Annual report : 2005 / Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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2005
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    BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND HISTORICAL TIMELINE 1950'S =| 1955 - BWF established as a corporate foundation in Tuckahoe, New York 1955 - William N. Creasy appointed first president and board chair 1959 - First advisory committee appointed, on clinical pharmacology 1959 - First competitive award program launched—Clinical Pharmacology Scholar Award progta 1970°S 1970 - BWF moves to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (with Burroughs Wellcome Co.) 1971 - Dr. George H. Hitchings becomes president 1974 - Iris B. Evans appointed first executive director 1978 - BWF grantmaking reaches $1 million annually 1979 - Toxicology Scholar Award program launched 1980'S 1981 - Martha Peck appointed executive director 1981 - Molecular Parasitology Scholar Award program launched 1983 - Scholar Award in Pharmacoepidemiology program launched 1985 - Immunopharmacology of Allergic Diseases Awards launched 1987 - Hitchings Awards for Innovative Methods in Drug Design and Discovery launched 1988 - First BWF newsletter (FOCUS) published 1988 - BWF President George H. Hitchings receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Dr. Gertrude Elion and Sir James Black 1990°S 1990 - Dr. Howard J. Schaeffer appointed president 1991 - First female member appointed to the board Dr. Gertrude Elon 1991 - First non-Wellcome representative appointed to the board Dr. Samuel Katz 1993 - BWF receives $400 million endowment from The Wellcome Trust 1993 - BWF becomes independent private foundation 1994 - Dr. Enriqueta Bond, becomes first full-time president 1994, - Dr. Schaeffer appointed board chair 1994 - Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences program launched 1995 - BWF conducts first terrain mapping (strategic planning) exercise 1995 - Interfaces in Science program launched 1995 - Molecular Pathogenic Mycology Awards program launched 1996 - New Initiatives in Malaria Research Awards program launched 1996 - Student Science Enrichment Program launched 1996 - International Malaria Genome Project launched, with BWF support 1996 - First BWF website launched 1996 - North Carolina Institute for Education Policymakers formalized 1997 - Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research program launched 1997 - First directory of BWF award recipients published 1998 - BWF-Wellcome Trust Infectious Diseases Collaboration launched 1998 - Ground broken for permanent BWF headquarters building (April 17) 1999 - North Carolina Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative formalized 2000'S mm 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 2000 - Dedication ceremony for BWF’s new home (May 24-25) 2000 - BWF conducts second terrain mapping exercise, which focuses core programs on five areas: basic biomedical sciences, infectious diseases, interfaces in science, translationa research, and science education 2000 - Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease program launched 2001 - Career Awards at the Scientific Interface program launched 2003 - North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center formalized 2005 - Health Research Alliance formalized, with BWF support 2005 - BWF conducts third terrain mapping exercise 2005 - BWF celebrates 50th anniversary