Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...al Association, the fund is one of the oldest such funds in the nation. Since its inception, the fund has raised almost $900,000 and has funded more than 100 individual clinical research programs exploring areas deemed timely by a panel of statewide practitioners and college faculty members. "Research i...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...behavior of living systems. McCune will use the funds to further his research into the mechanisms by which HIV causes immunodeficiency, with an eye toward understanding immune responses that might prevent the development of AIDS in HIV-infected people. Such insight, he says, could lead to more effective...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
... (NIH) are joining forces to provide both start-up funds and sustaining support for graduate training programs that integrate the biomedical sciences with the physical sciences and engineering HHMI will award up to 10 three-year grants of as much as $1 million each to support the development and early pha...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...oordinated by the Texas General Land Office, which funds much of the $1 million-plus buoy system, and by oil companies who operate in the Gulf of Mexico. Buoys range in size from torpedo-shaped eight-foot long cylinders to circular-shaped ones, each floating on the water's surface. Prices of each range fro...Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
...cted Research and Development (LDRD) program. LDRD funds basic and applied research and development focusing on employee-initiated creative proposals selected at the discretion of the Laboratory director. Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Se...NJIT professor receives Presidential Award for breakthrough research with adult stem cells
...rd by the National Science Foundation (NSF), which funds her research. "I'm very proud to receive this prestigious presidential award," Arinzeh said. "The award shows that my research in stem-cell based regeneration has great potential, and that it's essential to the scientific education of students, both ...$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases
... comparative genomics research. They will use the funds to set up a National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource Center to help scientists to accelerate their research into the biology and evolution of deadly microorganisms and develop methods for their control. The new center will provide infectious diseas...Better living through urban ecology
...ect; nearly 1 million dollars of US Forest Service funds will support the restoration of the urban watershed. Both projects will yield results useful to managers and decision makers, as well as educators and community groups in the affected water- and sewer-sheds. Michael T. Rains, Director of the USDA For...University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million grant for head and neck cancer
...archers in the laboratory and clinic." The grant funds four major translational research projects that focus on genetic changes that are potential risk factors for head and neck cancer, intracellular signaling proteins activated during head and neck cancer, and new treatment strategies designed to reduce...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
...uim labthat is expected to bring increased federal funds and employment opportunities to the northern Olympic Peninsula over the next few years. The $4.2 million is for fiscal year 2005, and comes on top of a $1.7 million Congressional "earmark" secured this summer. The newly-funded research program will i...Clemson University spin-off uses corn to make plastics, provide cleaner air
...igher Education and granted $5 million in matching funds for an endowed faculty member. The faculty position is a cornerstone of Clemson's plan to invest $70 million over the next five years at the Clemson Research Park to make the Upstate a magnet for the advanced materials industry cluster. A $21 million...APS announces the winners of its 2004 postdoctoral fellowship in physiological genomics
...logical Genomics. The two-year award will provide funds totaling $73,000 to each of the two winning scientists including stipend and a mini research grant for each year. Winners of the 2004 APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics are: Matthew R. Jones, Ph.D. Harvard School of Public Heal...APS awards more than $36,000 to its 2004 undergraduate research fellows
...ellows also receive an additional $1,000 in travel funds to present their research at the 35th International Congress of Physiological Sciences and the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting, which is expected to attract nearly 12,000 scientists. 2004 Undergraduate Research Fellows: Patrick J. Brown - Junia...Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...Primate Center. The research has been sponsored by funds from Duke, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute support for undergraduate research and the National Science Foundation....BioMed Central to consult funders and librarians over Open Access payment model
...nsultation will allow us to explore how to channel funds to pay for Open Access publishing in the future in a way that truly fits the needs of the community." Sixteen invited representatives of the library and funding communities have accepted BioMed Central's invitation to the one-day meeting. They inclu...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
... like, though all winners so far have plowed their funds back into biodiversity projects. There is no application process for the awards; nominations and selections are made by the advisers. The winners announced today are: Maria Marta Chavarria , nominated for a Leadership Award for her work in identifyi...K-State professor combines love of teaching, research to examine eye development
...instrument recently purchased for general use with funds from the National Eye Institute, in a collaboration between Gary Conrad and other K-State eye researchers: Larry Takemoto, university distinguished professor, Division of Biology, Dolores Takemoto and John Tomich, profesors, department of biochemistr...New framework for biodiversity conservation
... dilemma of when, where, and how to invest limited funds to maximize conservation benefits. In attempts to...to protect habitat," says Possingham. "Redirecting funds could help managers offer financial or other incentives to land owners, helping turn years of planni...Scientific publications: Time for change
...hat UK Research Councils follow this lead and make funds available to pay author charges. This would mean that all publicly funded UK researchers would be able to make their research findings Open Access, at no cost to themselves. "This support will help to ensure the success of the author-pays model of pu...Leading scientists design new framework for biodiversity conservation
... dilemma of when, where, and how to invest limited funds to maximize conservation benefits. In attempts to ...to protect habitat," says Possingham. "Redirecting funds could help managers offer financial or other incentives to land owners, helping turn years of planni...