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Joshua LaBaer, director of ASU’s Biodesign Institute, who also serves as the Piper Chair in Personalized Medicine and leader of the Biodesign Virginia G.

“ASU is in a unique position to scale up our testing efforts to support round-the-clock testing and analyze hundreds of samples daily,” said Dr. “They are serving on the frontlines and are essential to our health and economic vitality.”Īrizona State University’s (ASU) Biodesign Institute will receive a $2 million grant to expand its automated, rapid diagnostic testing to mitigate the viral spread and potential reoccurrence of COVID-19. “Now is the time for those who can-individuals and public and private sector organizations-to step in quickly and support our nonprofits,” said Mary Jane Rynd, president and CEO of Virginia G. Human services organizations are handling a dramatic increase in community need for their services while workforces shrink, as many volunteers must shelter in place. Two-thirds, or $4.3 million of the Trust’s emergency grant funding, will go to support human services and arts and cultural nonprofits that are facing myriad threats from the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic fallout, such as staggering revenue losses from event cancellations and declining donations. Piper Charitable Trust has swiftly awarded $6,340,000 in emergency grants to support Maricopa County science, human services, and arts and culture nonprofits during the unprecedented economic crisis caused by the swelling outbreak of COVID-19. Piper Charitable Trust Awards Nonprofits $6.3 Million in Coronavirus Emergency Grants

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