University Grants

Impact Evaluation of University Grants

The University of Florence (Italy) offers some scholarships every year to eligible freshmen: eligibility is based on merit and economic needs. The number of grants awarded is usually constrained by a fixed budget: not all students applying for a grant receive one. Applicants are ranked on the basis of an economic indicator, that depends in a deterministic way on family income, property and pers...

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Attracting financial support is a critical element of success in science, but we have entered a time of cost constraint with little hope of relief coming soon. For principal investigators, developing a broad base of research support is a valuable strategy for attaining financial stability for the laboratory. New investigators working on problems related to virulence and just beginning to build ...

Fellowships, Grants, & Awards

Background: Co-morbidity is a powerful predictor of health care outcomes and costs, as well as an important cofounder in epidemiologic studies. The effect of co-morbidities is generally related to mortality or complications. This study evaluated the association between co-morbidity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients awaiting total joint replacement. Methods: A total of 893 p...

Fellowships, Grants, & Awards

Vaccinia virus DNA polymerase catalyzes duplex-byduplex DNA joining reactions in vitro and many features of these recombination reactions are reprised in vivo. This can explain the intimate linkage between virus replication and genetic recombination. However, it is unclear why these apparently ordinary polymerases exhibit this unusual catalytic capacity. In this study, we have used different su...

Fellowships, Grants, & Awards