University of California, Davis continues to set a new record for external research funding in fiscal year 2019-2020 securing $941.2 million, an increase from a record set in the previous year of 2018 of $94.5 million. Reflecting a recognition of excellence and...
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Lack of University Support Results in Months of Lost Progress
According to surveys by the student government of graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick and Newark, where the overwhelming majority of doctoral students study, two-thirds of PhD students at Rutgers report research delays that will necessitate their taking at...
Two Hong Kong Academic Medical Centers Receive £11.5 million for 26 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Hong Kong’s two medical universities have received a substantial £11.5 million for 26 COVID-19 clinical studies. The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (HKU Med) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) both will...
University of Miami Funds Fast-Tracked Research Projects to Rapidly Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts
The University of Miami’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research has been issuing “rapid response grants” that have led to twenty-four projects that will provide critical information about COVID-19. The university is tapping into and harnessing the intellect and...
Promising Diabetes Investigators Receive $3.25m from ADA for Breakthrough Research
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has awarded the Pathway to Stop Diabetes grants, totaling $3.25 million, to two promising investigators. Each one will receive $1.625 million over a five-year grant term to support breakthroughs in basic science, clinical...
University of South Alabama R&D and Clinical Research Forming a Major Regional Research Hub
The University of South Alabama (USA) has seen a noticeable increase in its research funding, topping $87 million in 2019 and in the process raising the Southern institution’s profile across America and beyond. Driven in part by a 43% rise in external grant and...
ASDS Awards Eight Clinical and Cosmetic Research Grants
The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), the largest specialty organization representing dermatologic surgeons, has announced eight grant recipients across three research programs. Supporting its mission to foster, develop and encourage investigative...
Southern Research Receives Funding for Early-Stage ALS Research
A Southern Research Scientist’s early-stage work on potential new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is getting a push thanks to a grant from the Alabama Power Foundation. The researcher, Rita Cowell, PhD, Fellow and Chair of the Neuroscience Department...
Top NIH Investigator Contracts 2018
Non-profit research organization The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has been ranking National Institute for Health (NIH) funded research grants by the university since 2006. They recently produced the 2018 rankings. TrialSite News profiles the...
CPRIT Awards MD Anderson Nearly $24 Million to Support Research and Prevention
News-Medical Net reports that the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded $19.6 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support research, recruitment and prevention efforts. In total, MD Anderson and its projects...
Medical University of South Carolina Seeks to Spend $137 Mil on New Hospitals
Local news Fox57 reports that Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking to buy four hospitals for up to $137 million.
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Funds High Risk, High-Reward Projects
Bridging the gap between the bench and the bedside, as announced in EurekAlert! the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded eight grants to promising early career scientists for projects aimed at addressing substantially unmet needs in cancer risk prediction,...
Tezos Foundation Issues New Grants to Research Institutions
Ian Edwards, writing for Bitsonline, reports that the Tezos Foundation, the organization which controls the $232 million USD raised during Tezos’ 2017 ICO, has announced it has issued grants to four research institutions: Cornell University; the University of Beira...