2006 Grants

HEALTH

ORGANIZATION & PROJECT
PAYMENT AMOUNT

Action On Smoking And Health $90,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $400,000
For: For the purchase and direct costs of research equipment for the F.M. Kirby Program in Neural Repair and Protection-$600,000 in 2005, $400,000 in 2006, and $300,000 in 2007  
Alzheimer's Association/Greater New Jersey Chapter $17,500
For: Northern New Jersey programs  
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. $500,000
For: Alzheimer's research-$500,000 in 2006 and 2007  
American Cancer Society, Inc./National Office $350,000
For: Cancer research  
American Cancer Society, Inc./Eastern Division $90,000
For: Programs in the Northwest New Jersey Region  
American Council on Science and Health $35,000
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation, Inc. $45,000
Toward support of Dr. Lisa Martin's research project  
American Federation for Aging Research $65,000
For: Basic research  
American Heart Association, Inc./Founders Affiliate $125,000
Toward basic, biomedical cardiac and stroke research-$100,000  
Arthritis Foundation, Inc./National Office $75,000
For: Medical research only  
Arthritis Foundation, Inc./New Jersey Chapter $10,000
For: Research  
Big Apple Circus, Ltd. $37,500
For: Clown Care Program in Metro NYC hospitals  
Cancer Care of New Jersey $20,000
For: Services to residents of Morris County, NJ  
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation, Inc. $50,000
Toward the purchase of the Veritas laser microdissection instrument and its companion Nanodrop Spectrophotometer  
Cancer Research Institute, Inc. $110,000
For: Support of Predoctoral Emphasis Pathway in Tumor Immunology  
Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation, Inc. $67,500
For: The study of the metabolic changes in the brains of children with cerebral palsy in cooperation with the University of California Los Angeles-$67,500 in 2005 and 2006  
Children's Hospital Corporation $1,000,000
To establish the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Children's Hospital Boston-$1,000,000 in 2004, 2005 and 2006  
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation $200,000
In support of basic research within the CRF Individual Grants Program  
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory $30,000
Toward the purchase of a Zeiss fluorescence microscope  
The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths $20,000
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Inc. $40,000
Toward the purchase of a Tecan Automated Liquid Handling System  
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. $70,000
Toward Dysplasia and Cancer Research Initiative  
The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, Inc. $30,000
For: Ocular Tissue Research Program-$10,000  
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. $70,000
For: Retinal degenerative disease research  
The Foundation for AIDS Research $125,000
For: The Scholars Program  
Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey $150,000
For: Continued research for Synaptic Interactions: Formation and Plasticity  
Helen Keller International, Inc. $27,500
For: ChildSight in New Jersey  
The Hospital For Special Surgery Fund, Inc. $175,000
For: Support of biomechanics research  
The Jackson Laboratory $30,000
Toward the purchase of live-cell imaging equipment needed in the laboratory of Lindsay Shopland, Ph.D.  
Kennedy Krieger Institute $250,000
Toward the purchase of a vibration-isolation system  
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc./Northern New Jersey Chapter $130,000
For: The translational research project of Dr. David Scadden-$130,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006  
Little Falls Hospital $25,000
Toward the acquisition of a Patient Archiving and Communication System  
Lyme Disease Association, Inc. $10,000
For: Basic research  
The Marrow Foundation $90,000
Toward the Scholars Program for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications  
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $333,000
To establish the F.M. Kirby Fund in Neuroscience-$334,000 in 2004 and $333,000 in 2005 and 2006  
Morristown Memorial Health Foundation, Inc. $500,000
Toward the F.M. Kirby Cardiac Patient Care Unit-$500,000 in 2004, 2005 and 2006  
National Transplant Assistance Fund, Inc. $25,000
Toward the purchase of educational and promotional organ donor awareness materials and the enhancement of data management systems  
New York Blood Center, Inc. $100,000
For: Continued support of Dr. Kotula's work to develop the mouse model of prostate cancer  
New York University School of Medicine $100,000
For: Continued support for the Pharmacological Prophylaxis for Ischemic Stroke project  
Overlook Hospital Foundation $50,000
Toward the New Jersey Regional Stroke Quality Initiative-$50,000 in 2006 and 2007  
Population Council, Inc. $60,000
Toward direct costs only of the Postdoctoral Training Program in Reproductive Biology Research  
Prevent Blindness Tri-State $10,000
For: Morris County, NJ programs  
The Rockefeller University $250,000
For: The "Exploring the Regeneration of the Ear's Sensory Cells: Towards New Treatments for Hearing Loss" initiative  
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies $110,000
Toward start-up expenses for Dr. Clodagh O'Shea's cancer research  
Scheie Eye Institute $1,200,000
To purchase equipment needed by the F.M. Kirby Center scientists-$400,000 in 2005; for the F.M. Kirby Endowed Chair in Molecular Ophthalmology -$800,000 in 2005 and $1,200,000 in 2006  
Thomas Jefferson University $100,000
For: Dr. Schneider's continued research of Parkinson's disease  
Trudeau Institute, Inc. $100,000
Toward equipment for the new animal facility-$100,000 in 2004, 2005, and 2006  
United Network for Organ Sharing $1,000,000
Toward the systems restructure project  
VZV Research Foundation, Inc. $90,000
For: General operating funds for core, research-driven programs  
Yale University/School of Medicine $24,750
For: The purchase of an EMCCD camera and operations software  
Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation $300,000
For: Support of research initiatives in Alzheimer's and related neurodegenerative disorders  
 
Total Health
(52 items)
$8,912,750

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