Announcements

Posted: 2009-05-28
Congratulations to JSMF Director John F. McDonnell on being named 2008 St. Louis Citizen of the Year.

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Posted: 2009-04-16
Eight Philanthropic Organizations United Against Brain Cancer Announce New Funding Opportunity: Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative Aims to Spur Development of Non-Invasive Response Markers for Human GliomasView Press Release »

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Posted: 2008-12-30
McDonnell Foundation Announces 2008 Grants for The 21st Century Science Initiative Awards: $26.7 Million in Grants Continue the Commitment to Founder's Vision View Press Release »

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Posted: 2008-11-19
Information about the 2009 Research Awards is now available. Read More »

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

Read the Santiago Declaration, view signatories, and sign the declaration. Read More »

Welcome to the James S. McDonnell Foundation*

Founded in 1950 by aerospace pioneer James S. McDonnell, the Foundation was established to "improve the quality of life," and does so by contributing to the generation of new knowledge through its support of research and scholarship. The Foundation awards grants via the Foundation-initiated, peer-reviewed proposal processes described in the 21st Century Science Initiative.

 


JSMF Grants in the News

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Putting A Name To A Face May Be Key To Brain's Facial Expertise
Science Daily (press release)
The research was supported by grants from the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the National Science Foundation and was conducted as a project of the ...

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Neuro-Journalism Mill

Separating the wheat from the chaff of media reporting on brain science.

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Latest from the mill:

Posted: 2009-06-16
Can monkeys mislead?
By Jef Akst, The Scientist.com, 2009-06-03

Posted: 2009-06-05
Study Urges Using Neuroscience To Improve Soldiers' Performance
By Walter Pincus, Washington Post, 2009-05-18

Posted: 2009-06-01
A Human Language Gene Changes the Sound of Mouse Squeaks
By Nicholas Wade, The New York Times, 2009-05-28




 

What We're Reading

Science: The Role of Theory in Advancing 21st Century Biology: Catalyzing Transformative Research a publication of the National Research Council of The National Academies [2008]

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