FOUNDATIONS/GRANTS

       * Berlex Scholar Award in Basic Science Research
       * Berlex Scholar Award in Clinical Research
         Berlex Faculty Development Award
       * Reproductive Scientist Development Program
         The C.D. Christian Lectureship

     Programs marked with an asterisk provided awards from
     $25,000 to $50,000.  Guidelines and application forms are
     available at the Berlex Foundation Web site.
     http://www.berlex-foundation.com/

     LAIRD NORTON ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
     This special purpose foundation's main focus is conservation
     and forestry education.  Not surprising given that the Laird
     and Norton families have been in the lumber business since
     1850.  The foundation, established in 1940, had assets of
     $4 million in 1998 and currently focuses its philanthropy on
     sustainable forestry.  An average award is about $10,000.
     http://www.lairdnorton.org/

     BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY
     Named after the former first lady, this foundation's
     grant making policy seeks to promote literacy projects for
     the whole family.  "The mission of the Barbara Bush
     Foundation for Family Literacy is:  To establish literacy as
     a value in every family in America, by helping every family
     in the nation understand that the home is the child's first
     school, that the parent is the child's first teacher, and
      reading is the child's first subject..."

     The Foundation has awarded over $6,000,000 since its
     inception in 1989.  The national grant program awards about
     $500,000 per year to family literacy programs across the
     country.  Guidelines, applications and a list of past
     grantees are located at:
     http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/

     Charles Lowe