Showing grants tagged "Scientific Research"

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  1. University of Chicago — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Sangram Sisodia)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $2,322,876
    Alzheimer's Research
  2. Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $2,550,171
    Scientific Research
  3. CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $1,044,501
    Scientific Research
  4. UC Berkeley — Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Scientific Research
  5. Washington University — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (David Holtzman)

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $1,726,594
    Alzheimer's Research
  6. UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2019)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $1,021,318
    Scientific Research
  7. Science Philanthropy Alliance — General Support

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $225,000
    Scientific Research
  8. Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $780,000
    Scientific Research
  9. MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group — Brain Mapping Research (Ed Boyden)

    Award Date:
    02/2018
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Scientific Research
  10. UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino)

    Award Date:
    02/2018
    Amount:
    $880,000
    Scientific Research