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	New HHMI program challenges research scientists to 'break the mold' in undergraduate science education
		HHMI announced that it plans to award $1 million each to 20 research scientists on the basis of their plans to transmit the excitement and values of scientific research to undergraduate education.
		HHMI has invited 84 research universities to nominate tenured faculty members to compete for the grants, which it will award in the fall of 2002.
		HHMI has kept the guidelines for the new awards flexible, to encourage applicants to be as creative as possible.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2001-08/hhmi-nhp083001.php (1107 words)

	HHMI professor, 138 undergraduates identify essential genes in eye formation
		HHMI professors are recognized research scientists on the faculty of research universities who want to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into the undergraduate classroom.
		HHMI has a philanthropic grants program that is strengthening science education and training, from elementary school through graduate and medical school.
		HHMI is one of the largest philanthropies in the world, with an endowment of $12.8 billion at the end of the 2004 fiscal year.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-02/hhmi-hp1021405.php (1029 words)

	EMBO, HHMI join forces to promote brain gain
		"HHMI believes it is essential that fresh new scientists with fresh new ideas start independent careers with sufficient resources to become competitive in the global world of contemporary science," said Peter J. Bruns, Institute vice president for grants and special programs.
		HHMI's principal mission is conducting basic biomedical research, which it carries out in collaboration with universities, medical centers and other research institutions throughout the United States.
		HHMI is one of the largest philanthropies in the world, with an endowment of more than $13 billion.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=19786 (747 words)

	HHMI: Scientists & Research
		At HHMI, the engines of discovery are powered by more than 300 HHMI investigators who direct Institute research laboratories on the campuses of universities and other research organizations throughout the United States.
		By appointing scientists as Hughes investigators — rather than awarding research grants — HHMI is guided by the principle of "people, not projects." The Institute solicits nominations from these institutions, with the aim of identifying researchers who have the potential to make significant contributions to science.
		They are using their HHMI grants to develop innovative methods of communicating the beauty of science to undergraduate students.
	www.hhmi.org /home/research (452 words)

	HHMI @ Columbia University - Office of Administrative Services
		HHMI, one of the worlds largest philanthropic organizations whose principal purpose is the direct conduct of biomedical research, is a nonprofit medical research organization that employs hundreds of leading biomedical scientists working at the forefront of their fields.
		HHMI has over 350 investigators located at over 72 medical schools, universities and research institutions across the United States.
		Additionally, HHMI is helping to enhance science education at all levels, and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide.
	cpmcnet.columbia.edu /dept/hhmi (171 words)

	"Species: Comparing Their Genome" from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
		A decade ago, Stanley Fields, an HHMI investigator at the University of Washington, Seattle, devised an ingenious way to identify pairs of proteins that physically interact with one another.
		In addition, through its grants program and other activities, HHMI is helping to enhance science education at all levels and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide.
		HHMI was founded in 1953 by aviator-industrialist Howard R. Hughes and has its headquarters in Maryland, USA.
	www.actionbioscience.org /genomic/hhmi.html (1249 words)

	HHMI taps two Long Island researchers as among the nation's most promising scientists
		HHMI chose the 43 scientists through a nationwide competition that began in 2004 when the Institute asked approximately 200 universities, medical schools, and institutes to nominate candidates who demonstrated exceptional promise within 4 to 10 years of their becoming independent scientists.
		HHMI grounds its research programs on the conviction that scientists of exceptional talent and imagination will make fundamental contributions of lasting scientific value and benefit to mankind when given the resources, time, and freedom to pursue challenging questions.
		HHMI spent $573 million in support of biomedical research and $80 million for support of a variety of science education and other grants programs in fiscal 2004.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-03/cshl-htt031805.php (818 words)

	U.S. Consulate - Juarez, Mexico - April 2004 - HHMI Commits More Than $30 Million To Help Reverse Brain Drain, Beat ...
		HHMI is already well known within the United States for identifying top scientific talent and encouraging researchers to push the boundaries of science.
		For a new set of awards to be made in 2005, HHMI will provide 80 scientists with five-year grants of $50,000 to $100,000 annually to conduct basic biomedical research in their own countries.
		In HHMI's first infectious diseases and parasitology research competition in 2000, 45 scientists in 20 countries received grants to study the basic biological mechanisms underlying diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest people.
	usembassy.state.gov /CiudadJuarez/wwwhpressr110.html (751 words)

	HHMI awards UD $1.7 million grant
		HHMI said the new grants will support programs that encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to hone their teaching skills.
		Consequently, the HHMI Undergraduate Program supports undergraduate education beyond traditional biology as is evident by its interdisciplinary support for undergraduate research, a major component of previous HHMI grants and the new grant as well.
		This is the 10th round of HHMI grants to enhance undergraduate science education and the fifth competition targeting research universities.
	www.udel.edu /PR/UDaily/01-02/HHMI070902.html (1083 words)

	R&D HHMI Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		What is an HHMI student-faculty collaborative project?: Student-faculty research projects normally take place in the summer when there is enough time for the student to take a truly collaborative role with a faculty member in a scholarly project.
		What is an HHMI off-campus internship?: Students are intended to serve under professional mentorship as off-campus research interns at research universities, government labs and in the industrial sector.
		HHMI has indicated that such reports may be used in the future to identify promising junior scholars for graduate funding support.
	www.dickinson.edu /departments/rdc/04hhmi.html (1557 words)

	Interdisiciplinary Science Scholars Program
		HHMI Interdisciplinary Scholars participate in the Summer Research Poster Session, held in September, which provides an opportunity for Scholars to present their research to an audience of students and faculty.
		An HHMI Interdisciplinary Science Scholar must show continuing evidence of his or her commitment by progress towards the completion of course requirements, and continued active involvement in research.
		Of the 93 HHMI Scholars graduating from 1990-2001, 38 have entered medical school, 30 have gone on to graduate school, 13 have entered MD-PhD programs, and two have attended vet school, and three are laboratory research associates or working as scientists in industry.
	www.haverford.edu /biology/HHMI/biology.hughes.info.html (863 words)

	Inside HHMI: Tax Compliance
		If HHMI pays for some or all of your moving expenses during a calendar year, HHMI may be required to treat certain of the payments as taxable income to you.
		HHMI will provide a "gross-up" in an amount equal to the tax required to be withheld on the taxable payments.
		The additional federal and state tax paid by HHMI as part of the gross-up will be reported on your Form W-2 as part of the taxes withheld.
	tomwoj.com /work/pols-pros/tax (834 words)

	NOT-EB-05-002: HHMI-NIBIB Partnership for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training
		The primary goal of this initiative is to facilitate the development of new training opportunities in emerging interdisciplinary research environments.
		It represents an innovative new partnership between the HHMI and the NIBIB that takes advantage of the strengths of the two organizations.
		Phase I, described in the HHMI program announcement (see: http://www.hhmi.org/grants/institutions/nibib.html), will be funded by HHMI and will support the establishment of new interdisciplinary graduate training programs.
	grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-EB-05-002.html (554 words)

	Haverford College News
		As director of the HHMI program, Åkerfeldt, along with program administrator Heston and a faculty committee, is charged with implementing the initiatives described in the proposal.
		To help colleges meet these challenges, the HHMI is awarding $49.7 million in grants to 42 baccalaureate and master’s degree institutions in 17 states and Puerto Rico.
		HHMI invited 198 public and private baccalaureate and master’s institutions to compete for the new awards.
	www.haverford.edu /publicrelations/news/hhmi.htm (780 words)

	HHMI Flow Cytometry Facility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The HHMI Flow Cytometry Facility was formed in the summer of 1997 with the purchase of a Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
		Luc VanKaer, an HHMI researcher at Vanderbilt University in the department of Microbiology and Immunology, organized the purchase and installation of the instrument.
		The HHMI Flow Cytometry Facility is responsible for operation and routine maintenance of the instrument.
	www.mc.vanderbilt.edu /microbio/vankaer/flowlab (963 words)

	HHMI Fellowship Program Description
		Primary criteria for the evaluation of proposals are the feasibility of the study, clarity of the proposal, the academic preparation of the student, and the impact of the proposed research on the applicant's career development.
		HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellows are strongly encouraged, though not required, to participate in a departmental Honors program.
		At the conclusion of the HHMI fellowship period, students are required to submit a written report of the project to the HHMI Program Director.
	www.life.umd.edu /hhmi/Programs/hhpd.html (1191 words)

	DAYBREAK - UCSF Receives Major Research Award from HHMI
		UCSF is one of 41 medical schools which will receive a total of $92 million from HHMI, which announced the awards yesterday (Dec. 15).
		HHMI invited 126 medical schools to compete for the grants.
		The successful proposals emphasize collaborations between researchers in the basic sciences and those who do clinical research, and bioinformatics, a field that marries computer science with molecular biology to analyze the mass of data being generated by the Human Genome Project.
	www.ucsf.edu /daybreak/1999/12/16_award.html (358 words)

	42 Biomedical Scientists Worldwide Named HHMI International Research Scholars
		So the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is awarding $17.5 million to 42 outstanding scientists in 20 countries to tackle the mysteries of the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying infectious and parasitic disease.
		Since HHMI awarded its first infectious diseases and parasitology grants in 2000, more than 50 transnational collaborations have sprung from annual science meetings where the international research scholars gather to present their research and learn what their colleagues from around the world are doing.
		Kamchonwongpaisan already is collaborating with two other HHMI international research scholars, Alan Cowman and Brendan Crabb, who do malaria research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=27114 (640 words)

	HHMI
		This grant is part of $91.1 million in 4-year grants awarded by HHMI to 58 universities in 32 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
		This is the third HHMI grant awarded to the UIUC.
		HHMI is a medical research organization whose principal purpose is the pursuit of biomedical research.
	www.life.uiuc.edu /alumni/hhmi.htm (393 words)

	Online Safety Course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HHMI employees enter here using your assigned identification number and password.
		Your exam score will be recorded as a confidential record in the HHMI Office of Laboratory Safety.
		Your score, which you may print out as a record of your training, will not be sent to HHMI.
	www.practicingsafescience.org (130 words)

	Summer 2005 Research With HHMI Investigators
		HHMI is committed to expanding research opportunities for undergraduates.
		In this program, HHMI will match students with HHMI Investigators who have expressed a desire to provide a stimulating research environment and are interested in and committed to mentoring promising students who, for example, have not had the advantage of outstanding high school preparation.
		HHMI will then arrange for each student to join one of the labs on their list.
	www.nslc.wustl.edu /Research/summer/05exrop.html (667 words)

	K-12 HHMI/NWU Science Teaching Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The K-12 Science Teaching Institute at Nebraska Wesleyan University is made possible by a 2001-2004 grant from HHMI to provide an outreach program for Nebraska K-12 math (elementary-middle school) and science teachers from Class C and D schools.
		This is the third time (1993-1996, 1997-2000) NWU has received a four-year grant from HHMI to train teachers.
		The primary focus of this outreach program is to assist participants by providing a better knowledge in math, science and technology and inexpensive hands-on tools (which they take home) and computer software for teaching math and science in order to increase student interest and understanding of interdisciplinary concepts and relationships.
	biology.nebrwesleyan.edu /hhmi (197 words)

	Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Programs, September 27, 2004 Press Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		HHMI will award up to 10 three-year grants of as much as $1 million each to support the development and early phases of the interdisciplinary programs.
		Roderic Pettigrew, NIBIB director, said, “NIBIB is excited to enter into this historic alliance with HHMI to support training of the biomedical scientist of the future, one skilled in interdisciplinary research.
		HHMI is a medical research organization whose principal mission is the conduct of biomedical research.
	www.nih.gov /news/pr/sep2004/nibib-27.htm (610 words)

	HHMI EXROP Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Faculty are encouraged to describe any current collaborations with HHMI investigators, especially if the student would have the opportunity to continue a related project following the summer experience.
		The student will be asked to attend a meeting at HHMI headquarters in Chevy Chase, MD June 1-June 2, 2004 (the expenses associated with this meeting will be defrayed by HHMI).
		At the conclusion of the summer, the student and the HHMI investigator will be asked to provide a report.
	www.unc.edu /depts/our/hhmi_exrop.html (260 words)

	HHMI Pre-Evaluation
		To determine the attitudes of students towards technology prior to the introduction of HHMI equipment, evaluation surveys were developed for use by the Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics departments at the end of the fall 1996 semester.
		The survey questions varied by department, depending upon the goals for the use of the HHMI purchases.
		Nonetheless, the use of technology provided by HHMI has the potential to positively affect the educational process.
	biology.kenyon.edu /slonc/97report/eval.htm (2337 words)

	HHMI Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One unique aspect of the HHMI grant is that Wesleyan has been able to use it as a multifaceted grant.
		Activities in the student research and broadening access to science are designed to provide general educatiion students with greater awareness of career alternatives in science and provide science students with greater opportunity for summer research fellowship.
		Some of the projects funded by the HHMI grant include the installation of microcomputers in chemistry and biology laboratories, installation of multimedia technology in two lecture halls, and the establishment of a new computer lab in Olin Hall of Science.
	biology.nebrwesleyan.edu /hhmi/97_00 (268 words)

	HHMI Summer Academy
		The HHMI grant to Earlham College sponsors an intensive 3-week summer course for midwestern high school students between their junior and senior years.
		A goal of HHMI is to increase the participation and success of underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences.
		Students receive a stipend for their participation and the HHMI grant covers room and board expenses as well as off-campus extra curricular activities.
	www.earlham.edu /~hhmi/content/hhmiacademy.html (222 words)

	hhmi
		To help colleges meet these challenges, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is awarding $49.7 million in grants to 42 baccalaureate and master's degree institutions in 17 states and Puerto Rico.
		The four-year grants, ranging from $500,000 to $1.6 milion, support a variety of programs to improve undergraduate science, from new courses in hot fields such as bioinformatics and computational biology, to fellowships for postdoctoral researchers that include teaching experiences, and a mobile teaching laboratory to bring science to disadvantaged and minority students in remote areas.
		Although its investigators conduct research at universities and medical schools, HHMI supports science at colleges because they also play a vital role in education, according to Peter Bruns, vice president for grants and special programs at HHMI.
	www.nlu.edu /publicaffairs/May04/hhmi.html (837 words)

	Unexpected Pleasures: Insights From a Science Writer Traveling the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All the HHMI international research scholars attend and present their latest work.
		The HHMI international research scholar whom I wanted to interview said her university, north of Tel Aviv, seemed safe, but I reluctantly bowed to the concerns of everyone else, from my colleagues to my granddaughter.
		At a lush green resort on the Queensland coast, nearly 130 HHMI international research scholars from 29 countries were meeting to present their latest work.
	www.jyi.org /volumes/volume6/issue4/features/donovan.html (2259 words)

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