Grants and Contracts Awarded
Merit Peer Review
NYSTEM received three high-quality proposals in response to a Request for Proposals
issued on November 5, 2007 for an Independent Scientific and Technical Merit
Peer Review contractor. On January 7, 2008, the Funding Committee of the
Empire State Stem Cell Board voted to authorize the Department of Health
to proceed with the negotiation of a contract with the successful bidder,
the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). The anticipated
start date for this five-year contract is April 1, 2008.
Institutional Development
On January 7, 2008, the Funding Committee also voted to award a total of $14.5
million to support stem cell research and training at
25 institutions that
responded to a Request for Applications issued on November 14, 2007. The
one-year institutional development awards were designed to increase the
capacity of New York State research institutions to engage in stem cell
research. Together these awards provide $6.1 million for direct stem cell
research, $7.4 million for stem cell research infrastructure, and $1 million
for stem cell research training.