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UrduCRI awarded over $22 million to leading cancer immunotherapy researchers in the 2024 fiscal year, amounting to 64 awards at 42 institutions.
Tag: Grants/Funding
$6M CDC grant to boost confidence in COVID-19 and other adult vaccines
Closing the racial gap in health outcomes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in Michigan as well as other states is the aim of Michigan State University researchers funded through a $6 million, one-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Expenses for university R&D&I increase moderately in Spain
According to the IUNE Observatory’s 2021 Report
Mentoring and inclusion are top priority for 50 new Gilliam Fellows and their advisers
They come from 38 schools across the country. Their research spans the life sciences, from plant biology to evolution. And they represent the largest group of fellows selected in the Gilliam Program’s history . Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute…
The Big Ten Academic Alliance joins Direct to Open from the MIT Press
BTAA libraries commit to making knowledge more open and equitable and will enjoy benefits exclusive to participating libraries
Mark Foundation funds Jackson Laboratory scientists to study immunotherapy side effects
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds Jackson Laboratory scientists to take on immunotherapy’s greatest challenges — improving response rates and decreasing debilitating side effects
NGA funds RIT researchers to explore the limits of spectral remote sensing imaging systems
Principal investigator Professor John Kerekes receives up to $1 million for fundamental research
NanED: A training program to educate the next generation of electron crystallographers
The NanED project foresees a group of 15 Ph.D. students to join an innovative training network in order to learn and master the 3D electron diffraction (3D ED) techniques. It is a Horizon 2020’s Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Action funded by the European Union
Zero Childhood Cancer to continue mission of curing childhood cancer with $600k donation
Today we’d like to say a big thank you to the Lott for their generous donation to the Zero Childhood Cancer Program.
Dartmouth Engineering professor selected to direct new Brazilian biofuels lab
Lee Lynd , the Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth, will be the founding director of the new Advanced Second Generation (A2G) Biofuel Laboratory located at the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil. The lab’s mission is to develop…
$1M NIGMS grant gives students at Lewis Katz School of Medicine chance at early success
(Philadelphia, PA) – Rapid evolution in the field of biomedical research demands well-trained scientists. Adapting biomedical research training programs to keep up with the increasingly complex and interdisciplinary nature of the field, however, presents complex challenges for higher-education institutions. The…
Q-CTRL awarded $3.5 million grant from Australian government for space-based quantum sensors
Company to expand the development and manufacture of advanced sensors for climate data monitoring, mining, defense applications and more
Bringing chemical production and manufacturing together
Development of a small, flexible and cost-effective acrylonitrile modular reactor could give carbon fiber producers better access to affordable feedstock
Precision medicine helps identify “at-risk rapid decliners” in early-stage kidney disease
A novel therapeutic may halt rapid kidney function in some type 1 diabetic kidney disease patients.
Stevens and Rensselaer to establish the first-ever NSF-backed FinTech Research Center
As finance continues its rapid transformation into the digital era, Stevens and Rensselaer are designated leaders in guiding the field into a high-tech, big data world
$1.4 million grant increases coverage of Mississippi River Basin
Walton Family Foundation grant will create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, covering agriculture, water and environmental issues within the region
For women workers in India, direct deposit is ‘digital empowerment’
Giving women in India’s Madhya Pradesh state greater digital control over their wages encouraged them to enter the labor force and liberalized their beliefs about working women, concluded a new study co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer…
Researcher receives NIH director’s award to help end HIV global epidemic
June 28, 2021–BRONX, NY– International organizations and countries around the world are working to eliminate HIV/AIDS by 2030. To reach this goal, new approaches are needed–particularly among difficult-to-reach groups such as people who inject drugs (PWID), who are 30 times…
Subsurface geophysics is key to geological carbon dioxide storage
Using unique 3D imaging technology to find a negative carbon solution
Mary Foltz awarded Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship to Expand LGBTQ Archive
Lehigh University’s Mary Foltz will serve as a scholar-in-residence at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, where she will work with the center’s Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive and lead public humanities initiatives.
LSU Health New Orleans Nursing awarded $1.25M for mental health for underserved
New Orleans, LA – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing a $1.25 million grant over five years to improve access to mental and behavioral health care. The funding will increase…
UTSA cyber researcher awarded $500K grant to develop defense against ransomware attacks
UTSA gets a boost in its efforts to lead the charge in protecting the nation’s cyber infrastructure
Nearly S$10 million awarded to research on deadly brain cancer
With a national grant of about S$10 million, researchers in Singapore are working with overseas collaborators to address these challenges and develop new diagnostic and treatment options so patients can receive effective targeted therapy
COVID-19 communication among authorities and the media
DFG funds international research project of TU Ilmenau and BfR with 1.8 million euros
CWRU researcher secures $1.2M to develop MS diagnostic tests
CLEVELAND–Case Western Reserve University researcher Farren Briggs was awarded $1.2 million over three years from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health to identify biomarkers to improve the diagnoses of multiple sclerosis…
UT extension receives grants for COVID-19 and other vaccine education
USDA, CDC and Cooperative Extension team to support communication nationwide
En’Urga receives NASA grant to develop tool that validates advanced technologies, vehicles
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — En’Urga Inc. , which develops and commercializes innovative diagnostic equipment for use in the manufacturing, research and consumer arenas, has received a six-month, SBIR Phase I grant from NASA . The $125,000 grant will be used…
ORNL names new Innovation Crossroads cohort of entrepreneurs
Six science and technology innovators from across the United States will join the fifth cohort of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads program in June. As the Southeast’s only research and development program for entrepreneurs based at a U.S. Department…
Building green finance in Asia
SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer – Back in November 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) put sustainability front and centre at the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF), making it a key theme of the event and announcing a…
Computer vision: TU Graz researchers define new state of the art
Our visual cortex can capture images and recognize objects in a fraction of a second, even if they are barely visible or only fragmentary. One reason for this fantastic peak performance is the highly efficient hierarchical layer architecture of the…
ETS welcomes two research chairs specialized in artificial intelligence applied to health
1.5 million in funding over three years from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRSQ)
Behavioural study to understand mass cooperation awarded €2.5 million
A new study to understand when and why people are prepared to cooperate and act in the interest of others, rather than themselves, has been awarded €2.5 million by the European Research Council (ERC). The Covid-19 pandemic and global warming…
$2 million grant to examine what drives promotion and tenure outcomes in higher ed
University of Houston leads research project funded by National Science Foundation
UTSA School of Data Science receives $1 million from Frost Bank for emerging research
MAY 27, 2021 — Frost Bank has committed $1 million to the UTSA School of Data Science (SDS). The gift establishes the Frost Excellence Fund endowment, which will support research-enhancing activities such as graduate research fellowships, undergraduate research activities and…
OIST and Beyond Next Ventures tie in a new innovation hub
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (“OIST”) and Beyond Next Ventures (“BNV”) announced on May 25 a new partnership to invest in deep-tech startups and develop the innovation ecosystem in Okinawa. “Today is a happy day for…
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center forms Wellness HUBs with Lazarex Cancer Foundation
The Cancer Wellness HUBs will address cancer health disparities and improve cancer health outcomes in the greater Los Angeles community across the continuum of care, from prevention through treatment and clinical trials
Colorado School of Public Health receives grant to address kidney disease among women in Guatemala
The three-year K01 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides support to examine the environmental determinants of kidney injury in female sugarcane workers and female community members in Guatemala
New research will unveil the future for natural preservation of food products
With a grant of DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, researchers from Aarhus University are aiming to find out how best to use naturally occurring compounds to preserve food.
Provenance: How an object’s origin can facilitate authentic, inclusive storytelling
Archivists assess, collect and preserve various artifacts and archive them to better understand their origin and cultural heritage.
$3.3M grant to fuel response to post-pandemic challenges
Universities, organizations to help manufacturers across Massachusetts
New report indicates annual economic impact of human genetics/genomics
Grew over $200 billion since 2010, outlines new areas of promising application
‘We’re playing Moneyball with building assets’
New tool uses AI to target smarter repairs with limited funds
FAU gets CDC grant to test PPE efficacy and workplace virus transmission
College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers will assess safety measures against airborne transmission of viral infections
Powering Discovery: A new expert panel report from the CCA
Research funders face a delicate balancing act amid limited resources and multiplying priorities
Examining the ‘service cliff’ for youth with autism and their family caregivers
Case Western Reserve University researchers highlight need for improved access to Medicaid waivers for families affected by autism spectrum disorder
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies process critical to kidney function
Discovery by Iain Drummond, Ph.D., could pave the way for new therapies to treat kidney disease
At the heart of globalization
A new, federally funded, international research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich will study globalization from an unusual angle. It will consider the complexities of worldwide networks of mutual dependency in terms of the dynamics of “dis:connectivity”. On the surface,…
AATS Foundation scholarships shown to support success in academic surgery
More than 40 percent of recipients received multiple NIH grants
Landmark program joins investors with scientists to confront climate change
Finance giant AllianceBernstein to work with Columbia Climate School
Germany grants the Optics University Center and Campus at Leibniz University Hannover
German Science Council recommends an investment of 54.2 million Euro to build the research building OPTICUM