PCC Awards More Than $1.0M in Grant Funds to Support Anti-Doping Science

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2016

Michael Pearlmutter
Partnership for Clean Competition
Executive Director
719.866.3307
mpearlmutter@cleancompetition.org

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) announced today that it awarded over $1.0 M USD in grant funding to scientists advancing knowledge in the anti-doping sphere. The five new awards support research and equipment designed to enhance screening and detection methods of performance-enhancing substances in sport.

“This grant cycle represents an investment in the future of the anti-doping movement,” said Michael Pearlmutter, Executive Director. “We’re enabling innovation in the field through funding cutting edge technology and research projects, while fostering the next generation of anti-doping scientists through our fellowship program.”

The recipients of this most recent round of funding, which was approved recently by the PCC Board of Governors, represent research institutions in North America, Europe, and Australia:

• Dr. Liying Jiang for a PCC Fellowship working with Dr. David Cowan at the Drug Control Centre at King’s College London.
• Dr. James Harynuk at University of Alberta for his work entitled “Real-time screening for novel designer drugs and other controlled substances in doping control.”
• Dr. Emad Kiriakous at Queensland University for his work entitled “Rapid detection of EPO isoforms in blood by handheld Raman and electrochemical devices.”
• Dr. Nicolas Voelcker at University of South Australia for his work entitled “Rapid detection of performance-enhancing drugs using nanotechnology.”
• Dr. Daniel Eichner at Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory and Dr. Anthony Butch at UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory for Dried Blood Spot Automated Sampling Handler equipment.

Including this most recent round of funding, the PCC has awarded more than $17 million in research grants to protect integrity in sport since 2008.

The PCC accepts micro-grant applications year-round for research requiring less than $75,000 and six months to complete. The PCC is already accepting applications for grants and fellowships for the third round of 2016. Pre-applications are due on November 1, with full applications due a month later for those whose pre-applications are accepted. Funding decisions are made within eight weeks and, since 2008, have ranged from $10,000 to more than $400,000, depending on the nature of the research and the funding needed. To learn more about PCC’s research, including how to apply for a grant, please visit CleanCompetition.org.

About the Partnership for Clean Competition

The Partnership for Clean Competition is an innovative research collaborative founded in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity by the United States Olympic Committee, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Major League Baseball, and the National Football League. Every day, the PCC acts to protect the integrity of sport and public health by engaging and supporting the world’s top scientists and innovators in high-quality anti-doping research and development. The PCC also facilitates adoption of these methods into the World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratories. The PCC aspires to help generate the world’s most influential, effective and coveted methods and resources for detecting and deterring the use of performance enhancing substances by all athletes in all sports at all levels. Through this work, the PCC demonstrates the value of science, collaboration, and innovation related to doping control in sport and ensures the benefits of sport participation. For more information, visit CleanCompetition.org.

Founded in 2008 by the U.S. Olympic Committee, the National Football League, Major League Baseball and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the Partnership for Clean Competition is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization working to protect the integrity of sport and public health by engaging and supporting the world’s top scientists and innovators in high-quality anti-doping research and development. By combining the resources and expertise of America's leading sports entities, the PCC supports non-partisan and independent scientific research by making targeted grants to various universities and other world-class research institutions. PCC-supported research contributes to a movement in addressing doping’s root causes and ultimately decreasing the use of performance-enhancing drugs by all participants in all sports at all levels of play.

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Michael Pearlmutter
Partnership for Clean Competition
Executive Director
719.866.3307
mpearlmutter@cleancompetition.org

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