The Vollum Institute

VOLLUM INSTITUTE

Sponsored Research Awards

The Vollum continued to attract over $15 million per year in funding for its basic research and training programs during 2002-2004. The majority of this funding was through individual awards from the National Institutes of Health. The success of the Vollum in securing NIH funding ranks it among the top three medical school neuroscience programs in the country (based on 2002 award totals). Notable among the awards were the competing continuations of two training grants; "Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroendocrinology," Richard Goodman, P.I., now in its 14th year, and the "Training Program in Neuronal Signaling," Tom Soderling, P.I., that provide support for graduate and postdoctoral trainees. Goodman and Soderling also participated in the program project "Signaling in Neuroendocrine Systems," along with Wolfhard Almers and John Scott, which was renewed in 2002. Goodman, Soderling, Gary Westbrook, and Scott were supported by MERIT or Javits awards during 2002-2004 in recognition of their continuing high level of productivity. Roger Cone received a 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Freedom to Discover research grant in the area of metabolic studies for his work on neuronal pathways controlling weight homeostasis. The award, $500,000 over five years, represents the first such recognition to an Oregon scientist.

Top of Page