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Research - Science & Engineering
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| 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.
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| Recipient | Princeton University |
| City | Princeton, NJ |
| Description | To develop a high-frequency scanning tunneling microscope for probing and manipulating quantum dynamics.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Recipient | Buck Institute |
| City | Novato, CA |
| Description | To research the role of the aging process in the etiology of human disease.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Grants awarded prior to new criteria and geographic restrictions as of August 2008.
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| Recipient | Simmons College |
| City | Boston, MA |
| Description | To redesign undergraduate laboratory instruction in biology, chemistry and physics by
focusing on original research.
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| Recipient | University of California, Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles, CA |
| Description | To develop an undergraduate curriculum in Digital Cultural Mapping.
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Civic and Community
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| Recipient | Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest County |
| City | Temecula, CA |
| Description | To expand youth development programs by constructing a new clubhouse.
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| 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.
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Health Care
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| 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.
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Precollegiate Education
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| 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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