March 2004, Vol. 13, No. 3| Return to Table of Contents


Recent Gifts and Grants

The National Cancer Institute renewed funding in the amount of $25,000 in support of the 2004 Science Journalism Program.

The Foundation for Research in Cell Biology and Cancer made a contribution in the amount of $20,000 to the MBL Annual Fund.

National Institutes of Health awarded the following grants:

• $911,280 for “Biocurrents Research Center.” Peter Smith is the principal investigator.

• $217,781 for “Frontiers in Reproduction Training Course and Symposium.” Asgerally Fazleabas is the principal investigator.

National Science Foundation awarded the following grants:

• $42,247 (subawarding institution: University of Arizona) for “The Tree of Life Database: A Digital Library of Biodiversity Information.” David Patterson is the principal investigator.

• $9,635 for “Distinguishing the Evolutionary Mechanisms Shaping Endosymbiont Genomes.” Jennifer Wernegreen is the principal investigator.

• $9,125 for “Biogeochemical Tracers in Arctic Rivers: Linking the Pan-Arctic Watershed to the Arctic Ocean.” Bruce Peterson and Robert Holmes are the lead investigators.

• $6,000 for “Turnover and Retention of Nitrogen in an Artic Watershed: Links to Organic Matter Accumulation and Response to Climate.” Gaius Shaver, Anne Giblin, and Edward Rastetter are the lead investigators.