http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/4790 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/nine-harvard-faculty-members-win-nih-s-pioneer-innovator-awards <!--paging_filter--><p>Nine Harvard researchers "well-positioned to make significant - and potentially transformative - discoveries in a variety of areas," ranging from brain development to reprogramming stem cells, have been awarded special funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</p> <p>The grants, announced Tuesday (Sept. 18), total $15 million over the next five years. They will be distributed through two NIH grant programs, both overseen by NIH Director Elias Zerhouni. One, the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, funds established researchers with $2.5 million each. The second, the Director's New Innovator Award, gives $1.5 million each to young, promising investigators.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/nine-harvard-faculty-members-win-nih-s-pioneer-innovator-awards">read more</a></p> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:16:46 -0400 404132862 7377 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu