Showing grants tagged "Scientific Research"

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  1. MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group — Brain Mapping Research (Ed Boyden)

    Award Date:
    02/2018
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Scientific Research
  2. UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino)

    Award Date:
    02/2018
    Amount:
    $880,000
    Scientific Research
  3. Mass General — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Tanzi and Moir) (2018)

    Award Date:
    01/2018
    Amount:
    $760,000
    Alzheimer's Research
  4. Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research

    Award Date:
    01/2018
    Amount:
    $409,112
    Scientific Research
  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Sepsis Therapy (Michael Donnino)

    Award Date:
    01/2018
    Amount:
    $2,939,400
    Scientific Research
  6. protocols.io — Platform Improvements

    Award Date:
    12/2017
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Scientific Research
  7. University of Washington — Flu Vaccine and Protein Design (Baker and King)

    Award Date:
    12/2017
    Amount:
    $11,367,500
    Scientific Research
  8. Arizona State University — Canine Cancer Vaccine Trial (Stephen Johnston)

    Award Date:
    11/2017
    Amount:
    $6,421,402
    Scientific Research
  9. Stanford University — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Carla Shatz)

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

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $5,000,000
    Scientific Research