Medical and Scientific Research Grants FY 2018

OrganizationLocationStateGrant DescriptionAmount Paid
Iowa State UniversityAmesIATo study traumatic brain injuries using a porcine laboratory model.128,768
Iowa State UniversityAmesIAInitiate a postdoctoral research fellows program.500,000
Iowa State UniversityAmesIATo study a specific bacterial enzyme complex as a target for developing a new class of possible antimicrobial agents.125,000
Iowa State UniversityAmesIASupport the acquisition of advanced spectrometry equipment.378,105
Iowa State UniversityAmesIATo study liver involvement in the life cycle of the malaria parasite.119,680
University of IllinoisUrbanaILTo fund an investigation into the replication mechanism of the influenza virus.124,284
University of Illinois -Carver Biotech CenterUrbanaILAcquire advanced equipment for use in proteomics research.500,000
University of IowaIowa CityIAEstablish a dental and craniofacial biorepository.199,949
University of IowaIowa CityIAMajor program and endowment support

at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine – Neuroscience.

4,850,000
University of IowaIowa CityIATo support the proposed research program entitled, “Curing Heritable Blindness.”300,000
University of IowaIowa CityIASupport the development of a cell and tissue engineering research laboratory.1,000,000
University of IowaIowa CityIAUpgrade microscopes in the Carver Center for Imaging.490,000
University of Iowa FoundationIowa CityIASupport for endowment and capital projects at the University of Iowa College of Medicine.485,567
13TOTAL$9,201,353