Mr. Obiang, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea since 1979, has committed $3 million a year for five years; half the money is to go to five awardees, who receive $300,000 grants, and half to cover the costs of selecting the winners.
Mr. Obiang, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea for more than 30 years, provided $3 million; half the money is to go to five awardees, who would receive $300,000 grants, and half to cover the costs of selecting the winners.
The awarding Institute reserves the right to monitor awardee activity in this area to ascertain if patents or patent applications are adversely affecting the goals of this PA.
Instead, it is meant to give awardees an opportunity to independently explore research questions that excite them without first doing a postdoc, before moving on to a new, more permanent independent research position.
Despite these limitations, Lipscomb expects the new grants to provide "a big boost" to the awardees, whom he believes will be highly organized postdocs who have been granted a degree of independence while still working in topflight labs.
The goal is to allow the awardees to do their research without the pressure of a tenure clock.
Outstanding scientists may be lucky enough to be recruited and awarded a 5-year support from the Miller-Nossal-Metcalfe Fund, which was set up by these three superb WEHI members to allow the awardees to set themselves up independently.
As we compiled the Multinational Monitor list of the 10 Worst Corporations of 2008, it would have been easy to restrict the awardees to Wall Street firms.
You additionally say that the Fulbright Commission is keen to "bring awardees into contact with a wide range of stakeholders".
(They also apply to CAREER awardees, who have faculty appointments).
