The purpose of this request for applications is to develop mouse models for studying the biological function of genetic variants of DNA repair and cell cycle control genes found in the human population. Mutant mice, protocols, assays, assessment criteria, and other materials and information generated in projects funded under this program will be made available to the wider biomedical community for further investigation or application. Letters of intent are due 12 May 2000 and applications are due 20 July 2000. This solicitation will lead to grant awards that establish pilot projects in a limited number of eligible cities. The pilot projects will emphasize using advanced and innovative technologies to monitor environmental conditions as well as provide and communicate environmental information to citizens.
Awards are subject to the availability of funds.
The closing date is 10 April 2000. Science Writing Fellowships Program offers summer residencies at the MBL of up to eight weeks for professional science writers including print and broadcast journalists and other science reporters and authors whose audience is the general public. Most fellows concentrate attention on the concepts and methodologies of a single biological discipline, usually through an affiliation with one of the MBL's graduate-level summer courses. Fellows are also placed in laboratories at the MBL or other Woods Hole institutions, observing the investigator's progress over the summer and, when possible, participating in experiments. A limited number of fellows participate in off-site environmental research programs of the MBL's Ecosystems Center.