Last fall, a stimulus award was made by NIH to fund an effort to create a national network of scientists. This award presented an opportunity to create a centralized resource for scientists to discover collaborators and scholarship across institutions. The network is currently comprised of seven institutions: University of Florida, Cornell, Indiana University, Washington University [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ARRA'
VIVO: Enabling National Networking of Scientists
January 29th, 2010 by Kristi · No Comments
Tags:ARRA, award, collaboration, stimulus, tool, VIVO, Washington University
Informatics and Stimulus Funding
October 23rd, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
From genomeweb.com: Informatics Reaps $92M in NIH Stimulus Grants; Support Centers, Sequence Analysis Garner Most Funds October 23, 2009 By Vivien Marx The National Institutes of Health has awarded at least $92 million for 194 bioinformatics-related grants in fiscal year 2009 under the Obama Administration’s $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Bioinformatics-related projects made [...]
Tags:ARRA, bioinformatics, informatics, NIH
Francis Collins on the Colbert Report
October 1st, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
Francis Collins, the new Director of the National Institutes of Health, joins Stephen Colbert on the show tonight (10/01/09). [see clip below-KH] The Colbert Report Bio: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Francis Collins on the Colbert Report (show date: December 7, 2006) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Obama visits NIH today
September 30th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
President Obama will be at NIH today to talk about ARRA and highlight $5 billion in new research funds. NIH Videocasting/Podcasing site: President Barack Obama Visits the NIH Campus to Announce Recovery Act Funding for Groundbreaking Medical Research WATCH THE VIDEOCAST Read more…NIH recovery grants top $5 billion (TheScientist.com)
