Grants Awarded in 2006

View the grants awarded in 2006, organized by funding topic. Click on individual grants to learn more.

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Bridging Brain, Mind & Behavior
RESEARCH AWARDS
Columbia University Charles D. Salzman, M.D., Ph.D.	Learning about value in a complex world: neurophysiology and theory
New York University Wendy A. Suzuki, Ph.D.	A neuroethological approach to memory and cognition in monkeys
Stanford University Jennifer L. Raymond, Ph.D.	Computing time in the cerebellum
University of Colorado - Boulder Walter Kintsch, Ph.D.	Approximating meaning: structured statistical semantics
University of Rochester Alexandre Pouget, Ph.D.	Neural basis of Bayesian inference and decision making: theory and experiments
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
McMaster University Daphne Maurer, Ph.D.	In support of an international collaboration on recovery from amblyopia
New York University Elizabeth Phelps, Ph.D.	Affect, learning and decision-making
University of Oxford Edmund T. Rolls, D.Phil.	The Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Rochester Richard N. Aslin, Ph.D.	Developing near-infrared spectroscopy in combination with ERPs and fMRI to assess cognitive development in human infants and young children

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Researching Brain Cancer
RESEARCH AWARDS
Institute for Systems Biology Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.	Secreted molecular fingerprints for glioma diagnosis and a novel approach for In-Vivo identification of disease-causing network perturbations
Stanford University Lawrence D. Recht, M.D.	Characterization of a glioma precursor lesion
University of California - Davis Elva D. Diaz, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanisms of cerebellar granule cell proliferation and medulloblastoma
University of Rochester Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.	Promoter-based isolation and assessment of differential gene expression by stage-defined glial tumor stem cells
University of Washington Kristin R. Swanson, Ph.D.	Dynamics of brain tumor growth and invasion
Yale University Frank J. Slack, Ph.D.	MicroRNAs in brain cancer
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
Kennedy Krieger Research Institute John J. Laterra, M.D., Ph.D.	Tumor Stem Cell-Based Drug Discovery for Adult and Pediatric Glioma

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Studying Complex Systems
RESEARCH AWARDS
Columbia University Teachers College Peter T. Coleman, Ph.D.	Intractable conflict as a dynamical system
McGill University Frédéric Guichard, Ph.D.	Metacommunity dynamics across scales and the design of marine reserve networks
McMaster University David J.D. Earn, Ph.D.	Lessons in death: disease dynamics in London since 1592 - current and future significance
Universitat at Pompeu Fabra Ricard V. Solé, Ph.D.	Origins of innovation in tinkered networks
University of Texas at Austin Lauren Ancel Meyers, Ph.D.	The evolutionary and epidemiological potential of pathogens
Yale University Alison P. Galvani, Ph.D.	Developing and applying game theoretic human papillomavirus vaccination models with psychological data