The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - NAKFI News

NAKFI Accepts Nominations for Communication Awards through February 10, 2012

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:00:00 CST

The Keck Futures Initiative -- a program of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, with the support of the W.M. Keck Foundation -- will award four $20,000 prizes in 2012 to individuals or teams (up to four individuals associated with the creation of the work being nominated) who have developed creative, original works that address issues and advances in science, engineering and/or medicine for the general public.

NAKFI Smart Prosthetics Grant Leads to a $1.2M grant from the National Science Foundation

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:24:00 CDT

The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Smart Prosthetics Grant, Feedback Control for Smart Prosthetics: An Integrated Electrophysiological and Near-Infrared Methodology, has led led to the award (HCC: Medium: Collaborative Research: Improved Control and Sensory Feedback for Neuroprosthetics) of a $1.2 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This work has also been highlighted by NSF in its Discoveries Section, Discovery: Technology May Soon Turn Thoughts Into Action (http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=121203&preview=false). The investigators for this grant include Jos Contreras-Vidal (University of Maryland), Bent Gillespie (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Marcia O'Malley (Rice University), and Patricia Shewokis (Drexel University).

NAKFI Synthetic Biology Grantees Co-Author Review Article on Synthetic Biology

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:00:00 CDT

National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Synthetic Biology Grantees, Michael C. Jewett and Joshua N. Leonard of Northwestern University, along with their students co-authored a review article on Synthetic Biology in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Drs. Jewett and Leonard each acknowledge the NAKFI program for support in this effort (via their individual grants).

NAKFI Synthetic Biology Grantee Wins Grand Challenges Canada Grant

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:10:00 CDT

On June 29, 2011 Grand Challenges Canada announced their Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health Round 1 Grantees. Nineteen innovators were awarded $100,000 grant Synthetic Biology grantee, Ratmir Derda, received $100,000 for his proposal titled Paper as Enabling Platform for Cell-Based Assays for Basic Research and Medical Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Environment.