Funding News
3 Cancer Scientists Awarded $500K NY Medical Prize
April 16, 2013 11:31 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThree scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the richest prizes in medicine and biomedical research. Dr. Peter Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Janet Rowley of the University of Chicago...
DOE Renews Biofuels Funding for Research Partnership
April 5, 2013 3:01 pm | News | CommentsThe U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University $125 million to continue their work on advanced biofuels.
Device Gets Upgrade to Detect Biothreat Agents
April 3, 2013 11:01 am | News | CommentsResearchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB toxin.
Colleges Say Federal Cuts Could Cause Brain Drain
March 16, 2013 2:19 pm | by BRIDGET MURPHY - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsAt the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faculty fret about the future of the school's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Thirty miles away, administrators at the state university campus in Lowell worry that research aimed at designing better body armor for soldiers could suffer.
Leaders Highlight Impact of Sequestration on Research, Public Health
March 12, 2013 10:00 am | News | CommentsNancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that the federal government’s budget cuts through sequestration hurt the health and wellbeing of Americans.
Sanford-Burnham, Mayo Clinic Extend Collaboration
March 11, 2013 11:49 am | News | CommentsSanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and Mayo Clinic signed a new collaborative agreement to build a pipeline of therapeutic drugs aimed at a variety of diseases with serious unmet medical needs.
