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40 Under 40 2021: Jeff Whitworth
With a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Whitworth worked as the lead principal investigator on the Gate City Research Network, which is a high-speed network that connects UNCG and N.C. A&T State University to the scientific community......»»
Pitt part of consortium getting $49M to develop COVID-19 vaccine
The University of Pittsburgh is part of an international coalition led by the renowned Institut Pasteur that is getting a $49 million grant to develop a potential COVID-19 vaccine based on work that it has done on a measles vaccine. The Coalition .....»»
Pitt receives CDC approval to bring coronavirus to Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research hopes to bring the virus here in an attempt to create a vaccine......»»
UC Davis names new directors for Cannabis & Hemp Research Center
The University of California Davis has named a new leadership team to lead its emerging Cannabis & Hemp Research Center. The research center was founded last year with an intent to focus on environmental and health impacts, testing and applications.....»»
UCF awarded NASA grant for space mission power systems
The University of Central Florida was one of 14 universities awarded grants under NASA's Space Technology Research Grants' Early-Stage Innovations program. The funding competition aims to accelerate the development of groundbreaking, high-risk/high-payof.....»»
Drexel professor spent $189K in research funds at strip clubs, authorities say
Drexel University said it will pay the U.S. government $189,062 to settle claims a former professor spent federal grant funds at strip clubs and bars over the past 10 years. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia said Drexel first reported Chikao.....»»
National Institutes of Health awards $6.5M grant to UH Cancer Center
The University of Hawaii Cancer Center received a $6.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to build a clinical research center to better treat Hawaii's cancer patient population, UH announced Thursday. The clinic, which will be nam.....»»
$5M grant to help Wash U research blood disorder therapies
The Washington University School of Medicine has received a $5 million grant from the Edward P. Evans Foundation to create a new center that will research rare blood disorders. The center will focus on a specific set of disorders, called myelodysplast.....»»
Boston non-profit, Brown University win $53.4M grant to study Alzheimer"s
Boston-based non-profit Hebrew SeniorLife and Brown University have been awarded a $53.4 million grant from the federal government to research and improve the care of those with Alzheimer’s. The five-year grant, the largest federal grant in Brownâ€.....»»
National Institute For Drug Abuse Issues Grant Call For Cannabis Research
The National Institute for Drug Abuse has issued a notice of special interest encouraging grant applications on the "effects of changing cannabis laws and policies in the U.S. and globally on public health." read more.....»»
Research team lands $9.5M grant for infant autism study
A joint research effort between the Washington University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina has received a $9.5 million grant to advance a study into whether brain imaging can detect autism risk in early infancy. Researchers in .....»»
WashU-led research team lands $9.5M grant for infant autism study
A joint research effort between the Washington University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina has received a $9.5 million grant to advance a study into whether brain imaging can detect autism risk in early infancy. Researchers in .....»»
National Institutes of Health launches $9 million genetic testing center at UC Davis
The federal government’s medical research agency is launching a new center to develop genetic editing tools with the University of California Davis. The National Institutes of Health is funding the new center with a $9 million grant announced Monday......»»
Harvard, MIT receive $9 million for research on cannabis
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will share what's being called the largest private donation supporting research into marijuana and its effects on the human brain......»»
Federal funding supports UB research on Krabbe Disease
The Hunter James Kelly Research Institute at the University at Buffalo has received $2.1 million in federal funding. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health is geared toward research of Krabbe leukodystrophy, known as Krabbe Disease. .....»»
Pitt names Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer dean of School of Social Work
The University of Pittsburgh has named a new dean for the School of Social Work. Elizabeth "Betsy" M. Z. Farmer will begin her new position Aug. 1. She previously served as professor and associate dean for research at Virginia Commonwealth Unive.....»»
University of Hawaii West Oahu awarded $638,000 grant for veteran STEM program
The United States Office of Naval Research awarded the University of Hawaii West Oahu a $638,100 grant to create a program to support veterans interested in careers and education involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The thre.....»»
UA wins $1 million grant to fight opioid abuse in Alabama
A research unit at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business has received a $1 million grant from the Office of Justice Programs at the Justice Department. The grant will enable the Institute of Business Analytics to develop a.....»»
Seurat Therapeutics gets $500K for its migraine-fighting nasal spray
A Chicago-based medical startup that wants to stop migraines using a nasal spray received more funding this week to continue its research. Seurat Therapeutics, a biotech startup founded within the University of Chicago, received a $500,000 grant fr.....»»
UB researchers land $3.5M for kidney research
University at Buffalo researchers have begun a new study funded by a $3.5 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Aging. The five-year grant will be led by Kathleen Tornatore, a professor in the UB department of pharmacy practice in t.....»»