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04, 2016
PCC Funding Evolves Based on Contemporary Need
The research we fund is driven by several factors, including a contemporary need for information on a substance or test, a need for new methodologies, or a researcher's passion on a given topic. In 2014/2015 many of the projects we funded [...]
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04, 2016
Anti-Doping Efforts are Global, and so is PCC Funding
As the world leader in anti-doping research funding, the PCC's mission is driven by a global movement of scientists pursuing a single, noble goal: providing scientific data to protect the integrity of sport. The research we fund is conducted by scientists [...]
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04, 2016
Funding Snapshot: An Overview of PCC Activities in 2014-2015
The PCC catalyzes an impact on sport through our funding. The research we support is conducted by scientists of the highest caliber, on topics exclusive to improving anti-doping knowledge. Often, the research we fund represents unique pilot projects not being explored [...]
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04, 2016
Micro-Grants: the Latest Tool in the PCC’s Arsenal as we Fight for Clean Sport.
The integrity of sport is worth protecting. The science of anti-doping must be flexible enough to stay ahead of athletes and other support professionals who make the wrong choices when it comes to the use of performance-enhancing substances. Anti-doping science [...]
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03, 2016
Scientific Expertise is Key to PCC Impact
The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) will turn eight years old on May 9th, 2016. This marks eight years of funding pre-eminent research related to enhancing anti-doping testing methodologies and demonstrating (or debunking) performance enhancing properties of a myriad of substances. [...]
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03, 2016
Meet the Global Leader in Anti-Doping Research
Since 2009, the Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) has been funding the world's preeminent anti-doping experts, providing over $15 million to date. Projects funded by the PCC support clean competition while standing up to the scientific scrutiny and oversight of our [...]
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03, 2016
U.S. Sports Leagues Move to Add Sharapova Drug to Banned List
REUTERS BY: BEN KLAYMAN 3/16/16 Several major U.S. sports leagues are pushing to add the drug that led to a positive test for Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova to their banned list, but in many cases they will need player [...]
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03, 2016
UN Suspends Maria Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador
THE GUARDIAN BY: LES ROOPANARINE 3/15/16 The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador following the Russian tennis star's admission that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January. The UN Development [...]
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03, 2016
Wave of Positive Tests for Meldonium Adds to Doping Crisis
NEW YORK TIMES BY: CHRISTOPHER CLEARY 3/13/16 Larry Bowers, the chief science officer for the United States Anti-Doping Agency, gave a presentation on Oct. 4, 2014, at the organization's Symposium on Anti-Doping Science. Dr. Bowers stood before a small, international [...]