LEADER 03365nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910458122903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-72902-3 010 $a9786610729029 010 $a0-08-046653-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364017 035 $a(EBL)282079 035 $a(OCoLC)437175608 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308182 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226673 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308182 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250275 035 $a(PQKB)11404435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC282079 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL282079 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10155905 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL72902 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364017 100 $a20070131d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aResearch funding in neuroscience$b[electronic resource] $ea profile of the McKnight Endowment Fund /$fby Gabrielle Strobel ; Sylvia Lindman, editor 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier Academic Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-12-373645-5 327 $aFront 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 327 $aAppendix 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 327 $aHOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE INVESTIGATORS 330 $aThe 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 606 $aNeurosciences$xResearch grants$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNeurosciences$xResearch grants 676 $a616.80072 700 $aStrobel$b Gabrielle$0930561 701 $aLindman$b Sylvia$0930562 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458122903321 996 $aResearch funding in neuroscience$92093203 997 $aUNINA