The request came through the Basic and Clinical Immunology Interest Section. The request came through the Food and Drug Reactions and Anaphylaxis Interest Section. Adkinson said the latter project, involving a cooperative effort with an outside organization, is especially appealing to the Board of Directors, which approves all awards recommended by the Research Council's Committee to Fund Interest Section Research Grants. To apply for a grant, members should contact the chair of the interest section through which they would like to do their work. An application, available from the chair, will need to be completed and the chair's signature added to the finished application.
Grants can be for more than one year.
Applications must be postmarked by Aug. 1, 1998. Award announcements will be made to applicants by Dec. 1 and award payments can be made as soon as Jan. 1, 1999.