$12.5 million in "genius" grants for lucky 25
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Twenty-five people who turned their   outside-the-box intellects loose on subjects as disparate as   the jazz violin and stem cell research were named on Tuesday as   winners of $500,000 unrestricted "genius grants."
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By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 8--Great Rivers United Way will give out $50,000 in venture grants to nonprofit health and human service agencies in the area, officials said Wednesday.
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is staking $12.5 billion on a bid to catch up with the West in science and technology.
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Â£5m is being given to a charity that will fund research and educational initiatives dedicated to the net.
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The federal government awarded nearly $1.4 billion in grants to support local homeless programs Tuesday, a slight increase from the amount doled out a year ago.
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Venture capital firms are considering contests with multimillion-dollar prizes for engineers and entrepreneurs who come up with innovative technologies.
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In order to attract the world's best talent, Google is offering its employees the option to sell their stock option grants in an online auction to financial institutions that might be willing to pay a premium above the exercise price.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- A research project designed to increase access of Native Americans in South Dakota to cancer clinical trials and new cancer treatments has received a five-year, &#36;5.4 million grant from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a &#36;2.5 million grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to steer minority students into the sciences, math and technology.
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By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  May 31--Attention Silicon Valley philanthropists: Here's a worthy cause for you.
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The list of 23 fellows announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each will receive &#36;500,000 over five years:
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A $199,905 grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development will serve economically and educationally disadvantaged adults who lack the technology skills needed to be successful in the workplace.
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The winner of a $1.2 million prize for his inventions in light and laser technology said Friday he will give away some of his money to promote research at universities and organizations that help developing countries.
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Commission an original composition for $2,000, or even $5. Some music lovers have even formed investment clubs to raise funds for new works.
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By Anonymous  CAMDEN Camden County College has received a five-year $477,879 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholars Program to benefit minorities and low-income students.
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The X Prize Foundation, famous for its 2004 Ansari award aimed at encouraging private space travel, offered 10 million dollars to the team of researchers able to develop technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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San Francisco AIDS researcher Dr. Joseph &quot;Mike&quot; McCune was named Wednesday as one of nine winners of $2.5 million grants from the National Institutes of Health to carry out innovative medical research.