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Emerson, Lisa Marie; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Monk, Ruth; Lim, Melissa; Heaton, Jessica; McLay, Laurie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Previously documented global trends in autism research funding have been skewed towards biology research, which is at odds with the priorities expressed by autistic and autism community members. We aimed to document the areas of autism research that have previously been funded in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to explore the views of the autistic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Scientific Research, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Carroll, Robert G.; Frank, Martin; Ra'anan, Alice; Matyas, Marsha L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
The Experimental Biology 2012 meeting in San Diego, CA, included events to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the American Physiological Society (APS) and reflect on the recent accomplishments of the society. Most of the APS activities in the past quarter century were guided by a series of strategic plans. Membership in the APS…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Physiology, Biology, Discipline
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Arnold Beckman is a chemist, businessman, and inventor who was the first to apply electronics to chemical measurement. For 17 years, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has given over $300 million to science, focusing on biology and chemistry. The National Academy of Sciences will honor Beckman with its most prestigious award for his…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Donors, Financial Support
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Barkanic, Stephen – Cell Biology Education, 2002
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) believes that fundamental change is possible in the tradition-bound world of college and university science education and recently announced new grants to empower individual scientist-educators--the HHMI Professors--to develop innovative approaches for changing the way they teach biology to…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Universities, Educational Change, Science Education