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NIGMS Expands Biotechnology Program Thanks to a $2 million increase, the three-year-old biotechnology training and fellowship program offered through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will support 122 more fellows and trainees in 1991. The program has a total of $6.4 million to spend this year. So far, about 18 institutions have received five-year training grants, each to support from four to 20 graduate students. The rest of the funds have gone to support postdoctoral fellows and senior fellows. Graduate students earn an $8,800 annual stipend, while first-year postdoctoral fellows earn $18,600. The original deadline of January 10 for the predoctoral grants was changed to March 22 because the program was funded by Congress too late for a timely announcement. The program funds about half of the institutions that apply. Fellowship deadlines are still May 10 and September 10. For more information, contact Christine Carrico at (301) 496-7707 or the Office of Grants Inquiries, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 20892; (301) 496-7441. French Fellowship Program Offered The French Fondation Fyssen is seeking candidates for its fellowships and an international prize. This foundation encourages the study of cognitive mechanisms that shape animal and human behavior. It seeks to support research into the biological and cultural bases of these mechanisms, as well as their evolution and development. Toward this end, it supports fellows for one to three years in ethology and psychology, human paleontology, anthropology-ethnology, and neurobiology. Applicants can be French scientists seeking to work abroad or other scientists wishing to work in French laboratories. The deadline is March 31. In addition, the foundation awards a prize each year. For 1991, it seeks applications by September 1 for nominees in cognitive psychology. For more information, contact Colette Leconte, Fondation Fyssen, 194, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris; 42-97-53-162. Funding From Burroughs Wellcome Two awards from Burroughs Wellcome Co. will be granted on September 15--the George Herbert Hitchings Award for Innovative Methods in Drug Design and Discovery, and the Developing Investigator Award (DIA): Immunopharmacology of Allergic Diseases. Both provide $300,000 for up to five years. One recipient will be selected for each award. The Hitchings award is for researchers who have an M.D. or Ph.D. and at least five years' research experience, and who wish to continue work in drug design and development. DIA applicants must have full-time positions at a U.S. school of medicine or other nonfederal scientific institution. An M.D. and at least three years of research are preferred. The deadline for both awards is April 1. For more information, contact the Burroughs Wellcome DIA Program, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, 611 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, Wis. 53202; (414) 272-6071, or the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Drug Design and Discovery Award, 3030 Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27709, Attn.: Executive Director; (919) 248-4136. CIES Opens Two Competitions The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) will begin accepting applications on March 1 for both the 1992-93 Fulbright Scholar Program and the Advanced Research Fellowships in India. While the Fulbright awards are not limited to scientists, grants for almost every discipline are offered. Approximately 1,000 awards will be made for up to a full academic year. The fellowships in India are open to all academic disciplines except clinical medicine. Twelve grants of six to 10 months and nine grants of two to three months are available. Both programs require United States citizenship and a Ph.D. The deadline for both is June 15. Some Fulbright awards, however, remain open until August 1, depending on the country. For more information about the Fulbrights, contact CIES, 3007 Tilden St., N.W., Suite 5M, Box NEWS, Washington, D.C. 20008-3009; (202) 686-7877. For more information about the Fellowships in India, contact CIES, Attn.: Indo-American Fellowship Program, 3007 Tilden St., N.W., Suite 5M, Washington, D.C. 20008-3009; (202) 686-4017.

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