Showing grants tagged "Scientific Research"

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  1. Stanford University — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Carla Shatz)

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $176,000
    Alzheimer's Research
  2. UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy)

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $5,000,000
    Scientific Research
  3. Future of Research — Exit Grant

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Scientific Research
  4. Duke University — Hsp70i and Inhibitor HS-72 (Timothy Haystead)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $81,500
    Scientific Research
  5. University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $2,054,142
    Scientific Research
  6. UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $825,000
    Scientific Research
  7. Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $17,500,000
    Scientific Research
  8. Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky)

    Award Date:
    04/2017
    Amount:
    $1,500,000
    Scientific Research
  9. NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency — General Support

    Award Date:
    04/2017
    Amount:
    $2,350,000
    Scientific Research
  10. Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $195,000
    Scientific Research