Jerzy "George" Kossek is a nationally and internationally recognized educator, blues theorist, and blues promoter.
 He has actively promoted blues music in Poland over the last three decades.
 Known to many as "Doctor Blues," George has been teaching African-American history, culture, literature, and blues music since 1979 when he started his first ‘American Club’ in collaboration with American Consulate General in Kraków, Poland under communism.
 His courses expose students to blues research, blues journalism and literature, blues performances, blues organizations, blues charities, and others.
 In his courses, George educates about African-American history and the role the blues played in that history.
 At the same time, he focuses on blues theory, ways to preserve the blues, and how to implement the blues in teaching methods.
 He actively promotes creative writing of blues texts and poetry at Blues Poetic Café at international Rawa Blues Festival held yearly in Poland, Katowice.
 George founded the European Academic Blues Center at the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, which researches all aspects of the blues as a cultural phenomenon, and the Ethnic Studies Center in Katowice, Poland.
 George has been involved in organizing educational conferences and seminars focusing on the blues.
 He hosts a weekly, blues oriented radio show every Sunday at 96.2 FM on Radio Silesia.
 In 2015, he has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Research grant to research the blues at six major U.S. universities.
 In 2015 he was awarded the Blues Keeping Alive award for blues education by the Blues Foundation.
 This organization presents the KBA Awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to blues music.
 The KBA ceremony is held in conjunction with the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee.
Vijay Nair was a writer based in Bangalore.
 He is the author of "Let Her Rest Now" (fiction), published by Hachette India, 2012, "The Boss is not your Friend" (non-fiction) published by Hachette India in 2011, "Master of Life Skills" (fiction) published by Harper Collins in 2006, and a collection of plays in 2003.
 He is also a theatre director, critic and columnist, and organisation coach and consultant.
 A recipient of the Fulbright Senior Research Grant and the British Council Charles Wallace Award, he was also awarded a US State Department Grant to attend the International Writers Program at the University of Iowa.He died of cardiac arrest on 5 September 2013 in Bangalore.
Marilee Lindemann is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park and the Director of the LGBT Studies Program.
 Dr. Lindemann received her Ph.D in English from Rutgers University and her B.A. in English and Journalism from Indiana University.
 She has taught at the University of Maryland since 1992.
 She is a prominent scholar of American writer Willa Cather, a well-known blogger, and the editor of a forthcoming scholarly collection engaging with the phenomenon of blogs.
 She was the 2007 winner of the Modern Language Association's Michael Lynch Service Award.
 Dr. Lindemann served on the Editorial Board of "American Literature" from 2001–03; on the Board of Managing Editors of "American Quarterly" from 2001-3; and has served on the Advisory Board of the Cather Archive since 2006.
 She has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Graduate Study Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Fellowship (1990, predoctoral) and a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Research Grant in Women's Studies (1988, predoctoral).
 A native of Indiana, she lives with her partner of 26 years, Martha Nell Smith, in Takoma Park, Maryland.
The Philip Morris External Research Program, sometimes abbreviated as PMERP, was an external research grant program founded in the fall of 2000 by Philip Morris International, as an initiative of the company's Worldwide Scientific Affairs unit.
 Its stated aim was to "address the concerns of the public health community regarding cigarette smoking".
 During its eight-year history, it funded about 470 research proposals at 60 different medical schools, and spent about US$200 million.
 It has been compared to the Center for Indoor Air Research (CIAR); of the six members of PMERP's advisory board, three were affiliated with the CIAR (as of 2005).
 In addition, a 2001 paper co-authored by Norbert Hirschhorn states that the structure of PMERP's review panel is "nearly identical to that of the CIAR."
 A 2006 paper analyzing grants awarded by PMERP, and peer-reviewed studies resulting from these grants, concluded that PMERP "appears to exist less as a conduit for critical scientific inquiry than to fit into a corporate strategy intended to burnish PM’s public image."
 In the fall of 2007 Philip Morris shut down the program, with their decision to do so first becoming publicly known in February 2008.
Pearce Paul Creasman (born 1981) is an archaeologist in the fields of Egyptology, maritime archaeology, and dendrochronology.
 He is an associate professor at the University of Arizona, where he serves as director of the Egyptian Expedition and curator of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.
 He has been conducting archaeological research in Egypt since 2004 and is currently editor of the "Directory of North American Egyptologists" and editor of the peer-reviewed "Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections".
 Creasman has been awarded highly competitive research grants, including from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Save America's Treasures program.
 He has held a number of professional offices and received several academic and educational honors and awards The Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University awarded him a doctorate.
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the portal for United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications and their review for scientific merit.
 The CSR organizes the peer review groups or study sections that evaluate the majority (70%) of the research grant applications sent to NIH.
 It also receives all grant applications for NIH, as well as for some other components of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
 Since 1946, its mission has remained clear and timely: to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews—free from inappropriate influences—so NIH can fund the most promising research.
Kekulé was a program named after the chemist Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz.
 The program was created starting in about 1990 by Joe McDaniel and Jason Balmuth while at Fein-Marquart Associates with funding from the National Cancer Institute [NCI] under a Small Business Innovative Research Grant [SBIR].
Yihai Cao, M.D., hM.
 D., Ph.D., (born October 29, 1959) is a Chinese-born Swedish scientist and a professor at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
 He is also an honorary professor/guest professor in Copenhagen University, Denmark; Linköping University, Sweden; Leicester University, UK; Shinshu University, Japan; Shandong University, China; and Peking University, China.
 He is an internationally recognized and cited researcher in cancer, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and eye disease research.
 His publications have been cited more than 29000 times and his h-index is 81.
 Cao received the Fernström research prize, the Karolinska distinguished professor award, and the Axel Hirsch Prize in medicine.
 Cao received an ERC-advanced research grant award, and an NOVO Nordisk-advanced grant award.
 His research findings received broad public attentions including New York Times, Reuters and Swedish National TV broad casting.
Henrietta Hutton (née Cooke) (1939–1963) was a British ornithologist and a founding member of the Oxford University Women's Exploration Club.
 The Henrietta Hutton Research Grant was established in Henrietta's name in 1964 with a financial endowment of about £5,000, which has been administered by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) from 1964 to present.
 The grants are used to fund geographical fieldwork by undergraduate and postgraduate students.
 Originally awarded to female geographers from the University of Oxford, the awards are now open to male and female applicants from any UK Higher Education Institution.
 To date, over 130 students have received a Henrietta Hutton Research Grant to support overseas geographical fieldwork.
Save America's Treasures is a United States federal government initiative to preserve and protect historic buildings, arts, and published works.
 It is a public-private partnership between the U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
 The National Endowment for the Arts, Heritage Preservation, and the National Park Foundation also are allied.

Question: What organizations are allied with a program that gave Pearce Paul Creasman a research grant?
Answer: U.S. National Park Service