JISC to significantly increase funding to UKOLN - January 13, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it is significantly increasing its funding to UKOLN from 2009. This increase marks the rising importance of investment in a national e-infrastructure to support the UK's global competitiveness in science, research and innovation. UKOLN has been… Read More
SAGE sponsors new ALA scholarship - December 31, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced its support for a new American Library Association (ALA) scholarship, the Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media. The scholarship was created in memory of Peter Lyman, former university librarian and professor emeritus of the School of Information at the University… Read More
Emerald’s Research Fund Award programme in collaboration with INASP, submission deadline extended - November 28, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), in association with the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), International Academy of… Read More
Emerald and CAPES announce two research grant awards - November 14, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, and CAPES library consortia (A Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superioris) have announced that they are offering two research grant awards. While one will contribute to the development of management in Brazil, the other… Read More
NIH funds nine centers to expand small-molecules screening and discovery - September 5, 2008
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the funding of a network of nine centers across the US. These centers will use high tech screening methods to identify small molecules for use as probes to investigate the diverse functions of cells. The network - funded… Read More
Elsevier Foundation announces final deadline for grant proposals - August 26, 2008
The Elsevier Foundation has announced that the final deadline for the Elsevier Foundation grant proposals is September 15, 2008. Grant proposals will be accepted in two categories - the Innovative Libraries Program and the New Scholars Program. The Elsevier Foundation will award grants in December 2008 with a series of… Read More
