Elsevier announces expansion of SciVal Funding to regions outside the US - June 27, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the expansion of SciVal Funding to regions outside of the US, enabling institutions to identify international funding opportunities. Through the international expansion of SciVal Funding, researchers, research administrators and research development professionals in Canada, the UK and the European… Read More
TEMIS raises funds to expand markets and boost development - June 17, 2011
Text analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US, has announced a significant capital increase through a new reserved round of fund-raising. Participants are both existing investors in TEMIS, and, for the first time, the company staff. The company provides content enrichment solutions to scores of customers throughout… Read More
Elsevier Foundation calls for new grant proposals for the 2011 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programme - May 26, 2011
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2011 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programme. Providing grants to libraries in the developing world, the programme aims to improve access to scientific, technical and medical information through innovative systems and services. During the past… Read More
SBRI programmes to improve access for all learners - May 26, 2011
Funding has been awarded to a number of technology innovators from around the UK to enable them to explore life changing assistive technologies. The funding has come from two competitions sponsored by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Read More
Gates Foundation to make $20 million investments to support new learning tools - April 29, 2011
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a suite of investments, totalling more than $20 million. The investments are reportedly focused on identifying and expanding promising cutting-edge learning resources that support teachers and students and bring innovative new instructional approaches into America's classrooms. The… Read More
2011 MLA Annual Meeting grant recipients announced - April 28, 2011
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has awarded grants sponsored by EBSCO to four librarians to assist with travel and conference-related expenses to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, May 13-18, 2011. The four $1,000 awards are presented annually to librarians who… Read More
SAGE announces library travel grant for ALPSP International Conference - April 4, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will be sponsoring a librarian place at this year's Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International conference. The annual event is scheduled for September 14-16, 2011, at Heythrop Park near Oxford. As… Read More
Apixio funds research to discover associations and patterns in clinical data - April 1, 2011
Clinical information search solutions provider Apixio, Inc., US, has announced that it has provided funds for research to the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) at Stanford University for developing data driven methods to improve healthcare outcomes. The funds will support Dr. Nigam Shah, Assistant Professor… Read More
Dialog seeks applications for 2011 Roger K. Summit Scholarship - March 22, 2011
Online information services provider Dialog, part of the ProQuest family of businesses, is seeking applicants for its 2011 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award is given annually to a promising graduate student in library and information sciences. The deadline to apply… Read More
Eight international research funders announce participation in round two of the Digging into Data Challenge - March 17, 2011
Eight international research funders jointly announced their participation in round two of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences. Digging into Data offers the arts and humanities and the social sciences the opportunity to explore new… Read More
