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Bio-X
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program
The Bio-X Program at Stanford University has, as one
of its major goals, the enhancement of interdisciplinary
programs among the scientific communities at Stanford
in computer science and technology, engineering, the
basic sciences in H&S, the earth sciences and the
pre-clinical and clinical sciences in the School of Medicine
in areas related to bioengineering, biosciences and biomedicine.
With
the support of President Hennessy, Bio-X announced a call
for proposals for the new $3M Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Program.
In October 2000, nineteen
proposals were awarded seed
grants, averaging $158,000 over a two-year period.
Because
the first round was so successful, President Hennessy
announced that a further $3M in funds will be available
starting in November 2002 to support a second round of
funding for the Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program.
In October 2002, twenty-one
proposals were awarded
seed grants, averaging $143,000 over a three-year
period.
Examples of these proposals included interdisciplinary initiatives in new innovative research programs that could best (or only) be performed by faculty from different disciplines, curricular innovations, training grant program augmentation, pre and post doctoral fellowship support, and seminars and symposia. We encouraged faculty from different schools to work together on these initiatives. The IIP committee has again been given $3 million to re-initiate this venture. In September 2006, 24 proposals were awarded seed grants. |
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