California Institute of Techology
To support research by John Merck Scholar finalist John O’Doherty.
Grant Program Developmental Disabilities
Stanford University
To support research by John Merck Scholar Anna Penn on the impact of placental hormones on brain development in the premature neonate.
University of California, Berkeley
To support research by John Merck Scholar Kristin Scott on the modulation of taste perception by hunger.
University of Pennsylvania
To support research by John Merck Scholar finalist Sara Jaffee.
Yale University Child Study Center
To support research by John Merck Scholar Kevin Pelphrey on charting normal and abnormal development of the social brain.
Cornell University Weill Medical College
To conduct the 2006 summer institute on the biology of developmental disabilities.
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
To provide travel assistance to parents and caregivers to the annual conference; and to provide general support.
New York University
To support John Merck Scholar finalist Lila Davachi’s research.
Stanford University
To support John Merck Scholar finalist Kang Shen’s research.
University of California, Berkeley
To support research on neural underpinnings of deficient cognitive controls in developmental disorders affecting frontostriatal circuitry by John Merck Scholar Silvia Bunge.