AHRQ announced 15 new research topics for its Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), representing an array of questions and challenges facing health care professionals and patients today.
The Sea Grant programs in New York and Connecticut, along with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP), jointly invite scientists to apply for approximately $3.5 million in federal and state funds that will be awarded in a national competition for research projects to investigate the causes of mortality and shell disease syndrome in Long Island Sound lobsters.
AHRQ announced new support for assessing and improving the U.S. health care system's capacity to respond to possible incidents of bioterrorism. This $5 million initiative focuses on clinical preparedness of health care providers and health care systems.
Ohio University President Emeritus Vernon R. Alden announced today his commitment of $5 million to create the Marion Parson Alden Permanent Endowment for University Libraries.
Partners in Amphibians and Reptile Conservation received an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4. The Aiken, SC-based group took the award for Environmental, Community and Non profit organizations.
The U.S. Department of Education has rewarded the University at Albany's National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement with an additional $5.3 million to extend its national leadership on student learning and achievement in new school settings.
The dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and five other faculty have joined the ranks of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine.
Dr. Veronica Gutierrez, a board member of the World Chiropractic Alliance, has been chosen as the only doctor of chiropractic to serve on the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
A Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management team walked away with top honors and a $12,000 prize in a case competition at the 30th Annual National Black MBA Association Convention.
Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are establishing a Biomedical Security Institute that will monitor public health threats and alert emergency management agencies nationwide to attacks of bioterrorism.
Camille & Bill Anthony, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work, have declared the Sunday marking the end of daylight savings time to be National Napping Day for Women.
Science author and editor Curt Suplee has been appointed director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.
Two prominent scientists---a biochemist from the U-M and a cell biologist from the University of California, San Diego---will serve as lead scientists and co-directors of the U-M's new Life Sciences Institute.
The University of California, Davis, Health System and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory formed the Industry Partners Consortium for Bio and Medical Technology Development.
Mann at Cornell University has received a National Leadership Grant for Preservation or Digitization for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve and make available worldwide the most important and influential volumes on the history of home economics.
The New Hampshire Area Health Education Center program has been awarded $3.9M in continuation support over the next three years by the Health Services Resources Administration.
Demonstrating a strong commitment to innovative approaches for bringing women into engineering, Ford Motor Company has pledged $2.5 million in support of the nation's first engineering program at a women's college.
The National Institutes of Health have awarded the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing a $1.6 million grant to build and support a curriculum in complementary and alternative medicine.
The Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has received a $14 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to identify genes involved in 10 heart and lung diseases.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's School of Allied Health has launched a graduate program like no other in Texas. The new master of athletic training program is one of only three that exists in the country at a university medical center.
nLine, a start-up Austin, Texas, company using a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received an Advanced Technology Program award of $9.4 million.
Federal research dollars awarded to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in fiscal year 2000 were 2.3 times the amount for fiscal year 1998. And overall research funding for fiscal year 2000, totaled $12,950,422.
University of Maryland Baltimore President David Ramsay, DM, DPhil has been elected chair of the Association of Academic Health Centers.
The University of Arkansas has received a $9.6 million grant from NIH to harness the wealth of the human genome by studying the compounds that DNA produces -- proteins.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $52.5M in research grants to scientists and engineers across the country to foster a better understanding of the interrelationships that arise when living things interact with their environment.
The University of Illinois at Chicago will assess the nation's progress toward the goal of making fitness, leisure and recreational facilities available to disabled people under a $915,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Congratulations to this year's Nobel laureates in science for their achievements and well-deserved recognition. It is always exciting news for scientists, because we know what led to this milestone-the long hours, hard work, and simple love of science.
A California researcher became the first winner of an annual national prize endowed by a distinguished scientist at the University of North Carolina. The prize is for an outstanding scientific contribution to the field of neuroscience.
Johns Hopkins University and Health System today announced the launch of HopkinsHealth, which will license Hopkins-branded consumer health information to the online community.
With $3.1 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health, UIC researchers are developing a powerful prenatal diagnostic technique for identifying defects in single genes.
The newly launched Vaccine Education Center provides a comprehensive Web site for parents and healthcare professionsals regarding the often complex issues surrounding vaccines and vaccine safety.
Cornell University physicist Wilson Ho, whose design and use of a revolutionary microscope enables him to probe individual molecules and atoms to discover their properties, has joined the UC Irvine faculty as the Donald Bren Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry.
A new center for space and planetary science at the University of Arkansas and Oklahoma State University will help support NASA's space missions through science-based research on the ground.
Purdue University has joined a new national network of academic institutions and human rights organizations committed to protecting scholars and scholarship around the world.
Dartmouth College and Medical School have been designated a national Center for Public Health Preparedness, one of five to play key roles in a comprehensive network to strengthen the country's frontline against health threats, including epidemics and terrorist attacks.
The National Psoriasis Foundation is accepting grant applications from researchers interested in innovative projects in psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis genetics or immunology.
The National Psoriasis Foundation is accepting applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to an early-career researcher in the field of psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis genetics.
Two new Centers for Learning and Teaching will start up this month in Maryland and Texas, supported by awards of $9M to $10M each by the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have announced the second round of awards under the Interagency Education Research Initiative, supporting research aimed at improving education.
Johns Hopkins Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $7.8M grant from NIH to establish a research center to study complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of cancer.
BERNI Marketing & Design, seeks nominations for its annual BERNI awards for best consumer product packaging introduced in 2000. This year, a branding category has been added for naming, corporate identity, and website/e-commerce.
A groundbreaking $5M federal grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine could help researchers find the cause of an often debilitating blood vessel inflammation of the kidneys, lungs, skin, heart, and other organs.
Astronomers dedicated a new observatory in California. Built by Georgia State University with support from the National Science Foundation, the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy consists of six telescopes on Mt. Wilson, outside of Los Angeles.
A $1.1M U.S. Department of Labor grant to a Cornell University-based group may mean a fast, inexpensive and satisfactory resolution to a range of employment disputes throughout the United States.
The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry unveils its newest exhibition, "Watch Your Mouth! Sports & Dentistry," on Friday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Thirteen research projects funded as part of the first joint collaborative effort between Research Alliance and the DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Washington State University has received funding for four of the 13 projects.
Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism has been awarded $480,000 over three years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to fund the Knight Ohio Program for Editing and Editing Education.
A $1.1-million study at Louisiana State University will examine the marine organisms that cling to the legs of offshore oil and gas platforms to see if they have any pharmaceutical value. Scientists believe that some marine compounds could be made into treatments for AIDS and certain cancers.
Wake Forest University professor Steve H. Nickles has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on a board that oversees operations of the Internal Revenue Service.
NSF has recommended awards for 24 projects in communities around the country to help translate knowledge gained from basic research into new products, businesses and services, as well as to provide workforce education and training opportunities focused on innovation.
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