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The Roche Foundation for Anemia Research (RoFAR)
RoFAR announces a new special competition cycle
In addition to its regular research grant awards, RoFAR now invites scientists and institutions to submit applications for a special grant of up to 1.6 million CHF. RoFAR is particularly interested in innovative proposals, involving established researchers, which provide proof of principle and/or translational research, particularly studies which have the potential to be transferred into clinical practice.
Deadline: Letter of Intent submission has already started and will end on June 30, 2007 More info: http://www.rofar.org
Julius Axelord Prize
Supported by Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
The Society for Neuroscience is pleased to announce the inaugural year of the Julius Axelrod Prize. The Prize was established to honor a scientist with distinguished achievements in the broad fields of neuropharmacology or a related area and exemplary efforts in mentoring young
scientists.
The prize, with an honorarium of $25,000, will be presented each year during the Society's annual meeting, and the recipient will be invited to give a talk at a symposium organized by three institutes of the National Institutes of Health just prior to the annual meeting.
Prix Galien USA
The Prix Galien recognizes the technical scientific and clinical reearch skills necessary to drvelop innovative medicines.
All pharmaceutical and biological drugs or devices that have been US FDA approved for first or new indications in the past 5 years (2002 – 2006) are eligible to enter.
Sainsbury Management Fellowships in the Life Sciences
The Sainsbury Management Fellowship Scheme in the Life Sciences, which is funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, supports scientists of high career potential to undertake activities related to their Personal Development Plans.
The award covers the cost of activities related to an individual's personal development plan, subject to approval.
Suitable activities may include:
Full and part-time short courses and distance learning packages relating either to technology or management, such as an MBA.
The Rammal Award
The Rammal Award, created in memory of the great Lebanese physicist Rammal Rammal (1951-1991), is awarded each year to an outstanding personality of strong scientific stature who, through his or her life and activity in a Mediterranean country (whether in fundamental or applied research, teaching, or the integration of knowledge), has elevated the level of scientific exchanges in this part of the world.
Ramon Margalef Prize
The candidatures must reach the Technical Secretariat of the Prize before 31 May and must be submitted by qualified representatives from universities, schools of higher learning, research centres, academies of science, or by persons who have been awarded the Prize or who have been members of the Jury of the Prize.
The main aim of the Prize is to recognise an exceptional scientific career or discovery in the field of ecology or other environmental science that has contributed to: significant progress in environmental knowledge or in scientific thought and knowledge, or to the development of theoretical approaches for the sound management of natural resources, or use of the land and sea
The Prize may be awarded to scientist or group of scientists from anywhere in the world
The Prize is worth one hundred thousand (100,000) euros.
The candidatures must be submitted before 31 May 2007 in a letter or statement of well reasoned justification signed and dated by the presenter, accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the candidate.
NATO Funding
The Science for Peace and Security Programme offers grants to scientists in NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to collaborate on priority research topics, which include NATO priorities and additional Partner country priorities. Grants are also offered to assist the academic community in Partner countries to set up computer networking infrastructure and to optimize their use of electronic communication.
Ecological Footprint
Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? You're about to find out.
This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions, you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.
The quiz is based on national consumption averages and is meant to give you an idea of your Ecological Footprint relative to other people in the country you live in http://www.ecofoot.org/
2008 HHMI Investigator Competition Howard Hughes Medical Institute is pleased to announce a national competition for the appointment of outstanding scientists as HHMI investigators.
The deadline for applications is June 13, 2007, at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time). All applications must be submitted electronically. www.hhmi.org/research/application/comp2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces $500-Million Commitment to Reverse Childhood Obesity in U.S.
The nation's largest health philanthropy will expand research, school and community efforts, with focus on reaching kids and families in underserved communities.
The Foundation's goal is to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States by 2015.
The Roche Foundation for Anemia Research (RoFAR)
Julius Axelord Prize
Ecological Footprint