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2008
Science & Engineering Research

Research - Science & Engineering

Recipient  California Institute of Technology
City  Pasadena, CA
Description  To develop a microwave polarimeter to search for the signature of inflation in the cosmic gravitational-wave background.

Recipient  Princeton University
City  Princeton, NJ
Description  To develop a high-frequency scanning tunneling microscope for probing and manipulating quantum dynamics.

Recipient  University of Hawaii at Manoa
City  Honolulu, HI
Description  To build an instrument that will mimic the interaction of ionizing radiation with Kuiper Belt Objects for better understanding the chemical evolution of the Solar System.

Recipient  University of Maine
City  Orono, ME
Description  To develop new instrumentation for ice core research that will significantly improve the speed, efficiency, safety and quality of data acquisition.

Recipient  University of New Mexico
City  Albuquerque, NM
Description  To develop an instrument capable of providing three-dimensional images of biological objects at the scale of 1 nanometer.

Medical Research

Recipient  Buck Institute
City  Novato, CA
Description  To research the role of the aging process in the etiology of human disease.

Recipient  Northwestern University
City  Evanston, IL
Description  To examine whether zinc plays a central role in oocyte maturation and in mediating early signals in embryogenesis.

Recipient  Stanford University
City  Stanford, CA
Description  To support research using bioengineering technologies to study electrically excitable tissue in rodent models of neuropsychiatric, motor, and cardiac disease.

Undergraduate Education

Grants awarded prior to new criteria and geographic restrictions as of August 2008.

Recipient  Simmons College
City  Boston, MA
Description  To redesign undergraduate laboratory instruction in biology, chemistry and physics by focusing on original research.

Recipient  University of California, Los Angeles
City  Los Angeles, CA
Description  To develop an undergraduate curriculum in Digital Cultural Mapping.

Southern California Program

Civic and Community

Recipient  Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest County
City  Temecula, CA
Description  To expand youth development programs by constructing a new clubhouse.

Recipient  Union Rescue Mission
City  Los Angeles, CA
Description  To provide long-term transitional housing for homeless women and their children by renovating facilities at Hope Gardens Family Center.

Health Care

Recipient  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
City  Los Angeles, CA
Description  To expand acute and trauma pediatric care by constructing a state-of-the-art hospital building.

Precollegiate Education

Recipient  Unite-LA
City  Los Angeles, CA
Description  To increase high school graduation, career preparation and post-secondary education among LAUSD students by supporting the development of small learning communities and small schools.





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