Rural Vermont
To provide general support.
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Environmental Grantmakers Association
To provide general support.
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
To conduct an environmental health lecture series for the developmental disability community.
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Greater Boston Chapter
To conduct a day-long training in cooperation with the American Association on Mental Retardation for Michigan health care providers and developmental disability professionals regarding the effects of environmental toxins on the developing brain.
New York University
To support John Merck Scholar finalist Lila Davachi’s research.
Stanford University
To support John Merck Scholar finalist Kang Shen’s research.
University of California, Berkeley
To support research on neural underpinnings of deficient cognitive controls in developmental disorders affecting frontostriatal circuitry by John Merck Scholar Silvia Bunge.
University of Minnesota Medical School
To support research on the role of neuronal excitability in vocal plasticity by John Merck Scholar Teresa Nick.
University of Pennsylvania
To support research by John Merck Scholar finalist Daniel Swingley.
Vermont Natural Resources Council
To maintain and advance existing smart growth gains in Vermont by stopping “big box” commercial developments from being built outside community centers, and to educate the public about the economic, environmental, and community impacts of development on the scale Wal-Mart…