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Blast Off - The Boys Who Built a Rocket With an NIH Grant

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Air date: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 11:00:00 AM
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Description: The first and only kid to receive an NIH "grant" will share his story at the 2008 Take Your Child to Work Day. When Terence Boylan was 9 years old in 1957, he sent a request to NIH for $10 to build a better rocket ship. Against all odds, Terence got a little NIH “grant.” His story will show how wonderful things happen when we invest in researchers and kids with big ideas and dreams. For more information, visit
http://cms.csr.nih.gov/AboutCSR/CSR-NIHHistory.htm
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NLM Title: Blast off : the boys who built a rocket with an NIH grant [electronic resource] / Terence Boylan.
Series: Boys who built a rocket with an NIH grant
Author: Boylan, Terence.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Other Title(s): Boys who built a rocket with an NIH grant
Abstract: (CIT): The first and only kid to receive an NIH "grant" will share his story at the 2008 Take Your Child to Work Day. When Terence Boylan was 9 years old in 1957, he sent a request to NIH for $10 to build a better rocket ship. Against all odds, Terence got a little NIH "grant." His story will show how wonderful things happen when we invest in researchers and kids with big ideas and dreams. For more information, visit http://cms.csr.nih.gov/AboutCSR/CSR-NIHHistory.htm.
Subjects: Aircraft
Child
Financing, Organized
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United States
Publication Types: Lectures
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NLM Classification: WZ 100
NLM ID: 101478231
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CIT File ID: 14453
CIT Live ID: 6657
Permanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?14453