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 Issue#: 2
Month:Feb Year:2008
in this issue
:: Beaufort Marine Research Award.
:: Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Awards
:: EMBO Awards For Communication in the Life Sciences
:: 2008 European Animal Alternatives Awards
:: Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
:: News You Can Use.
:: Sense Of Humor
Beaufort Marine Research Award

 
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As part of the Irish Government's National Development Plan (NDP), the Beaufort Marine Research Award is grant aided by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) under the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation (SSTI) and the Sea Change Strategy.
We are looking for a principal Investigator (PI) who can harness and integrate the diverse research expertise required to develop a centre of Excellence (CoE) on the Island of Ireland that focuses on the development and application of the EAF. Based at the Marine Institute, the PI will evolve the present scientific advice used by decision makers into pragmatic EAF based advice.
This can also be downloaded from www.marine.ie
 
Applications must reach the Marine Institute by 16:00 on Friday 14the March 2008.
 
Neuroscience of Brain
Disorders Awards
 
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$100,000 per year for 3 years
For scientists working to translate basic research into treatments, preventions, and cures for human diseases.
 
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
 
Deadline for letter of intent April 1,2008.
EMBO Awards For Communication in the Life Sciences

 
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Recognizing public communication by practicing scientists
 
Deadline 1 May 2008
 
For more information please visit
 
www.embo.org/awards/communications.html
 
2008 European Animal Alternatives Awards
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Supported by EUROTOX,the human Society International and P&G
 
An award of €30,000 will be presented in recognition of significant contributions to research and development of alternative methods that will advance the ultimate goal of eliminating testing in animals.

The awards are organized by the Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX), the Humane Society International (HSI) and Procter & Gamble.

The awards will also include travel and registration at the EUROTOX Meeting in 2008.
 
For more information about the award and the application process,visit:
 
www.pg.com/science/animal_alt.jhtml
 
Applications are due by   February 29, 2008
 
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
 
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SIXTH CALL FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST
 
Medicines for Malaria Venture is a not-for-profit Organization committed to the discovery, development and delivery of affordable anti-malarial drugs through public-private partnerships. We currently have four new medicines in late stage clinical development. We are now looking to the next generation of medicines. Proposals for new and innovative projects are sought both for Discovery and Clinical Development.

Applications may be from single institutions or partnerships between an academic centre and a Pharmaceutical company.
 
The initial application should be by sending a letter of interest of no more than three pages to:

Dr Ian Bathurst MMV, Rte de Pré-Bois,20
PO Box 1826, CH-1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
 
E-mail: applications@mmv.org
 
Applications should reach us by March 15th 2008. Electronic submissions are preferred.
 
More details of the call can be found at www.mmv.org
 
News  You Can Use

 New Law Enacted to Expand ClinicalTrials.gov:

This legislation  includes a requirement that if an "applicable clinical trial" is funded in whole or in part by a grant from any agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, any grant or progress report shall include a certification that the responsible party has made all required submissions for the applicable trial to ClinicalTrials.gov.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-023.html

NIH Issues New Public Access Policy

Beginning April 7, 2008, authors must submit to PubMed Central an electronic version of every peer-reviewed article arising from NIH research funds, once an article is accepted for publication.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/partners/0108Nexus.htm
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