Grantopedia

Research Grants in Kansas

Two Cayuse customer sites in Kansas have announced research grant awards.

At the University of Kansas, there was a $300,000 lung cancer research award to Emily Grant made under the Recovery Act. 

Scott’s research is directed at understanding how a particular lung enzyme works — the cytochrome P450 enzyme that breaks down nicotine

And up the way, at Wichita State, a $20 million grant from the NSF is being shared among several Kansas schools, most of which are Cayuse customers.

The five-year award is for the Kansas NSF EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), a statewide program that includes WSU and other major Kansas research universities. It will provide a fresh integrative approach to address climate change and renewable energy challenges

Cayuse customers share gene research grant

Two Cayuse customers, Kaiser Permanente and UC San Francisco, are sharing a research grant from the NIH to conduct genetic epidemiology research on a database of over 100,000 participants. The $24.8 million grant will create a new resource for studying disease. From the Kaiser press release:

The resulting resource will give researchers an entirely new platform for studying genetic and environmental influences over time on a wide variety of health conditions, across diverse populations.

The UCSF Institute for Human Genetics is the partner on the project and will perform the actual genotyping. Grant funds will be shared by both institutions. 

Congratulations to both institutions!