 Ajinomoto Amino Acid Research Program
Amino acids serve multiple roles in the biological system. AJINOMOTO Co., Inc., Japan, is interested in supporting innovative research focusing on the biological aspects of amino acids, such as nutritional, physiological and pharmacological functions and properties.
This call will focus on two support program types as follows:
Exploratory Research Grants.
U.S. $100,000 in direct costs per annum for up to two (2) years of total support.
Young Investigator Research Grants.
U.S. $100,000 in direct costs per annum for up to two (2) years of total support.
Deadline: Applicants must file a pre-application at the pre-application page no later than March 15, 2007.
More info: http://www.3arp.ajinomoto.com/
 Royal Society and Académie des Sciences
Microsoft European Science Award 2007
The Royal Society and Académie des Sciences are pleased to invite nominations for the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences Microsoft European Science Award 2007. The award is designed to recognise and reward scientists working in Europe, who have made a major contribution to the advancement of science through the use of computational methods.
The 2007 award is open to any research scientist who has made a significant contribution at the intersection of computing and the physical sciences, including mathematics and engineering. The prize will comprise a trophy and a monetary amount of €250,000, of which €7,500 will constitute prize money with the rest earmarked for further research.
Nominations Deadline: February 21, 2007
More info: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/microsoft
Questions:
Madeleine Bell at awards@royalsoc.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7451 2607.
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Royal Society
Pfizer Award 2007
The Royal Society is pleased to invite nominations for the Royal Society Pfizer Award 2007. The award will recognise an innovative contribution to biological science, including basic medical science, which has made a positive sustainable impact on Africa. The prize will be open to any research scientist at an early stage of their research career, working in Africa.
£60,000 will be awarded as a grant in order for the recipient to carry out a research project that is linked to an African centre of scientific excellence, which would normally be a University, or equivalent research centre. £5,000 will be given as a prize to the recipient.
Nominations Deadline: February 21, 2007
More info: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/pfizer
Questions: Madeleine Bell at awards@royalsoc.ac.uk or
+44 (0)20 7451 2607
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 EMBO Young Investigator Programme
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme has been identifying and supporting outstanding life scientists in Europe since 2000. The programme targets researchers who are within four years of having established their first independent laboratories in an EMBC member state. The aim of the programme is to give these promising young scientists an added advantage in the early years of their independent careers, drawing attention to the quality of their research and enhancing their standing in the scientific community.
Deadline: April 1, 2007
More info: http://www.embo.org/yip/
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 Nathalie Rose Barr PhD Studentships:
Call for Proposals 2007
Funding Includes:
- University/College Fees are at the level for UK and EU students only
- Laboratory/consumable costs of £5000 per annum
- Funds for travel of £1000 during the studentship
- Up to £2000 for a laptop computer and associated basic software, which become the property of the student at the end of the grant
Deadline: February 23, 2007.
More info: http://www.spinal-research.org
The Research Division, International Spinal Research Trust, Bramley Business Centre, Station Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0AZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1483 898786 E-mail: research@spinal-research.org
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 Faran Laboratories S.A
Prostate cancer prevention using natural products
It is anticipated that a two-year grant will be awarded for a maximum amount of $100,000, of which no more than 10% can be used for indirect costs. The second year of funding will be based upon successful completion of measurable goals in the first year of study.
Deadline: April 30, 2007
More info: http://www.faran.gr/index.php?section=14&article=44
http://www.faran.gr/
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Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Research Grants are awarded for novel collaborations involving extensive collaboration among teams of scientists working in different countries and in different disciplines. Two types of grants are available: Young Investigator Grants and Program Grants.
The 2008 call for Letters of Intent is now open.
Pre-registration: March 22, 2007
Submission deadline: April 3, 2007
More info: http://www.hfsp.org/
http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php
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 Prize4Life
Prize4Life is a results-oriented nonprofit founded to accelerate ALS/MND (Lou Gehrig's disease) research by offering substantial prizes to scientists who solve the most critical scientific problems preventing the discovery of an effective ALS/MND treatment.
There are (5) $15,000 prizes for the best ALS biomarker proposals due March 2007.
A biomarker for measuring disease progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease/ Motorneuron Disease) is needed.
$1,000,000 will be awarded for the first submitted translation of an idea into practice i.e for validated ALS Biomarker that meets the desired requirements.
Deadline: Anytime until November 6, 2008
More info: http://www.prize4life.org/
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Useful Website
Sell your old cellphones
These sites generally pay between $2 and $200 for functioning phones.
You can sell phones that are up to four years old. Each site requires phones to power up, make a test call and have functioning features.
These sites refurbish and repackage phones to be sold in markets such as India and Latin America. On the website you can print out a postage-paid shipping label or request a postage paid box. Drop your phone in the mail and wait about 30days for your payment. Payments may be reduced for operational but cosmetically damaged phones.
Make sure the service on the phone you send has been canceled and also delete your personal information.
  
 CashOldPhone.com offers to pay $48 for a Nokia 6102 camera –phone while CellForCash.com offers just $13 for the same phone.-
For instructions on how to erase your phone’s memory go to http://wirelessrecycling.com/home/index.html
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Sense of Humor
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News You Can Use
 NIH has developed New Web Tool for Finding Funding Information
Up to now, this funding information was available in the form of tables that showed comparative rankings in terms of dollars received. However, the NIH no longer will provide these comparative ranking tables on its biomedical research funding. Instead, NIH has developed a Web-based tool that allows you to determine the dollars awarded to any one organization or department. The tool will allow you to download aggregate data, on a per fiscal year basis, so that you can conduct your own analysis.
More info: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/FindOrg.cfm
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