BrightFocus Award for Scientific Impact 2016
Principal Investigator
Stanley Prusiner, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
About the Research Project
Program
Award Type
Standard
Award Amount
$50,000
Active Dates
September 01, 2016 - August 31, 2018
Grant ID
CA2017215
Summary
The BrightFocus Foundation is pleased to offer the inaugural 2016 BrightFocus Award for Scientific Impact, presented to Dr. Prusiner on June 9, 2016, at the Mind|Sight|Cure: An Evening of BrightFocus. This award is provided to a researcher who has made groundbreaking progress toward ending diseases of mind and sight. The amount of $50,000 is to be used for Alzheimer’s disease research in Dr. Prusiner’s laboratory.
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