Grant Opportunities
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center is seeking applications for the CVC Research Award Competition. The deadline for receipt of completed applications for this year is February 3, 2010. Please share this information broadly with colleagues. There is one award available this year:
McKay - Heart of a Champion Grant Competition: Five to eight grants have generally been awarded per year ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. This competition is intended to assist new cardiovascular investigators, within any UM discipline related to cardiovascular disease, to initiate projects that will lead to extramural funding. The PI must have a primary faculty appointment within UM. The most competitive McKay applicant will be designated as the annual Heart of a Champion award recipient.
CVC McKay - Heart of a Champion Research Grant Competition
The U-M Cardiovascular Center announces the CVC McKay Research Grant Competition. Grants will be awarded annually in the range of $5,000-$25,000 with approximately $100,000 being available per year. Grants will be awarded once per year. See 2009 McKay Grant Recipients
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2010 McKay Grant Recipients
Justus Anumonwo
Cardiovascular Medicine & Integrative Physiology
Regulation of Cardiac Myocyte Electrical and Mechanical Functions by Adipokines
Todd Arnedt
Psychiatry, Neurology, & Psychology
Examining Sleep-Disordered Breathing as a Potential Mechanism of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Michael Dorsch
Pharmacy
The Effects of Vitamin D supplementation and Genetics on Biomarkers and Functional Status in Systolic Heart Failure
James Dowling
Pediatrics & Neurology
The role of myotubularins in cardiac development and disease
Jennifer Cowger
Cardiovascular Medicine
The Impact of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Polyphenol Extract on Oxidative stress, Ventricular Remodeling and Endothelial Function in Chronic Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Renal Insufficiency (ImPrOVE): a Pilot Study
William Meurer
Emergency Medicine & Neurology
Exploring the dynamics of the sympathetic nervous system in neurocardiogenic myocardial injury states
Suman Sood
Hematology/Oncology
Novel biomarkers for venous thrombosis in cancer patients
Karen Vikstrom
Cardiovascular Medicine
Viral vectors for targeting epicardial cells
