Below is a list of notable grants recently awarded in the sciences—large federal grants as well as awards of all sizes from private foundations. The individuals cited with each entry are the project's principal investigators.
ASTRONOMY
Optical interferometry project. $230,000 from WM. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, to California Institute of Technology; A.C.S. Readhead
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Training program for research in molecular biology and biotechnology. $188,900 from University of California system's Biotechnology Research and Education Program to University of California, Santa Barbara; J. Carbon
BIOMEDICINE
Professorship in urology. $1.5 million from the Greer Garson Foundation, Dallas, to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Neurosciences. $400,000 over two years from the Pew Memorial Trust to the Neuroscience Research Foundation, New York, as follows: $162,000 to establish a program of Institute Fellows in Theoretical Neurobiology, $100,000 to expand the Summer Atelier in Theoretical Neurobiology, $118,000 to enhance communication between the basic and clinical sciences, and $20,000 for support services
Fellowships for cancer research. $35,000 renewal grant from the American Honda Foundation, Torrance, Calif., to the Hipple Cancer Research Center, Dayton, Ohio
Genetic mechanisms associated with childhood leukemia. $25,000 from the Amoco Foundation to the Illinois Chapter of the Leukemia Society of America C. M. Rubin, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Establishment of an NIH Bioresources Technology Center. $2.6 million over five years from NIH Division of Research Resources to Drexel University's Image Processing Center. 0. Tretiak, D. McEachron, C.R. Gallistel, N.T. Adler
