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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458122903321

Autore

Strobel Gabrielle

Titolo

Research funding in neuroscience [[electronic resource] ] : a profile of the McKnight Endowment Fund / / by Gabrielle Strobel ; Sylvia Lindman, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-72902-3

9786610729029

0-08-046653-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LindmanSylvia

Disciplina

616.80072

Soggetti

Neurosciences - Research grants - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Research Funding in Neuroscience A Profile of The McKnight Endowment Fund; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introductions; Chapter 1: From Donor's Wish to Program Design; HOW MCKNIGHT'S NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED; AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIUS AXELROD; Chapter 2: A Budding Field Begins to Flourish; HOW THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION HAS NURTURED NEUROSCIENCE; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A CASE STUDY IN BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE PHILANTHROPY; Chapter 3: A Recipe for Success; WHY MCKNIGHT'S PROGRAM HAS MADE AN IMPACT; IN THEIR OWN WORDS: TESTIMONIALS FROM AWARD RECIPIENTS; Historical Highlights

Appendix I: About the Awards; MCKNIGHT SCHOLAR AWARDS; MCKNIGHT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARDS; MCKNIGHT NEUROSCIENCE OF BRAIN DISORDERS AWARDS; PAST AWARDS; Appendix II: McKnight Awardees, 1977-2006; MCKNIGHT SCHOLAR AWARDS; MCKNIGHT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARDS; MCKNIGHT NEUROSCIENCE OF BRAIN DISORDERS AWARDS AWARDS; MCKNIGHT INVESTIGATOR AWARDS; MCKNIGHT SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARDS; Appendix III: By the Numbers: Major Awards to McKnight-Affiliated Scientists; NOBEL LAUREATES; NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE RECIPIENTS; NATIONAL



ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE INVESTIGATORS

Sommario/riassunto

The book is a history of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience and an assessment of its effectiveness in advancing neuroscience. The book discusses the Fund's early and steady commitment to basic science as well as it's tradition of leveraging relatively modest dollars to make a big difference in careers and the field overall. The fund exists strictly to give awards and create a community of peers through an annual conference dedicated to research. I