Grantopedia

Stand With Science: Share Your Story

Cayuse believes in the importance of funding scientific and medical research. The Stand With Science site makes the appeal to Congress for preserving federal research funding.

In the next few weeks Congress can choose other deficit reduction measures and avoid the cuts to federal science and engineering R&D. We are reaching out to Congress via the letter to demonstrate how federal science funding is an essential source of American prosperity that cannot afford to be cut.

 

The Origins of the NIH

The Scientist has an article and photo from the NIH archives describing the earliest days of the NIH. When it was originally known as "the Laboratory of Hygiene" in 1887, it was staffed by a single scientist.

Fuels from sunlight

Caltech, a Cayuse customer, is leading a team of research organizations to develop methods for creating fuels directly from sunlight. Funded with a five-year $122 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Caltech is establishing an Energy Innovation Hub in collaboration with other institutions, including the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, other UC campuses, Stanford and others.

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