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Cleveland Foundation Awards $1.5M to Case Proteomics Center

Sep 26, 2005

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (GenomeWeb News) - The Cleveland Foundation said today that it has awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant to support the Case Proteomics Center at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine.

 

The award was among $14.2 million in grants that the foundation approved at its quarterly meeting today.

 

The Case Western School of Medicine also received a three-year, $3.5 million grant to support a department of immunobiology in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic.

 

The CaseProteomicsCenter is currently seeking "a nationally renowned leader" as well as ten to 14 scientific researchers. The grant will fund staff salaries and "the purchase of major pieces of equipment," the Cleveland Foundation said in a statement.

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