The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT today announced it is awarding $1,030,000 in grants to ten MIT research teams currently working on emerging technologies. These projects have the potential to revolutionize disease therapies, nano-scale imaging, renewable energy from biomass, energy storage, HIV care in the developing world, wound healing, medication delivery and explosives detection.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that universities around the world are researching how to break down cultural and geographic barriers when developing software. Through Jazz Faculty Grants, universities are exploring the promise of global collaborative software development that taps into the skills and expertise of developers regardless of location.

Thanks to $100,000 in grants from Verizon Pennsylvania, six nonprofit organizations will be able to offer scholarships to families who want to send their children to public, private or parochial schools in the commonwealth.

HP today announced it has awarded more than 100 non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) globally more than $5 million in cash and equipment to advance economic growth through microenterprise development in diverse, low-income communities.

A $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide a substantial boost for research by Berkeley faculty in the arts and humanities.

Today, Panasonic Broadcast in conjunction with leading professional film and video reseller Abel Cine Tech announced its Filmmakers Grant Program called “P2 for a Cause.” The program, intended to foster activism in the professional film and video community, will support the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s (CAF) effort to raise awareness of Cooley’s Anemia, also known as thalassemia.

The national alliance organization of Women In Film (WIF) and the General Motors Corporation (GM) announced today five winners of the second annual WIF/GM 2007 Opening Doors/Abriendo Puertas: The Acceleration Grant for Emerging Latina Filmmakers.

$1 Million in Scholarships and Grants to be Awarded Nationwide to Teams that Make a Positive Impact on the Community

The AT&T Foundation — the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. — today announced a $1.5 million competitive grant program to help nonprofits integrate wireless communications technology into educational outreach projects.

The Fitzwilliam Museum has been awarded a grant of £300,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation towards the refurbishment of its Greek and Roman gallery - one of the most popular galleries in the Museum, displaying classical antiquities against a backdrop of magnificent nineteenth century neo-classical architecture.

The University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded a four-year $4.8 million contract by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health to coordinate activities for several whole-genome studies of human disease.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have received a $4.7 million grant to develop cutting edge methods for detecting diseases in humans exposed to environmental contaminants, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announced on Tuesday, Sept. 4.