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HIV Institute Researchers @ UCSF get $20M New Funding

Posted by BCI Staff on Mon, Apr 11, 2016

Researchers at the Institute for HIV Cure Research in San Francisco recently received a $20M grant from the Foundation for AIDS Research. This grant will support researchers from UCSF, the Gladstone Institute, and other academic partners in making revolutionary breakthroughs in this lifesaving area of research.

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University of Arizona Receives $2M for Autism Bioresearch

Posted by Robert Larkin on Thu, Mar 19, 2015

As part of an ongoing effort to understand and treat autism, the Steele Children's Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue its Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. This lifelong developmental disability is typically characterized by repetitive or restricted behaviors or interests and marked impairment in social communication and interaction.

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Berkeley Breakthroughs and Grants Deliver Bright Life Science Marketing Promise

Posted by BCI Staff on Wed, Dec 10, 2014

The University of California, Berkeley is consistently rated among the top institutions in the world for the quality and breadth of its research enterprise, for the scholarly distinction of its faculty, for the excellence of its Ph.D. programs, and for the amount of funding received for support of its research programs.

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UI Professors receive grants from Grand Challenges Explorations

Posted by Anita Zhang on Tue, Apr 29, 2014

Two professors, Daniel L. Rock and Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt, from the University of Illinois have been awarded up to $1 million on each project by Grand Challenges Explorations to strengthen their projects which focus on overcoming persistent challenges in global health.

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UIUrbana Awarded $8 Million NASA-Funded Research Grant

Posted by Anita Zhang on Mon, Apr 28, 2014

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has been awarded a five-year grant totaling approximately $8 million as one of five new research institutions selected by the NASA Astrobiology Institute to study the origin and evolution of life.

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