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1. Leman, Hope. "ScanGrants : a new service for libraries, a new role for librarians". Computers in Libraries vol. 28 (September 2008) p. 20-3.
Abstract: Discusses the development of ScanGrants, a free online listing of funding opportunities in health-related fields.
Subject File Number: 226
Subject/descriptor: Individual grants and grantseekers; Health; Medical sciences; Medicine--research; Libraries
Location: New York
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2. Dolan, Kerry A. "Andy Grove's last stand". Forbes vol. 181 (28 January 2008) p. 71-2, 74-5.
Abstract: The article describes Andy Grove's efforts to advance research related to Parkinson's disease. The former chief executive of the Intel Corporation was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1999.
Subject File Number: 456
Subject/descriptor: Philanthropists; Grove, Andrew S.; Health; Medicine--research; Biomedicine
Location: New York
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3. Foundation Center. Grants for medical research. Digital ed. New York, NY: Foundation Center. 2008.
Abstract: Lists more than 3,100 grants of $10,000 or more made by more than 600 foundations, mostly in 2006 and 2007 for medical research. It does not include grants specifically for medical or professional health education.
Subject/descriptor: Foundation funding; Foundations--grants; Medicine--research; Health
Location: Internet
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4. Herper, Matthew. "Patient power". Forbes vol. 182 (15 September 2008) p. 70-2, 78-9.
Abstract: Explains how patient advocacy groups, such as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, are helping to bring drugs to the market faster by funding drug development and clinical trials.
Subject File Number: 233
Subject/descriptor: Medical sciences; Medicine--research; Biomedicine; Health; Public charities; Pharmaceutical industry
Location: New York
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5. Simon, Greg. "Entrepreneurial philanthropy and innovative medical research : The Arthur C. Frantzreb Lecture at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy 19th annual symposium : 'Health and philanthropy : leveraging change'". Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly vol. 37--Supplement (March 2008) p. 6S-16S.
Abstract: Discusses why philanthropists should support networks that expedite advances in medical research. The president of FasterCures explains how the organization can provide the objective information that donors need to make wise donations and investments.
Subject/descriptor: Health care; Medical sciences; Medicine--research
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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6. Phillips, Kathryn A. "The application of business models to medical research : interviews with two founders of directed-philanthropy foundations". Health Affairs vol. 26 (July-August 2007) p. 1181-5.
Abstract: The author spoke with Scott Johnson of the Myelin Repair Foundation and Don Listwin of the Canary Foundation to find out how the organizations were applying venture philanthropy approaches to medical research.
Subject File Number: 408
Subject/descriptor: Foundations--grantmaking; Public charities; Venture philanthropy; Medical sciences; Medicine--research; Cancer
Location: New York
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7. Ellison, Jesse Andrews. "Anger management". Contribute vol. 1 (November-December 2006) p. 54-8.
Abstract: Stephen Lewis, United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS, talks about the inadequacy of the philanthropic response to the AIDS crisis.
Subject File Number: 235
Subject/descriptor: AIDS; Health care; Medicine--research; Philanthropy--analysis
Location: New York
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8. Schonfeld, Erick. "One man's crusade for a cure". Fortune vol. 154 (18 September 2006) p. 47.
Abstract: Scott Johnson, who has suffered from multiple sclerosis for most of his adult life, has established the Myelin Repair Foundation, with the goal of fast-tracking human clinical trials of pharmaceuticals that would provide a cure for the disease. Johnson's nonprofit has attracted support from major donors, due in part to its entrepreneurial approach.
Subject File Number: 233
Subject/descriptor: Myelin Repair Foundation; Health; Medicine--research
Location: New York
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9. Wilhelm, Ian. "Driven to find a cure : former Chrysler executive vows to eliminate diabetes". Chronicle of Philanthropy vol. 18 (26 January 2006) p. 7-8.
Abstract: Lee A. Iacocca is devoting his retirement years to finding a cure for Type I diabetes. The Iacocca Family Foundation has funded innovative approaches through more than $20 million in grants.
Subject/descriptor: Iacocca Family Foundation; Iacocca, Lee A.; Medicine--research
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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10. Directory of biomedical and health care grants. 20th ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. 2005. xli, 650 p.
Abstract: Contains descriptions of more than 2,800 health-related funding programs. Areas covered include clinical and programmatic studies in gerontology and mental health; clinical studies of the cause, detection, and elimination of cancer; health care delivery and maintenance; and studies of infectious and immunologic diseases, including programs researching all areas related to AIDS. Provides each program's requirements (including eligibility statements); restrictions (listing exclusions); contact information; deadlines; and funding amounts. Contains a subject index, a sponsoring organization index, and an index by program type.
Call Number: 226 BIO 2006
Subject/descriptor: Health--directories; Research--directories; Medicine--research--directories; Government funding
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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11. Jensen, Brennen. "Acting with intent : Michael J. Fox's charity aims to cure Parkinson's disease". Chronicle of Philanthropy vol. 17 (31 March 2005) p. 9-10, 12, 14.
Abstract: Provides background information on the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. This foundation's grants are intended to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease by 2010. Sidebar includes a brief article on funding for embryonic stem-cell research.
Subject/descriptor: Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Michael J.; Health; Medicine--research; Celebrities; Philanthropists
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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12. Daniels, Cora. "The man who changed medicine". Fortune (29 November 2004) p. 90-4, 98, 100-2, 104, 108, 110, 112.
Abstract: Several prominent and wealthy men who have survived serious illnesses are changing the nature of medical research in the United States through a new funding model. Instead of asking that researchers go through the traditional lengthy application processes, Michael Milken, Lance Armstrong, Jim Stowers and others give large grants with the intention of hastening the pace of research in order to benefit patients. The article focuses on Michael Milken, whose own experience with prostate cancer led him to establish a public charity that raises millions of dollars for research.
Subject File Number: 233
Subject/descriptor: Philanthropists; Medicine--research; Milken, Michael
Location: New York
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13. Jones, Jeff. "More job cuts at ARC Biomedical". NonProfit Times vol. 18 (1 January 2004) p. 1, 8.
Subject File Number: 233
Subject/descriptor: American Red Cross; Health; Medicine--research
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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14. Schneider, William H. (ed.) Rockefeller philanthropy and modern biomedicine : international initiatives from World War I to the Cold War. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2002. 251 p.
Abstract: Contains eight case studies that analyze the impact of the Rockefeller Foundation on medical education, research, and public health in Europe, China, and the Soviet Union from the interwar period through the 1970s. Explains that several initiatives produced major medical developments in areas without a significant history of medical research. Discusses lessons for making international philanthropy more effective, especially when facing conflicting local political and cultural interests. With index.
Call Number: 315 SCH
Subject/descriptor: Rockefeller Foundation; Medicine--research; International philanthropy--case studies; International philanthropy--Europe; International philanthropy--Russia; International philanthropy--China; International philanthropy--history; Foundations--institutional histories; Cold War
Location: New York
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15. Sedgwick, John. "Larry Ellison's final frontier". Worth vol. 11 (May 2002) p. 88-91.
Abstract: The Ellison Medical Foundation is focusing on geriatrics research. The article provides an inside look at the grantmaking process, and founder Larry Ellison's philosophy.
Subject File Number: 416
Subject/descriptor: Ellison Medical Foundation; Ellison, Larry; Medicine--research; Aging
Location: New York; San Francisco
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16. Hruby, Laura. "Gift to research center puts Mo. couple in billion-dollar-donor club". Chronicle of Philanthropy vol. 13 (31 May 2001) p. 16.
Abstract: Founder of American Century Companies Jim Stowers and his wife Virginia have donated more than $1 billion to the endowment of the Stowers Institute of Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri. Sidebar includes list of gifts of $1 billion or more given by living Americans.
Subject/descriptor: Individual giving; Philanthropists; Stowers Institute for Medical Research; Stowers, James, Jr.; Stowers, Virginia; Medicine--research; Cancer; Health; American Century Investors
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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17. Munro, Neil. "Everything for sale? : foundations and the challenge of biomedical research". Philanthropy vol. 15 (January-February 2001) p. 30-4.
Abstract: Discusses the controversial practice of experimentation on fetal tissue, suggesting that foundations need to pay more attention to ethical issues when funding research. Some grantmakers, such as the Kresge Foundation, do not place restrictions on the use of their grants; others, such as the Harold and Leila Mathers Charitable Foundation, actively support fetal tissue research.
Subject File Number: 233
Subject/descriptor: Medicine--research; Philanthropy--ethics; Bioethics; Kresge Foundation; Pew Charitable Trusts; Mathers Charitable Foundation, G. Harold & Leila Y.; Duke, Doris
Location: New York
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18. Foundation Center. Grants for hospitals, medical care and medical research. New York, NY: Foundation Center. 2000. xx, 450 p.
Abstract: Lists 12,314 grants of $10,000 or more made by 886 foundations, mostly in 1998 and 1999 for primary health care facilities and inpatient convalescent care facilities (including nursing homes and psychiatric/mental health hospitals), outpatient health treatment facilities, reproductive health services (including family planning and human sexuality education), rehabilitative health services, public health programs, health care financing and patient services, and medical research. Grants are indexed by recipient name, location, and subject.
Subject/descriptor: Foundation funding; Foundations--grants; Hospitals; Medicine--research; Health
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19. Hanchette, C. Quinn. "Couple gives $350 million to MIT for brain research". Chronicle of Philanthropy vol. 12 (9 March 2000) p. 11.
Abstract: Patrick J. McGovern Jr., founder and chairman of International Data Group, and his wife, Lore Harp McGovern, chairman of the Board of Associates at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, have pledged an estimated $350 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for brain research, to be donated over the next 20 years to create the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. The donation is the largest ever made directly to a higher education institution since 1967.
Subject/descriptor: Individual giving; Medicine--research; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; McGovern, Lore Harp; McGovern, Patrick J., Jr.; International Data Group
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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20. Gray, Susan. "Investing in a cure for cancer". Chronicle of Philanthropy vol. 11 (8 April 1999) p. 9-10.
Abstract: Mr. and Mrs. James and Virginia Stowers, both of whom have had cancer, have founded the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which will focus on cancer research. The couple has invested over $340 million into an endowment to support the institute and plan to leave the institute the bulk of their fortune. They have also created the Stowers Institute for Resource Development, which will solicit funds for the research institute.
Subject/descriptor: Individual giving; Cancer; Medicine--research; Health; Stowers, James, Jr.; Stowers Institute for Medical Research; Stowers Institute for Resource Development; Stowers, Virginia; American Century Investors
Location: New York; DC; Cleveland; San Francisco; Atlanta
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