Stimulus money will be used for three studies
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today announced that researchers at the University of Arizona will receive $522,402 in federal economic recovery funds.
The funds will be distributed through the National Institutes of Health and will help pay for three studies at Arizona’s oldest institution of higher learning:
• $224,130 for a study into a greater understanding of the bacterium that causes diseases like meningitis and pharyngitis, which occur mostly in adolescents and young adults;
• $222,772 for a study into the development of new therapies for various diseases; and
• $75,500 for a study into the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which is effects millions of people in Mexico and Central and South America.
The National Institutes of Health funds biomedical research and research training at more than 3,000 U.S. institutions.
Federal economic recovery funds are being made available as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The act was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama earlier this year.
Additional information is available at http://www.nih.gov/ or http://www.recovery.gov/