2009-2010 Grant Recipients

o Applied Sciences

"Proximity effects between topological insulators and superconductors"

Collaboration between:

. Shoucheng Zhang, Physics, Stanford University

. Jérôme Cayssol, CPMOH, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux

France-Stanford Center Support: $12,750

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o Humanities & Social Sciences

"Global climate change and its implications for population forecasts of vulnerable populations"

Collaboration between:

. James Holland Jones, Anthropology/Woods Institute, Stanford University

. Denis Cogneau, IRD/DIAL

France-Stanford Center Support: $10,000

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"France-Stanford Collaboration on early stone tool diversity and cognitive evolution"

Collaboration between:

. Richard Klein, Anthropology, Stanford University

. Sonia Harmand, CNRS/Préhistoire & Technologie

France-Stanford Center Support: $11,000

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"National/Religious factionalization and social mobility in France: taking advantage of exogenous assignment of housing to migrants"

Collaboration between:

. David Laitin, Political Science, Stanford University

. Yann Algan, Institut des Sciences Politiques, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $13,000

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o Biophysics

"France-Stanford collaboration in biophysics of polynucleotides RNA & DNA, and membrane proteins"

Collaboration between:

. Sebastian Doniach, Applied Physics/Physics, Stanford University

. Marc Delarue, Institut Pasteur, Structural Biology & Chemistry, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $13,135

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o Medicine

"Therapeutic approaches against small cell lung cancer"

Collaboration between:

. Julien Sage, Pediatrics & Genetics, Stanford University

. Véronique Gébala, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan

France-Stanford Center Support: $2,500