APS Foundation can be found at http://www.apsnet.org/foundation . The American Phytopatholo...Joslin President awarded medal from international diabetes organization
...000. Dr. Kahn has been the recipient of numerous awards during his distinguished career, including the top research honors from the American Diabetes Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Endocrine Society. In 1998, Dr. Kahn chaired the Diabetes Research Working Group, which was ...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
...ort the continued development of the awardees, the awards are designed to foster innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, recognize the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental ...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...or Scientists and Engineers for the year 2003. The awards were presented by John Marburger, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Torn, a biogeochemist, is honored for her innovative research on climate change and the terrestrial carbon cycle. She is one of four researchers from DOE's Of...NJIT professor receives Presidential Award for breakthrough research with adult stem cells
...stigious award for new faculty members, the career awards honor the nation's best young scientific researchers. Arinzeh is also developing new undergraduate and graduate curricula in the field of tissue engineering, and is doing community outreach to high schools in New Jersey and New York. Arinzeh hopes th...Integrative biology of exercise APS Intersociety meeting October 6-9, 2004 in Austin
... Saltin, IOC 2002 Olympic Prize winner, to address awards banquet Terjung announced that the Saturday night awards banquet speaker will be Bengt Saltin, recipient of the International Olympic Committee 2002 Olympic ...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
... US$3.2 million in prestigious no-strings-attached awards for environmental stewardship. The awards are made by The Bay Foundation and the Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation of New York...