University of Connecticut

Grantee website Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Purpose
to develop novel non-hormonal female contraceptives using their fly-based ovulation assay to screen for compounds that block the rupture of follicles, which is required to release eggs for fertilization also in mammals
Division
Global Health
Date
NOVEMBER 2016
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
24
Grantee location
Storrs, Connecticut, United States

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