08-26-08
CORVALLIS – James Carrington, a professor of botany and plant pathology at Oregon State University, has received a prestigious MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health to provide long-term support for his research.
The Method to Extend Research in Time, or MERIT Award, will provide funding for five years with the possibility of an extension for another five years. Recipients must be nominated for this type of award, and only about 15 such honors are made each year across the nation.
The award recognizes “demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity.”
Carrington, who earlier this year was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and has been on the OSU faculty since 2001, where he directs the university’s Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing.His research has received millions of dollars in grant support from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies to explore such topics as how genes are “silenced” through a natural mechanism involving tiny RNA.
About Oregon State University: OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land-, sea-, space- and sun-grant institution. OSU is also Oregon’s only university designated in the Carnegie Foundation’s top tier for research institutions, garnering more than 60 percent of the total federal and private research funding in the Oregon University System. Its more than 19,700 students come from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. OSU programs touch every county within Oregon, and its faculty teach and conduct research on issues of national and global importance.David Stauth,
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