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2003 Recipients
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Wise Young
 Institution:  W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
                      Rutgers University    
Title:  "Erythropoietin (EPO) Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury"
 Amount of grant:  $25,000
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Su-Chen Zhang
 Institution:  Waisman Center
                      University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Title:  "Remyelination of Injured Spinal Cord Axons by Stem Cells"
Amount of grant:  $27,800
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Maria Crowe (PI)  
Institution:  Medical College of Wisconsin
Title:  "Examination of Matrix Metalloprotease Secretion from Cultured Fibroblasts to Relieve Inhibition of Regenerating Spinal Neurons"
Amount of grant:  $22,030

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2004 Recipients
   
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Mary Eaton
 Institution:  Miami Project
 Title:  “Mechanisms of Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Severe Contusive SCI and the Effects of Enriched Environment”
 Amount of grant:  $25,851
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Kurpad, Dr. Maiman, Dr. Alexanian
 Institution:  Medical College of Wisconsin
 Title:  “Transplantation of genetically modified C17.2 neural stem cells for the treatment of spinal cord injury”
 Amount of grant:  $25,000
   
  Program:  Visiting Scholar Program
 Institution:  W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University
 Title:   Dr. Hashimoto studying:
1. Olfactory Ensheathening Glia (OEGs)
2. Erthropoietin (EPO)
3. Umbilical cord blood stem cells (UCB)
 Amount of grant:  $50,000
 

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2005 Recipients
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Damien Pearse
Institution: The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Title: “Preclinical Evaluation of Rolipram for Human Spinal Cord Injury: Determination of the Therapeutic Window, Dose, and Route of Administration of the Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor, Rolipram, for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury”
 Amount of grant:  $29,360
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Crowe
Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
 Title:  “Use of Pulsed Magnetic Field Therapy Combined with Degradation of the Glial Scar to Promote Regrowth of Spinal Axons Following Acute Spinal Cord Injury”
Amount of grant: 27,915
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Kurpad, Dr. Maiman, Dr. Alexanian
Institution:  Medical College of Wisconsin
 Title:   “Transplantation of Neurogenin-2 Expressing C17.2 Neural Stem Cells for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury”
Amount of grant:  $25,000
 

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2006 Recipients
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Martin Grumet
Institution: WM Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Title: “Combination Therapy Using Cells and Chondroitinase”
 Amount of grant:  $30,000
   
  Principal Investigator:   Dr. Melissa Macias, Drs. Kurpad and Maiman
Institution:  Medical College of Wisconsin
 Title:  “Transplantation of GDNF-Transfected Human Stem Cells in the Injured Spinal Cord” 
Amount of grant:  $30,000
   
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Barry Festoff
Institution: Kansas City VA Medical Center, University of Kansas Medical Center
 Title:   “Novel therapeutic approaches to SCI: seRNA and thrombin signaling”
Amount of grant: $64,275
 

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2007 Recipients
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Sieber-Blum
Institution:  Medical College of Wisconsin
Title:  "Adult Neural Crest Stem Cell Grafts in the Injured Spinal Cord"
Amount of grant:  $41,739
   
  Principal Investigator:  Dr. Wheatley
Institution: Drexel University
Title:  “Development of an implantable construct for synergistic injury treatment”
Amount of grant: $50,495
 

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