July 29, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
The $1.5-billion W.M. Keck Foundation, in Los Angeles, has announced a new $25-million program designed to help young medical researchers investigate new ideas.
The fund’s five-year Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program was created to support scientists at the early stages of their careers, when they often have creative ideas but tend to have trouble finding money, said Roxanne Ford, Keck’s program director for medical research.
The first five scholars have already been selected by the foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee. They include a biologist searching for new therapeutic approaches to cancer and a structural biologist studying “host cell invasion” in order to shed light on the process of infection.
Under the program, each grant recipient’s institution will receive an award of up to $1-million to support the scientist’s research for up to five years. Five additional recipients will be chosen in each of the next four years.
Applications are by invitation only.
For more information, contact Ms. Ford, W.M. Keck Foundation, 555 South Flower Street, Suite 3230, Los Angeles 90071; (213) 612-2021.
