Enhancing Philanthropy's Support of Biomedical Scientists: Proceedings of a Workshop on Evaluation

by National Research Council, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs

During an interval of 15 years, the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust spent over $500 million on four programs in the basic biomedical sciences that support the education and research of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and senior researchers. The Markey Trust asked the NRC to evaluate these programs with two questions in mind: "Were these funds well spent?" and "What can others in the biomedical and philanthropic communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309100976
• ISBN13: 9780309100977
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 146 Pages