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by Jennifer Nachbur On September 21, 2016, the National Institutes of Health announced $157 million in awards in fiscal year 2016 to launch a seven-year initiative calledEnvironmental influences on Chil
Vermont Business Magazine The team at Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center (SVRCC) is always looking for ways to enhance the care they provide to their patients. From recent feedback, Cancer Center staff learned that patients appreciate receiving complementary and alternative therapies in addition to their care at the Cancer Center.
Vermont Business Magazine Susan G Komen announced this week nearly $33 million in new research awards for investigators across the country whose research will contribute to Komen’s goal of reducing breast cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next decade.
Vermont Business Magazine A new report ranks Vermont second overall in the nation for women and children's health. United Health Foundation's 2016 America's Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report provides an in-depth look at state successes and challenges in promoting the health of women, infants and children.
Vermont Business Magazine Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vermont) kicked off Vermont’s October campaign to file the Fafsa, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid at the Center for Technology in Essex, highlighting important changes to help students and families apply for financial aid.
Vermont Business Magazine National Life Group Foundation’s board of directors approved a 33 percent increase in its annual budget, raising to $1 million the amount of charitable grants the foundation will be able to award starting in 2017. National Life formalized its philanthropic giving by establishing a charitable foundation in 2006.
Vermont Busness Magazine On September 9, 2016, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) awarded the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets $500,000 to develop a Vermont State Produce Safety Program. The award will support Vermont in its collaboration with FDA to cooperatively implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule.
Vermont Business Magazine Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, head of the US Small Business Administration, today announced $18.85 million to support export growth among American small businesses. Vermont is getting over $250,000. The funding was awarded through SBA’s competitive State Trade Expansion Program (STEP).
Vermont Business Magazine This year’s Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial, Community Leadership, presented by the Vermont Community Foundation, will go to Michael Monte. Monte serves as Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Champlain Housing Trust. He has more than 30 years of experience in the community and economic development field.
Vermont Business Magazine New England Federal Credit Union is donating $100,000 toward completion of the Robert E and Holly D Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Brlington, which will contain 128 new single-patient rooms.
Vermont Business Magazine In an effort to increase the participation of women, transgender and gender non-conforming workers in the construction trades, HELM Construction Solutions of Brattleboro has released “Breaking Down Gender Bias: A Toolkit for Construction Business Owners”.