7 October 2009
NIMH Funds Four Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science: New Efforts Will Focus on Psychiatric Disorders, Gene Regulation
Posted by Jessi Kirk under: NIMH .
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and NIMH, both part of the National Institutes of Health, announced grants expected to total approximately $45 million to establish new Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science in Wisconsin and North Carolina, as well as to continue support of existing centers in Maryland and California. The Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science program, begun in 2001 by NHGRI, assembles interdisciplinary teams dedicated to making critical advances in genomic research. The new center that will be co-led by the Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive about $8 million over three years. The new center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will receive about $8.6 million over five years. The existing center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles will receive about $12 million over five years and the existing center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will receive about $16.8 million over five years.
Press Release: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/nih-funds-four-centers-of-excellence-in-genomic-science.shtml
