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October 28, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis was awarded a total of $2,408,361 in federal grant funding for four different research projects.

“These significant federal investments will help keep Memphis and the UT Health Science Center at the forefront of the medical research community,” said Congressman Cohen.

The following grants were awarded to UTHSC under today’s announcement:


October 24, 2014
Enewsletters

Dear Friend,

This week, I led almost 50 Members of Congress in demanding needed support for medical research to help find a vaccine for Ebola and prevent its spread, I asked Governor Haslam to work with Attorney General Eric Holder to do more to ease the suffering of a 3-year-old Memphian, and I fought to stop conservative-led state legislatures from diluting the voting power of African-Americans. Keep reading to learn more about what I did this week.

Issues: 9th District Budget Economy and Jobs Education Health Care Judiciary Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee

October 17, 2014

Early next year, the first batch of long-term unemployed people could land jobs with Memphis tech companies under Bioworks’ new training program.

Memphis Bioworks Foundation was awarded $8.1 million to steer 960 jobless people into local tech companies that often have hired immigrants with work visas. The program will include aspects such as on-the-job training, with wages partially paid by Bioworks, as well as more traditional training.


October 17, 2014
In The News

Early next year, the first batch of long-term unemployed people could land jobs with Memphis tech companies under Bioworks’ new training program.

Memphis Bioworks Foundation was awarded $8.1 million to steer 960 jobless people into local tech companies that often have hired immigrants with work visas. The program will include aspects such as on-the-job training, with wages partially paid by Bioworks, as well as more traditional training.

Issues: 9th District Education Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee

October 15, 2014

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A multi-million dollar federal grant will be used to help people in Memphis get the training they need to hopefully land some good paying jobs.

The $8,083,138 federal grant will help up to, “960 long-term unemployed citizens in the Memphis metropolitan area find good paying jobs in high-skills industries.”


October 15, 2014
In The News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A multi-million dollar federal grant will be used to help people in Memphis get the training they need to hopefully land some good paying jobs.

The $8,083,138 federal grant will help up to, “960 long-term unemployed citizens in the Memphis metropolitan area find good paying jobs in high-skills industries.”

Issues: 9th District Education Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee

October 14, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a total of $766,872 for several different projects at the University of Memphis. This funding comes through both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

“This funding will help keep the University of Memphis at the cutting edge,” said the Congressman.

Today’s announcement includes funding for the following projects


October 10, 2014
Enewsletters

Dear Friend,

This week, I helped launch a brand new multimillion dollar research initiative led by the University of Memphis, I spoke out about the need to reform our criminal justice system, and the federal government took steps to prevent former Mo' Money employees from taking advantage of consumers. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.

Issues: 9th District Children and Families Education Foreign Affairs Health Care Judiciary Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee Transportation Veterans' Affairs

October 9, 2014

The University of Memphis on Thursday vaulted into a class of the nation’s top-tier universities seeking to harness the power of “big data” in biomedical research by landing a $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

A computer scientist at the Memphis university, Santosh Kumar, will lead one of a dozen new collaborative “centers of excellence” established by an NIH initiative called Big Data to Knowledge, or BD2K.


October 9, 2014
In The News

The University of Memphis on Thursday vaulted into a class of the nation’s top-tier universities seeking to harness the power of “big data” in biomedical research by landing a $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

A computer scientist at the Memphis university, Santosh Kumar, will lead one of a dozen new collaborative “centers of excellence” established by an NIH initiative called Big Data to Knowledge, or BD2K.

Issues: 9th District Education Health Care Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee