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Edo Berger, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, and Anne Pringle, an associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, have been named the recipients of this year’s Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching...

Science Public Lecture Series: On the Nature of Evidence

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Science Research Lecture: “On the Nature of Evidence” Speaker: Professor Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School Date: November 13, 2013 @ 7pm Location: Harvard University, Science Center Hall C, Cambridge, MA ________________________________________ The lecture...

Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award: Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline

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Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 15, 2017 by 11:30PM Sponsor LOI Deadline (if nominated): June 29, 2017 Award Amount: $150,000 over two years Eligible Applicants: Full-time professors or associate...

Harvard professor urges scientists to speak up about climate change

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The facts, unfortunately, don’t speak for themselves. That’s why scientists have to speak out, according to Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard history of science professor who has taken a close look at the causes and effects of climate change denial. Oreskes, co...

Harvard researcher creates chemical system that mimics early cell behavior

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A Harvard researcher seeking a model for the earliest cells has created a system that self-assembles from a chemical soup into cell-like structures that grow, move in response to light, replicate when destroyed, and exhibit signs of rudimentary...

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Deadline

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Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) OSP Deadline: June 29, 2017 Sponsor Deadline: July 7, 2017 Award Amount: $50,000-$1,500,000 for 1 year DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to...

Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research Event

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The Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research is a faculty research award program established at the suggestion of James A. Star ’83 and chaired by Randy Buckner, Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience, that provides seed funding for...

Mallinckrodt Foundation Grants: Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline

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Mallinckrodt Foundation Grants Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: April 25, 2017 Sponsor Deadline: August 1, 2017 Award Amount: $60,000/year for three years Target Faculty: Faculty engaged in biomedical research and appointed on or after August 1, 2013 The...

Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research: FAS Pre-Proposal Deadline

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Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research FAS Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 10, 2017 by 5:00PM Award Amount: $300,000 over 3 years Target Faculty: Faculty appointed to first independent faculty position on or between July 1, 2015 and December...

Archer Foundation Early Molecular Measurements of Neurodegenerative Disease/Cognitive Decline: Harvard LOI Deadline

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Archer Foundation: Early Molecular Measurements of Neurodegenerative Disease/Cognitive Decline Harvard Letter of Intent Deadline: April 20, 2017 by 5:00PM Sponsor Letter of Inquiry Deadline (if nominated): May 15, 2017 Award Amount: $100,000/year for...

Harvard Origins of Life Initiative rings in 10 years with a trip to the stars

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Ten years ago, Dimitar Sasselov worried that his graduate students studying the origins of life might have trouble finding jobs after leaving Harvard. The past decade, however, has seen an explosion of exoplanet discoveries, rising excitement about the...

The future of food will be proactive, efficient, and digitized — or else

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The next great agricultural revolution is likely to come from information, not new plant breeds or genetic tinkering, as digital technology and big data help farmers make better decisions and drive up crop yields, according to the head of a “digital...