University of Chicago scientist wins prestigious Balzan Prize
...s vary annually. Every three years, the foundation awards a prize for humanity, peace and brotherhood, at a level normally twice that of the individual annual prizes. Earlier winners include Pope John XXIII, the composers Paul Hindemith and Gyrgy Ligeti and Mother Teresa of Calcutta....Baboon fathers really do care about their kids
...e said, "the best candidates for 'Dad of the Year' awards come from species that maintain long-term pair bonds, like the siamang and owl monkeys." That the more promiscuous, less committed baboons also vie for such honors suggests that "a capacity for paternal care is not tightly linked to social organizati...Francis Collins and Ari Patrinos receive Energy Secretary's Gold Award for Human Genome Project
... Health and Human Services at the ceremony. "These awards are in recognition of your vision and sustained leadership of the international human genome project, which culminated in the completion of the human DNA sequence in April 2003," Secretary Abraham said. "The project's success was largely due to your...Society for Biomolecular Screening to hold ninth annual conference
...ular Screening will present its annual achievement awards on Wednesday, September 25 from 8:55 am - 9:55am. ..., GlaxoWellcome and Moen, among others. Additional awards include the SBS PolyPops Foundation Award for Best Conference Presentation and the SBS 10 Best Poste...Cells' ability to live without oxygen give clues for treating major diseases
... these death-inhibitory genes has won him numerous awards in the past three years including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Research Award from the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate; the Patricia W. Robinson Young Investigator Award from the National Kidney Foundation; and the Carl W. Gottschalk Scholar...Applications accepted for research fellowships by the American Association for Cancer Research
...lando, Florida and accept the award. Unless noted, awards are open to investigators conducting research anywhere in the world. Employees, subcontractors, or trainees of a national government or private industry are not eligible for these awards. Candidates for the following three Research Fellowships must, ...Funding opportunities for junior faculty offered by the American Association for Cancer Research
...Development Awards in Cancer Research are two-year awards of $50,000 per year that support research by scientists at an academic institution at the level of Instructor, Acting Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, or the equivalent. Five Career Development Awards in the areas of translational lung cance...Nominations sought for AACR scientific awards and lectureships
...unces that nominations are now being accepting for awards that recognize outstanding achievement in cancer research. These awards, along with lectures by the winners, will be presented March 27-31, 2004, during the 95th AACR Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The nomination deadline for the following Award...The Rett Syndrome Research Foundation commits $1.3 million for 2003 research awards
...e to RSRF's Request for Proposals. This year's 13 awards encompass a wide range of research fields including biochemistry, neurobiology, genetics, physiology and clinical studies. "The 2003 round of research grant applications was extremely competitive due to the high standard of proposals and to increased...UCF garners nearly $89 million in research funding
...003, more than doubling the amount of its research awards in four years. The 2003 total of $88.8 million is ...g in the right direction," he said. UCF's research awards have increased dramatically -- by 143 percent -- over the past five years: 1998: $36.5 million 19...Three Pacific Northwest National Laboratory inventions win R&D 100 Awards
...ecognized in October at R&D Magazine's 41st annual awards banquet held in Chicago, where the magazine is based....Collaborative grant to Rutgers and Rep. of Georgia for salmonella research
... salmonella." The grant is part of a series of awards that fall under the CRDF's Special Competition for...and plans to announce further cooperative research awards in the near future....Genetics pioneer from the Bronx wins Gruber Prize
...ely by businessman and thinker Mr Peter Gruber. It awards annual prizes each worth $US150,000 in genetics, cosmology, justice and women's rights. "The genetics revolution is changing our lives," the president of the Foundation, Mrs Patricia Gruber said. "It has so much potential for identifying and curing d...Institutions and locations of scientific excellence
...tements broken down by subject area on DFG funding awards by university and non-university research institutions continue to form the core focus of the report. Over and above this, statements are made on the following: third party funding overall, the interlinking effect of the coordinated programmes of...ORNL wins four R&D 100 awards, pushing total to 116
...'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won four R&D awards from R&D Magazine, which since 1963 has given the awards for the 100 most significant innovations of the year. "All of us at ORNL are extremely proud of our ...UCR entomologists honored for maintaining and enhancing nation's natural resources and environment
...ary's Annual Honor Awards are the most prestigious awards given by USDA. The University of California's hono...rees were among this year's 85 award winners. The awards are the most significant recognition the USDA can bestow to acknowledge outstanding contributions to...DuPont receives US EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Award for new innovation
...as a leader in sustainability, earning a number of awards including the World Environment Center's Gold Meda...y 2006. The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards have been presented annually since 1996 by the EPA to recognize businesses and individuals who have ...Molecular fingerprint predicts HIV-associated dementia
... Neuroscience Research Programs (SNRPs). The SNRP awards are designed to help minority institutions develop state-of-the-art neuroscience research programs, prepare the next generation of neuroscience investigators, and create opportunities for collaborations among researchers at minority institutions and ...ACS announces awards for environmentally conscious business innovation
...onment. The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards have been presented annually since 1996 to recogni...duce pollution at its sources. Nominations for the awards are judged by an independent panel of technical experts convened by the American Chemical Society, t...UCR computer science graduate student wins ACM Student Research Competition Award
... tools to solve these problems. Li has won several awards already. Some of these are: First Annual Graduate Student Research Award, UC Riverside, March '03; First place in ACM CSE International Student Research Competition, February '03; I/O Software Research Innovation Scholarship, November, '02; and the ...