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Author Strobel, Gabrielle, author.

Title Research funding in neuroscience : a profile of the McKnight Endowment Fund / by Gabrielle Strobel ; Sylvia Lindman, editor
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 170 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits
Contents I. From Donors Wish to Program Design. -- II. A Budding Field Begins to Flourish. -- III. A Recipe for Success. -- Appendices
From donor's wish to program design -- How McKnight's neuroscience program has evolved -- Interview with Julius Axelrod -- Budding field begins to flourish -- How the McKnight Foundation has nurtured neuroscience -- Alzheimer disease: a case study in bench-to-bench philanthropy -- Recipe for success -- Why McKnight's program has made an impact -- In their own words: testimonials from award recipients -- Historical highlights
Summary The book is a history of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience and an assessment of its effectiveness in advancing neuroscience. The book discusses the Fund's early and steady commitment to basic science as well as it's tradition of leveraging relatively modest dollars to make a big difference in careers and the field overall. The fund exists strictly to give awards and create a community of peers through an annual conference dedicated to research. In near unison, scientists who have received awards say they were able to test a risky idea, get their career off the ground, or make a significant change in their career because of McKnight's flexible dollars. The book consists of three parts: (1) origins--including both the funder and the scientists who shaped the program; (2) a review of the science to show how McKnight awardees have advanced the field; and (3) 10 keys to success. We also have an interview with Julius Axelrod (one of the early advisors, done shortly before his death in 2004) and stories of how awardees used their McKnight grants, plus other information
Notes Includes index
English
Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2024)
Subject McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
SUBJECT McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience fast
Subject Neurosciences -- Research grants -- United States
Neurosciences -- economics
Financing, Organized
Research -- economics
Research Support
MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
Neurosciences -- Research grants
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Lindman, Sylvia, editor.
LC no. 2007270079
ISBN 9780080466538
0080466532