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
Web results from Google News "James S. McDonnell Foundation"
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 ... |
* The Foundation and its predecessors
Neuro-Journalism Mill
Separating the wheat from the chaff of media reporting on brain science.
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]