{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/uc-berkeley-to-receive-nih-funding-through-recovery-package", "UC Berkeley to Receive NIH Funding through Recovery Package", "2009-06-16", "2009", "2009-06", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Barbara Lee", "L000551", "lee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "06.16.09\n\t\t\t UC Berkeley to Receive NIH Funding through Recovery Package \n\t\t\t\r\n\r\nFor Immediate Release\r\nJune 16, 2009\r\nContact: Nicole Y. Williams\r\n(202) 225-2661\r\nWashington, D.C.  Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) announced the release of $477,836 in funding to the University of California at Berkeley through the National Institute of Health. The money was made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.\r\nThe money will go towards the following research projects:\r\n \r\n    Development of direction selectivity in the retina - $350,836: To help determine the factors that instruct the development of visual responses in the mammalian retina, in particular, the study of circuits that underlie the ability of the retina to detect the direction of motion of an object in the visual scene. \r\n    Student/Teacher Summer research experiences - $127,000: UC Berkeley will hire a student and/or teacher to create research experiences over the next two summers for over 3,700 high school and college students and science teachers at NIH-funded laboratories across the country.\r\n \r\nUC Berkeley has been a leader health research, said Congresswoman Barbara Lee. These funds will help them continue their groundbreaking work and expose our young people to opportunities in math and science.\r\nTo learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to www.recovery.gov.\r\n### \n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/uc-berkeley-to-receive-nih-funding-through-recovery-package"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0438489262014627, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}