 Brain Injury Research Grant
- Three-year Individual Research Grant, maximum of $165,000 per year.
- Three-year Multi-Investigator Project Grant, Maximum of 660,000 per year.
Application form and details contact:
www.nj.gov/health/njcbir
New Jersey Commission on
Brain Injury Research
P.O.Box 360
Market and Warren Streets
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0360
Tel: 609-633-6465
E-mail: njcbir@doh.state.nj.us
Letters of Intent deadline: October 4, 2007
Closing date for applications: November 2, 2007
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 Funding Available for 3Rs research
Priorities are fish replacement and rodent refinement
The national center for the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research (NC3Rs) provides a UK focus for promotion, development and implementation of the 3Rs in research and testing.
The NC3Rs invites grant applications from UK establishments for projects which will advance knowledge in the replacement, refinement or reduction of animals in research, proposals relevant to any area of medical, biological or veterinary research or testing are edigible.
Deadline:
February 13, 2008
More info: www.nc3rs.org.uk/researchfunding
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 Hamdan Award for
Medical Research Excellence
In the fields of:
- Therapy in Malignancy
- Molecular therapy in drug targeting (Pharmacogenomics)
- Organ and tissue transplantation
The prize amount is AED three hundred thousand (AED 300,000) (Approx. US $ 82,000) to be awarded equally to 3 winners. The general secretariat is pleased to invite doctors, researchers, universities, research centers and medical scientific societies throughout the world to submit their research work for the awards 2007-2008.
For further information:
The General Secretariat
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Award for Medical Sciences
P.O. Box: 22252, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: + 971 4 3986777
Fax: + 971 4 3984579/ 3980999
E-mail: shhaward@emirates.net.ae
Deadline: November 30, 2007
More info: http://www.hmaward.org.ae
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International Okamoto Award 2008
For researchers who have achieved a highly remarkable and internationally regarded result in
basic research on vascular diseases such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and so forth. The award is established in 1985, in celebration of the memory of Dr. Kozo Okamoto who had established spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR).
How to apply:
Only by recommendation,
please send letter of nomination
Brief curriculum vitae of candidate
Summary of candidates research
List of publications and rReprints of some major work, using a set of formats fixed by the foundation.
Please ask the Secretariat to send it to recommender. Selection decision: Chosen by the selection committee of the foundation and decided at Board of Directors Meeting. Persons concerned will be notified of the decision late In January 2008. The award ceremony is to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, June 20, 2008 during 13th international SHR Symposium official satellite to International society of hypertension awardees will be invited to the ceremony.
Contact:
Japan Vascular Disease Research Foundation
Kokusai kenju bldg. 1F, 86
Jodoji Shimobamba-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8413, Japan.
Fax: +81-75-761-2382
Deadline: November 30, 2007
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 The McKnight Endowment Fund
for Neuroscience
Scholar Award: $75,000 a year for three years
For scientist in the early stage of setting up their independent laboratories to focus on disorders of learning and memory.
Deadline:
January 2, 2008
More info: www.mcnight.org/neuroscience
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The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Gill prizes for outstanding Neuroscience research-Call for nominations
The Linda and Jack Gill center for Biomolecular Science at Indiana University seeks nominations for the 2008 Distinguished Neuroscience investigator Award.
These annual awards recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to cellular or molecular neuroscience. Prizes of $25,000 and $5,000, respectively, will be presented at the 2008 Gill Symposium on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, in May 2008.
Deadline: November 15, 2007
More info: http://www.indiana.edu/~gillctr
Please submit nominations to:
Jack Gill center for Biomolecular Science
ATTN: Misty Theodore
Indiana University
1101 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-Mail: gillctr@indiana.edu
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 PIYRA grants are up to euro 1 million
(direct costs) over 5 years
Applicants for the PIYRA competition must have been awarded PhD or equivalent with in last 5 years. Potential candidates for the award must contact any participating Irish third level institution and request consideration by institution to be one of their nominees.
Deadline: October 17, 2007
More info: www.sfi.ie
Science foundation Ireland
Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel + 353 1607 3200
Fax + 353 1607 3201
Email info@sfi.ie
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 Useful Website
Google Docs
Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.
Create, edit and upload quickly.
Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.
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Collaborate on presentations and share them in real time.
https://documents.google.com
View the video demo at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA
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News You Can Use
 Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program
Kentucky is implementing a program that will match both Phase 1 and Phase 2 Federal SBIR and STTR awards to our high-tech small businesses – no other state has a program designed to do just that.
If you are an SBIR or STTR awardee from Kentucky, or are willing to relocate to Kentucky, you could apply for funds from the commonwealth to match your federal SBIR-STTR awards.
Moreinfo: http://www.thinkkentucky.com/DCI/SBIR/SBIRSTTR.aspx
Only online applications will be accepted.
The solicitation will be open from 19 July 2007 until 30 May 2008 or until funds are exhausted.
If you have any questions relating to the program or the application process, contact:
Kenneth Ronald
Program Manager
Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program
Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
859-255-3613 (extension 252)
kronald@kstc.com
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