Showing grants tagged "Scientific Research"

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  1. UC Berkeley — Assessing COVID-19 Infection Prevalence in Rural Kenya

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $220,000
    Scientific Research
  2. Mass Eye and Ear — Alzheimer’s Research

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $4,000,000
    Scientific Research
  3. Stanford University — Universal Flu Drug Research (Jeffrey Glenn)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $415,000
    Scientific Research
  4. Rita Allen Foundation — Award in Pain Scholars

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $330,000
    Scientific Research
  5. VST Bio — Stroke Treatment

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $4,500,000
    Scientific Research
  6. Yale University — Blood-Brain Barrier Antibodies Research

    Award Date:
    06/2020
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Alzheimer's Research
  7. FFAR — Plant Protein Optimization Research

    Award Date:
    06/2020
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Scientific Research
  8. Stanford University — Coronavirus Drug Research (June 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn)

    Award Date:
    06/2020
    Amount:
    $2,531,000
    Scientific Research
  9. Duke University — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Ria Goswami)

    Award Date:
    05/2020
    Amount:
    $130,982
    Scientific Research
  10. Penn State University — Research on Emergency Food Resilience (2020)

    Award Date:
    05/2020
    Amount:
    $3,064,660
    Scientific Research