Kenyatta University Grant



Organization - Kenyatta University
Grant Amount - $450,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for continued support of a project to develop African maize and sorghum resistant to weed Striga, in collaboration with the University of California, Davis


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Kenyatta University - $144,900 from the Rockefeller Foundation - to develop African maize resistant to the parasitic weed Striga, in a collaborative project with the University of California, Davis

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University of California, Davis Health System - $21,197,734 from the Moore Foundation - This grant, the first of several grants, intends to create an innovative nursing education model leading to new leaders in healthcare and allows UC Davis to launch the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. During the two year grant term, UC Davis...

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology - $26,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of a study to identify chemicals secreted by a forage legume that inhibit development of the parasitic weed Striga, which attacks staple maize and sorghum crops across Africa, and for Ph.D. training of one student

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