Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
—As part of our continuing effort to find the cause and cure of ALS, the National ALS Foundation will review research grant and postdoctoral fellowships for funding to begin July 1, 1985. Applicants may apply for one or two years' funding. The deadline for receipt of completed applications for this review is Feb 1, 1985. Our next deadline, for funding to begin Jan 1, 1986, is July 1, 1985. For appropriate application forms and additional information, contact the National ALS Foundation, 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016; (212) 679-4016.
National Advisory Council Adds New Members.
—Six new members have been appointed to the National Advisory Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Council.
Appointed for full four-year terms are Dr Peter Dallos, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurobiology and Physiology and professor of audiology at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill; Dr Robert A. Fishman, professor
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