Grants, Awards, & Books

Public Release: 19-Sep-2017
$20M NSF award to fund research into the role of microorganisms in plant, soil, water
The University of Kansas will partner with Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Fort Hays State University and Haskell Indian Nations University to better understand how tiny microorganisms, collectively known as microbiomes, influence environmental changes and the resulting economic implications.
National Science Foundation

Public Release: 19-Sep-2017
Cancer researcher wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has received the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on cancer prevention and detection.
Cancer Research UK

Public Release: 14-Sep-2017
New book explores how the human brain can overcome any condition
In his new book 'Your brain knows more than you think,' the neuroscientist Professor Niels Birbaumer, a Senior Research Fellow at the Wyss Center, in Geneva, Switzerland, investigates the limitless capacity of the brain to remold itself.