Whitaker Foundation's Wolf von Maltzahn notes that some awards encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. Since 1976, the foundation, which supports research and education in biomedical engineering, has awarded some 100 Biomedical Engineering Research Grants. The American Cancer Society has several programs for new investigators. The society's Clinical Research Training Grants for Junior Faculty enable scientists within the first four years of their faculty appointment to conduct clinical, health policy, or epidemiological research under a mentor. The American Cancer Society also offers Research Projects Grants, which support research by investigators in the first eight years of their independent research careers.
Several programs stress the integration of research and education.
Ariz.-based Research Corp. has sponsored the Cottrell Scholar award since 1994. D.-granting schools in chemistry, physics, and astronomy. The grant not only helps fund research, but also provides money for the recipient to develop course work, at least some of which may involve student participation in research. One should not be done at the expense of the other. Another program, the Cottrell College Science Award, goes to support the research of new chemistry, physics, and astronomy faculty at undergraduate institutions.