During my European safari I had already been exploring grant options (after all, I'd had plenty of in-flight reading time), and with my destination chosen I could set to work convincing someone to pay for it.
In 1663, Captain William Hilton sailed on the Adventure from Barbados to explore lands granted by King Charles II of England to the eight Lords Proprietor.
To analyze these microbes and their methane emissions, White and his colleagues recently went to Greenland as part of a $2.6 million NASA ASTEP (Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets) grant.
"It's about being able to — via a grant — explore new work across mediums," Schreder said.
All three GPs who were approached for the interview to explore these findings granted the request.
R21 Exploratory or Developmental Grant--Small, time-limited grant to explore new ideas in targeted areas.
A political scientist who moves from B to C because C has a large foundation grant to explore the comparative origins of state failure is being loyal to his discipline.
Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Anders Carlson (Architecture), Neil Leach (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) from the University of Southern California (USC) have won a prestigious Nasa grant to explore the potential use of the robotic fabrication technology, Contour Crafting, for building structures on the moon.
"We have said we want to explore ways in which grant makers could work together for greater impact, and we have an obligation to put our money where our mouth is".
Glazer, who most recently directed Under The Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien prowling the streets of Glasgow preying on male victims, is only the second recipient of the fellowship, which awards screenwriters a £30,000 grant to explore the world of science at the fingertips of the Wellcome Trust and use it to inform their creative practice.
