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Foundation Blogs Round-up: Health Reform, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, End-of-Life Care, & more


June 23rd, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

I have put together a listing here of some foundation-related blog posts that you may want to check out. Now that summer has arrived, perhaps things are slowing down in your workplace, and you now have time for some professional reading! Links to a wide variety of posts follow. Incidentally, if you work for a... Read the rest of this entry »

The Three Most-Read GrantWatch Blog Posts during January 2011


February 4th, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

Below, we have listed the three most-read posts. Take a gander in case you missed one of them when the original tweet or e-alert was sent out. Make sure to read the comments on two of the posts, and add your own, if you are inclined to do so! 1. “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and... Read the rest of this entry »

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Its Mastery of Social Media


January 25th, 2011
by Hope Leman

As Web administrator of ScanGrants, a free online database of funding opportunities in the health sciences, I spend hours trying to find grants, fellowships, science prizes, and scholarships in the health sciences to list on the site. I am doing this so that students, physicians, scientists, nurse researchers, public health experts, and health services researchers... Read the rest of this entry »

California HealthCare Foundation Announces It Will Provide $10 Million in PRI Capital through New Fund; Proposals Sought


November 12th, 2010
by Lee-Lee Prina

The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), based in Oakland, announced its Health Innovation Fund on November 8. The total amount of money alone that has been allocated for this investment fund will attract notice. And what is also interesting is that this fund allows both nonprofits and for-profit companies to apply for money. The CHCF Health Innovation Fund... Read the rest of this entry »

Round-Up: Philanthropy Efforts in Global Health


June 10th, 2010
by Lee-Lee Prina

Some interesting items have come across my desk in recent months that you may want to check out. Reports: “Innovation in Action: Policies to Accelerate Development and Delivery of Global Health Tools,” Global Health Technologies Council, April 2010. The council is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This short policy report “examines the... Read the rest of this entry »

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