Human Genome Project Information Genomic Science Program DOE Microbial Genomics home

Spanning Disciplines, Advancing Knowledge Promoting Awareness, Progress, and Applications of the Human Genome Project

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program

go to list of issues

Human Genome News Archive Edition

Human Genome News, January-June 1997; 8:(3-4)

U.S. Genome Research Funding

Investigators wishing to apply for funding are urged to discuss projects with agency staff before submitting proposals.

DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research Human Genome Program

• Funding information, inquiries:
  genome@oer.doe.gov or 301/903-6488
• Relevant documents:
  http://www.science.doe.gov/

Research opportunities in energy-related life, biomedical, and environmental sciences, including human genome, global change, and supporting disciplines.

• Next deadline: January 1999
• Contact: Barbara Dorsey, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
  (423/576-9975 or 800/569-7749, Fax: 423/241-5219; alexpgm@orau.gov)

Topic: Support career transitions into computational molecular biology from other scientific fields. Funded by DOE and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to give young scientists an intensive 2-year postdoctoral opportunity in an appropriate molecular biology laboratory.

• Contact: Christine Trance; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation;
  630 Fifth Ave., Ste.2550; New York, NY 10111
  (212/649-1649, Fax: /757-5117, trance@sloan.org)

• NHGRI program:
  301/496-7531, Fax: /480-2770, http://www.genome.gov/
• Program announcements:
  http://www.genome.gov/Grants/
• ELSI:
  301/402-4997

DOE and NIH invite small business firms (under 500 employees) to submit grant applications addressing the human genome topic. The two agencies also support the Small Business Technology Transfer program to foster transfers between research institutions and small businesses.

Contacts:

• Kay Etzler; DOE SBIR Program,
  ER-16; DOE; Washington, DC 20585
  (301/903-5867, Fax:-5488, kay.etzler@oer.doe.gov);
  DOE SBIR Applications due March 2, 1998
  SBIR: http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir
• Bettie Graham; NHGRI
  (301/496-7531, bettie_graham@nih.gov).
  NIH SBIR due April 15, August 15, and December 15.
  STTR, April 1, August 1, and December 1.

Back to Home Page
Back to Table of Contents

The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v8n3).

Last modified: Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Home * Contacts * Disclaimer

Document Use and Credits
Publications and webpages on this site were created by the U.S. Department of Energy Genome Program's Biological and Environmental Research Information System (BERIS). Permission to use these documents is not needed, but please credit the U.S. Department of Energy Genome Programs and provide the website http://genomics.energy.gov. All other materials were provided by third parties and not created by the U.S. Department of Energy. You must contact the person listed in the citation before using those documents.

Base URL: www.ornl.gov/hgmis

Site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Human Genome Program