Claim: $150K grant will help unravel mysterious panther illness.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: African trypanosomiasis
text: $1.02 billion US dollars towards the neglected disease discovery efforts. For kinetoplastid infections specifically, they have donated an average of $28.15 million US dollars annually between the years 2007 to 2011. They have labeled human African trypanosomiasis a high-opportunity target meaning it is a disease that presents the greatest opportunity for control, elimination, and eradication, through the development of new drugs, vaccines, public-health programs, and diagnostics. They are the second highest funding source for neglected diseases, immediately behind the US National Institutes of Health. At a time where public funding is decreasing and government grants for scientific research are harder

title: African trypanosomiasis
text: yearly. For kinetoplastid infections, the total global research and development funding was approximately $136.3 million in 2012. Each of the three diseases, African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and Leishmaniasis each received approximately a third of the funding, which was about $36.8 million US dollars, $38.7 million US dollars, and $31.7 million US dollars, respectively. For sleeping sickness, funding was split into basic research, drug discovery, vaccines, and diagnostics. The greatest amount of funding was directed towards basic research of the disease; approximately $21.6 million US dollars was directed towards that effort. As for therapeutic development, approximately $10.9 million was invested.

title: Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology
text: Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology Michelson Prize and Grants for Reproductive Biology makes $75 million (USD) available for research in pursuit of a safe and effective, single dose, non-surgical sterilant for male and female cats and dogs. The grants provide approximately $250,000 per year per grant for research pursuing approaches to non-surgical sterilization technology for companion animals. The prize was established in October 2008 by the Found Animals Foundation, a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization dedicated to minimizing shelter euthanasia. It focuses on developing cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable animal welfare business models. Funded by Dr. Gary K. Michelson, an orthopedic

title: The Grand Challenges in Global Health
text: Committee of the scientific board and staff members from FNIH and BMGF reviewed the projects to move into the negotiations for grants. In May 2005, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave an additional $250 million to fund research for the initiative, bringing the foundation's commitment to $450 million. In June 2005, the initiative announced grants for 43 new projects, attracting international partners. Today, the work towards revolutionary advances in global health continues. 44 separate research projects are currently being managed, and solving even one of the 14 challenges could potentially improve the lives of millions. Goal 1: Improve Vaccines

title: Dravet Syndrome Foundation
text: 19 researchers DSF invested in through 2015, 6 of them went on to receive large NIH grants, for a return rate of 32%. Research Awards can be broken down in the following categories for total funding of $3,698,000: SUDEP - $300,000; Gene Therapy - $703,000; Drug Discovery, Screening, or Treatment - $1,063,000; Genetics - $714,000; Epidemiology -$273,000; Neuronal Network - $345,000; Other - $300,000 Dravet Syndrome Foundation The Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF) is a volunteer run, non-profit organization based in the United States. The mission of the foundation is to raise research funds for Dravet's syndrome and related epilepsies, while

title: Henipavirus
text: NSW governments will boost research funding into the Hendra virus by $6 million to be spent by 2014–2015. This money will be used for research into ecological drivers of infection in the bats and the mechanism of virus transmission between bats and other species. A further 6 million dollars was allocated by the federal government with the funds being split, half for human health investigations and half for animal health and biodiversity research. Three main approaches are currently followed to reduce the risk to humans. Flying foxes experimentally infected with the Hendra virus develop a viraemia then excrete the virus

title: Morris Animal Foundation
text: Foundation has invested more than $118 million toward more than 2,600 studies to improve the health and quality of life for dogs, cats, horses and wildlife around the world. These studies have led to better preventions, diagnostic tools, treatment protocols and even cures for animal diseases and other health challenges. They also provide critical funding to aspiring researchers in animal health fields, including support for two- and four-year training programs for post-doctoral students and a Scholars Program which allows veterinary students to do research early in their careers. The foundation has awarded over 400 grants to various veterinary students, at

title: Panthera Corporation
text: in international wildlife practice. The organization also awards a number of grants to support promising field conservationists. These grant programs include the Kaplan Graduate Awards, the Research and Conservation Grants, the Small Cat Action Fund, and the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Jaguar Small Grants. Panthera was founded by American entrepreneur Thomas S. Kaplan; he serves as its executive chairman. Alan Rabinowitz is the CEO. He started the world's first jaguar preserve in 1986, in Belize. and was the main driving force behind the Jaguar Corridor that connects Mexico and Argentina. Michael Cline serves as a director and chairman of Tigers

title: Neglected tropical disease research and development
text: Foundation is launching a competition for high speed, point-of-care diagnostics for tuberculosis. A more widely defined annual "Global Health EnterPrize" for neglected tropical diseases has been proposed to reward health innovators, particularly those based in countries where NTDs represent a serious health burden. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation offers the Grand Challenges Explorations Opportunities on a rolling basis. This grant program allows individuals from any organization or background to apply to address priority global health issues. Each project award is $100,000 dollars and is drawn from a Foundation funding pool of $100 million. Awardees have tended to offer research

title: Jon Blais
text: reaching eligibility for her first Ironman event in 2011. The San Francisco athlete said the disease hit home with her in 2009 when a beloved basketball coach was diagnosed with ALS. Research funding from the foundation has been awarded to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ($11,300 in 2011), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ($400,000 committed through 2012 ), and the University of Maryland, where the organization will be supporting the university's Brain and Tissue Bank in setting up a program for ALS patients to donate their tissue postmortem for research. Jon Blais Jon Blais (August 30, 1971 –

title: Tiger conservation
text: the STF donating nearly $12 million between 1995 and 2004. Currently the STF has teamed up with Panthera to form the STF-Panthera Partnership. They plan to combine their expertise in tiger conservation to help save the wild tiger. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) also contributes to tiger conservation. They have set an ambitious goal called Tx2 to double the wild tiger population by 2022, the next Chinese Year of the Tiger. To reach this goal, their primary efforts lie in protecting landscapes where they feel tigers have the highest chance of surviving and increasing, preventing poaching, and working to decrease

title: Panther Valley School District
text: districts to agree to participate was cited as one reason that Pennsylvania was not approved. In the summer of 2011, the district administration did not apply for School Improvement Grant funding, from the federal government (over $9.9 million available). The high school and the middle school were eligible for funding due to chronic low achievement and Title I status. The grant stipulates the funds be used for improving student achievement using one of four federally dictated strategies. The strategies are: transformation, turnaround, restart with new faculty and administration or closure of failing schools. The Pennsylvania Education Secretary awarded $66 million

title: Glenn Close
text: Fountain House in New York City, a facility dedicated to the recovery of men and women who suffer with mental illness. She is a founding member of the Panthera Conservation Advisory Committee. Panthera is an international nonprofit whose sole mission is conservation of the world's 36 species of wild cats. Close has also been a longtime supporter of late friend Christopher Reeve's foundation. She is also a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board. Close was a founder and is chairperson of BringChange2Mind, a US campaign to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness, supporting her sister Jessie who has

title: Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology
text: surgeon, inventor and entrepreneur, the Michelson Prize and Grants seek to make sterilization for cats and dogs globally accessible and affordable worldwide through a high-volume, low-profit model. Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology Michelson Prize and Grants for Reproductive Biology makes $75 million (USD) available for research in pursuit of a safe and effective, single dose, non-surgical sterilant for male and female cats and dogs. The grants provide approximately $250,000 per year per grant for research pursuing approaches to non-surgical sterilization technology for companion animals. The prize was established in October 2008 by the Found Animals Foundation, a 501(c)(3),

title: African trypanosomiasis
text: Much of the progress that has been made in African sleeping sickness and neglected disease research as a whole is a result of the other non-public funders. One of these major sources of funding has come from foundations, which have increasingly become more committed to neglected disease drug discovery in the 21st century. In 2012, philanthropic sources provided 15.9% of the total funding. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been a leader in providing funding for neglected disease drug development. They have provided $444.1 million US dollars towards neglected disease research in 2012. To date, they have donated over

title: Felidae Conservation Fund
text: project that will answer basic ecological and behavioral questions about the mysterious and elusive snow leopard. The study will be conducted using GPS collars, non-invasive genetics, and camera trapping with advanced mark-recapture modeling. It will attempt to answer basic questions about snow leopards (birth and mortality rates, cub survival, dispersal rates, habitat use, and home range size) that are currently unknown due to their cryptic nature and inaccessible habitat. Felidae's partners in the project are the Snow Leopard Trust and the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Teton Cougar Project in Wyoming studies the population dynamics of mountain lions in the Greater

title: North American Wetlands Conservation Act
text: to better control flooding of moist soil plants and agricultural crops for waterfowl. In 2009, Panther Swamp opened 800 acres that were previously off limits to allow humans to regain hunting privileges in that area. Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex has partnered with many organizations includingDucks Unlimited, Wetlands America Trust, Environmental Synergy, the Walker Foundation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. NAWCA is working on 14 projects in the Arkansas area, and over 67,414 acres of land has been conserved. $8.7 million has been contributed to these projects and partner contributions have totaled an amount of $33.5 million.

title: Tiger conservation
text: Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and focuses on preserving wild tigers. The STF has contributed over $10.6 million and participated in a total of 196 conservation efforts that provide a number of services to help to mitigate the human-tiger conflict, protect tiger habitats, research tiger ecology, monitor tiger populations, and educate locals on the importance of saving the tiger. The STF also participates in a grant program and has given a total of $1700.3 billion in the form of 33600 grants to the tiger range countries (TRC) to help protect the existing populations. ExxonMobil is the number one contributor to

title: The Michael J. Fox Foundation
text: The Michael J. Fox Foundation The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease (PD) through funded research and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Established by actor Michael J. Fox in 2000, the Foundation has since become the largest non-profit funder of Parkinson's disease research in the world, investing more than $650 million in research to date. In 2010, the Foundation launched the first large-scale clinical study on evolution biomarkers of the disease at a cost of $45 million over five years. The Foundation targets

title: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
text: in a broad range of areas, including financial support, in habitat conservation. The foundation receives no funding from the State of Louisiana or the LDWF so is dependent on contributions from private and corporate donations. The Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area "Wham Brake enhancement project" (Wham Brake Hydrology Enhancement) was completed June 20, 2017. The project was a joint partnership between the LDWF, Ducks Unlimited (DU), LWFF, the Walker Foundation, Biedenharn Foundation, International Paper and other DU sponsors that support America's River Initiative. A North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant of $1,000,000 was matched with partner contributions of $2,100,000