Gifts & Grants Highlights

October - December, 2010

Dart Neuroscience LLC awarded $1,000,000 for lab space for visiting investigators conducting research in the area of learning and memory

Department of Energy awarded $508,000 for “Long-term Soil Warming and Carbon Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System” [2 yr award; PI, J. Melillo]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded

• $459,918 for “Visualization and Analysis of Microbial Population Structures” [3 yr award; PI, M. Sogin]
• $432,853 for “Exploring Diversity and Distribution of Deep Life” [2 yr award; PI, M. Sogin]

G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation awarded $250,000 to support the Bay Paul Center and $100,000 to support MRC operations

Department of Transportation awarded $250,000 for “Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis of Alternative Jet Fuels” [2 yr award; PI, J. Melillo]

Meg and Jeffrey Pierce awarded $225,000 to the Director’s Discretionary Fund and $75,000 pledge to support the Annual Fund

Department of Energy awarded $225,000 for “Investigations into the Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms as part of Microbial Diversity” [5 yr award; PI, S. Zinder]

Department of Defense awarded $200,574 for “Biological Approaches to Sensing and Analyzing Visual Scenes” [1 yr award; PI, R. Hanlon]

Porter Anderson gave $187,908 to the Director’s Development Fund and $10,000 to the Annual Fund