Announcements

Posted: 2010-08-27
The 2010 21st Century Science Initiative Scholar Awards and Research Awards are now available.

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Posted: 2010-07-27
Congratulations to Simon A. Levin for being awarded the Margalef Prize in Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

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Posted: 2010-04-30
Congratulations to Patricia Kuhl and JSMF investigators Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe and foreign associate Stanislas Dehaene on their election to National Academy of Science.

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Posted: 2010-04-23
Congratulations to JSMF Principal Investigator  M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR; WUSM, Director of Program in Occupational Therapy & Professor of OT & Neurology.   Dr Baum is the recipient of the 2010 St. Louis Academy of Science Leadership Award.Read More »

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Posted: 2010-04-14
JSMF founder, James Smith McDonnell, has been inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. Read More »

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Posted: 2010-04-05
Congratulations to JSMF's Susan M. Fitzpatrick for being honored as a CSPO "Exemplar", someone who exemplifies in practice the mission of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes Read More »

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Posted: 2010-03-03
Updated information about the 2010 Scholar Awards has been posted. Read More »

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Posted: 2010-01-20
Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative Announces 11 New Grants; Funding by non-profit collaborative group will spur testing of non-invasive methods for monitoring brain tumor responses to new therapies View Press Release »

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Posted: 2010-01-05
McDonnell Foundation Announces 2009 Grants for The 21st Century Science Initiative Awards. $14 Million in Grants Continue the Commitment to Founder's Vision. View Press Release »

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Posted: 2009-12-16
Updated program description and application guidelines will be posted for the 2010 Scholar Awards in Understanding Human Cognition by early 2010.

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Posted: 2009-12-04
Congratulations to Endel Tulving on being awarded the 2009 Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier International Prize for his work on the neuropsychology of memory. View Announcement »

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Posted: 2009-12-01
Updated program descriptions and application guidelines are now available for the 2010 Research Awards in Studying Complex Systems and Researching Brain Cancer. View RFA »

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Posted: 2009-11-17
The Directors, Officers, and staff of the James S. McDonnell Foundation congratulate long-time friend and colleague Professor Michael Posner, 2009 National Medal of Science recipient.  View Press Release »

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Posted: 2009-11-02
Visit Scientific Philanthropy, a new blog for honest talk at the intersection of science and society.Visit Website »

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Posted: 2009-10-20
Congratulations to JSMF Officer Susan M. Fitzpatrick on being elected to the AWIS executive board starting in January 2010. View Press Release »

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Posted: 2009-10-15
Congratulations to JSMF advisor, colleague, and friend Lin Ostrom - the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economics. View Press Release »

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‘Santiago Declaration’ Calls for Adoption of Evidence-Based Policies and Practices

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New Treatment to Prevent Cancer Recurrence Shows Promise in Study
Science Daily (press release) - ‎Feb 23, 2010‎
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure Foundation and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

A New Type of Genetic Variation Could Strengthen Natural Selection
Science Daily (press release) - ‎Feb 17, 2010‎
The research was funded by grants from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, ...

Brain Scan Gives Vegetative State Patient The Power To Say "Yes" And "No"
Medical News Today (press release) - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
... Neurosurgery) an MRC Acute Brain Injury Programme Grant, a Translational Grant from the MRC and a major award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. ...

How Organisms Can Tolerate Mutations, Yet Adapt to Environmental Change
Science Daily (press release) - ‎Jan 21, 2010‎
The study was funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan ...

Can you banish fear?
Offaly Express - Offaly,Ireland
The study received funding from various sources including the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the National Institutes of Health in the US. ...

There's a Speed Limit to the Pace of Evolution, Penn Biologists Say
Penn - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The study was funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan ...

Bacteria 'invest' Wisely to Survive Uncertain Times
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
The study was funded by the Welch Foundation, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the European Commission and the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion in Spain ...

Loss Of Tumor Supressor Gene Essential To Transforming Benign Nerve Tumors ...
... the American Cancer Society, the Brain Tumor Society, the Henry Singleton Brain Cancer Research Program and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

Grants fund brain research
Yale Daily News - Tiffany Woo- ‎Oct 12, 2009‎ ... from the institute's parent foundation, as well as from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, a private organization that supports science research. ...

Web Page Ranking Algorithm Detects Critical Species In Ecosystems
Science Daily (press release) - USA
This work was supported by a Centennial Fellowship of the James S. McDonnell Foundation to MP and by NSF grant EF-0827493. SA is a postdoctoral fellow at ...

The tough task of building a virtual brain
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The project is funded with $7.5-million (US) over five years from the American James S. McDonnell Foundation, Dr. McIntosh says, and is now in its third ...

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