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NSF Announces New Awards to Study the Impact of Katrina on People and Social Systems

Submitted on 3 February 2006 - 12:50pm

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December 20, 2005 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first grants for a new wave of "rapid-response" research teams that will study the impact of Hurricane Katrina on people and social systems in the hard-hit Gulf Coast region. Whereas the initial wave of rapid-response teams tended to focus on engineering problems--the most notable being the failure of the New Orleans' levee system--these new teams will focus on the human side of the story, including how people and organizations responded to the disaster and which factors are shaping the reconstruction. For example:

NSF Awards First Partnership for International Research and Education Grants

Submitted on 3 February 2006 - 12:48pm

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January 30, 2006 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the first grants in its Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) program. The grants range in size and duration, with most about $2.5 million over five years.

NIH Announces Program to Foster the Independence of New Investigators

Submitted on 3 February 2006 - 12:45pm

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National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. announced today the NIH Pathway to Independence Award program. The program features a new opportunity for promising postdoctoral scientists to receive both mentored and independent research support from the same award.

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A job posting for a South San Francisco biotech company...

Submitted on 27 January 2006 - 6:50pm

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KAI Pharmaceuticals has an open Scientist position in cellular and > molecular biology. KAI (kinase activators/inhibitors) is a company > that > was founded on strong research and pre-clinical work. In some of > these > studies it was found that peptides, which may be conjugated to > cellular > transduction domains, are able to have strong pharmacological > activities > in animal models of myocardial ischemia, and stroke. The > pharmacological > portions of these peptides (non transduction segments) target the

3rd Annual P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet

Submitted on 25 January 2006 - 11:55am

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the auspices of the Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), and its partners (see Background section for specific names) invite submissions under the 3rd Annual P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability. P3 is the next step beyond P2 – pollution prevention – and focuses on the three components of sustainability: People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

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