S.
Earth's Birthday Project, a former Foundation award winner, will receive
$255,000 over two years to underwrite the creation, development and
implementation of the Earth Day Science Symposium, an annual hands-on,
inquiry-based science research program for 30,000 middle school science
classes and their teachers.
Chiron's grant to the American Association of Blood Banks , based
in Bethesda, Md.
Chiron's grant to the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, located
in San Jose, Calif. Founded in 1985, IISME seeks to transform teaching and learning
through industry -education partnerships., will provide support to the Exploratorium's
education outreach workshops for educators to improve their teaching
skills and provide new ideas for the teaching of science .uindy.

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Chiron Foundation Awards Five Grants to Support Science and Health Education; Grants Underscore Company's Commitment to Empowering Lives Through Better Educati

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Keep America Beautiful, Inc . The grant will enable the development of a
curriculum focusing on what it takes to develop a vaccine , including
hosting a professional development workshop to train high school
science teachers to use the curriculum in their classrooms. For more
information about Chiron, please visit www.

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2 million students. The recipients of
the grants are the American Association of Blood Banks, the San Jose
Tech Museum of Innovation, Industry Initiatives for Science and Math
Education, San Francisco Exploratorium, and Seattle Biomedical
Research Institute. The campaign will
aim to catch the attention of young adults, especially those 17-24
years old, to increase awareness of the need for regular blood
donation and foster a new generation of lifelong donors.

About the Chiron Foundation

Established in 2004, the Chiron Foundation is an independent,
nonprofit organization committed to improving lives through better
healthcare, empowering lives through better education and enriching
lives through better communities.com/foundation

About Chiron

Chiron delivers innovative and valuable products to protect human
health by advancing pioneering science across the landscape of
biotechnology. The grant,
awarded to the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership for
BioCrossroads , Indiana's life-sciences initiative, supports several
other academic and industry organizations with life sciences and
technology workforce pilot programs.edu/lifesciences/

About CELL:

The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the
University of Indianapolis promotes professional and civic leadership
for achievement of educational excellence and equity for all students .

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The awards will help them
implement these initiatives and provide additional training for teachers , in
order to maintain and expand them throughout the years.A. The Toyota USA Foundation award will
help promote the use of the education web site, the development of classroom
materials and a teacher training initiative that will reach 50,000 6th -- 9th
grade teachers and 1. Each year nearly five million
Americans need a life-saving blood transfusion, and 38,000 units of
blood are needed daily in the United States alone., will support "Genetics: Technology With a Twist,"
a permanent exhibit with a demonstration recombinant DNA lab and
interactive wet-lab activities developed to stimulate student interest
in human genetics and biomedical research.uindy.

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SBRI has
been instrumental in conducting research leading to the prevention,
diagnosis and cure of global infectious diseases, including malaria,
HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning and BioCrossroads Celebrate Indiana Science Education Week by Announcing Strides in Implementing Lumina Foundati

The tour of best practices programs in North Carolina will be held
for two days in early June 2005.
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The exhibit is operated
collaboratively with Stanford School of Medicine Department of
Genetics .
Chiron's grant to the Industry Initiatives for Science and Math
Education (IISME), based in Santa Clara, Calif. The Foundation awards grants in
three major focus areas: health and medicine, education , and
community.chiron.
The week of May 23 - 29, 2005 has been declared by Governor Mitch
Daniels as Indiana Science Education Week. This week is dedicated to
highlighting current activities and promoting increased awareness of
science education issues in Indiana. Several members of this task force will be making the
site visits to California and North Carolina.

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to the disciplines, challenges and career
opportunities of engineering.2 million Lumina Foundation grant that targets the development of
"human capital" for Indiana's knowledge-based economy.

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These grants reflect the Foundation's commitment
to enhancing student access to quality educational resources and
learning opportunities. Learn more at
www.biocrossroads.

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S., will support the organization's
BioQuest science education program , which aims to educate the next
generation of life-science leadership and advocates to improve global
health through research.
CELL is among several groups in 2004 to receive funding from a
$1 .
CELL's portion of the grant ($100,000) is being used in part to
explore innovative K-12 science and math programs across the country
and bring the best ideas to Indiana.

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The Earth Day Science Symposium, using an
endangered species as its subject, will provide the curriculum and materials
needed for students to analyze, critique and present current research on an
animal in a threatened environment.
Chiron's grant to the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
(SBRI), based in Seattle , Wash. The company works to deliver on the limitless promise
of science and make a positive difference in people's lives.
We do not undertake an obligation to update the forward-looking
information we are giving today.

To accomplish all four goals, CELL and BioCrossroads have formed
the Life Sciences Education Task Force, which is comprised of
approximately 40 members from the education , private industry and
public sectors.

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Focusing on teachers as the primary agents for effecting
meaningful change and promoting student interests in the fields of
mathematics and science education , the Foundation has awarded the
following three organizations grants based on programs each has
established for math and science educators. IISME exists to address the
critical need for a strong, highly skilled workforce in mathematics,
science and technological fields. They have reviewed, evaluated, ranked and prioritized
more than 100 best practices. With
government, industry and academic resources aligned to accelerate
business growth, the region is fertile ground for investors and
entrepreneurs to build new ventures.

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"
The University of Michigan College of Engineering will use its $150 ,000
award to enhance its Summer Engineering Academy, a structured series of math
and science enrichment on-campus programs that introduce 7th - 12th grade
students throughout the U. Environmental Education Program that will
support a new Keep America Beautiful education web site created by a grant
from the U., will provide support
to the organization's East Bay Science Teacher Revitalization and
Retention Project, a paid summer fellowship program. The
Exploratorium is a not-for-profit organization and interactive science
and technology museum.

Study regions which have been successful in growing their own
talent as it relates to the life sciences, and

Produce a road map that outlines specific action items and
recommendations for community implementation. The next step for this group is to
develop specific goals and benchmarks and produce the road map by late
summer 2005.

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"We're delighted to help these four outstanding organizations initiate
math and science programs," said Atsushi "Art" Niimi, president of the Toyota
USA Foundation, in announcing the grants .S., will apply its $100,000 award to underwrite
the Toyota Clean Sweep U.

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NEW YORK, Toyota USA Foundation Board of
Directors today announced grants totaling $650,836 to fund four math and
science education initiatives for K-12 grade students across the country. For additional information about the Toyota USA Foundation, visit
http://www.

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Specifically, the
funding will support five high-technology or biotechnology fellowships
for secondary and community college faculty teaching biology,
chemistry or physics in Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland or Richmond,
Calif.

In addition to visiting these national models for science,
technology and math education, the grant is also being used by CELL
to:

Gather partners along the educational continuum (K-12, higher
education, informal education, private sector, public sector)
to create a community-based leadership group focused on K-12
science and technology education solutions.edu/

About BioCrossroads:

BioCrossroads is Indiana's life science initiative, a
public-private collaboration that supports the region's research and
corporate strengths while encouraging new business development.

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, Stamford, CT; and
Earth's Birthday Project, Santa Fe, NM. USC
scientists, engineers, and their research laboratories, in conjunction with
elementary and secondary school educators and community experts, are creating
the program for Murchison Elementary School and a to-be-determined
neighborhood middle school in East Los Angeles .com/foundation.

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"The educational and professional development programs established
by these organizations play an important role in promoting interest in
science and health education and careers.

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Toyota USA Foundation Announces $650 000 in New Math and Science Awards

A grant of $145,836 will allow the University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy to implement the first two years of a projected nine-year
innovative and reproducible K-9 science, math and engineering curriculum. For further information about the Chiron Foundation, please
visit www.

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----Chiron
Corporation (Nasdaq:CHIR) announced today that the Chiron Foundation
has awarded $160,000 to five organizations for five projects promoting
interest in science and healthcare through the support of
community-based science and math education programs.com

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Award recipients include the University of Michigan College of
Engineering , Ann Arbor, MI; the University of Southern California School of
Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA; Keep America Beautiful, Inc. "Each of these recipients has
developed a unique initiative designed to help K -12 students become more
proficient in the areas of mathematics and science. Department of Education .
The Toyota USA Foundation is a $40 million charitable endowment created
to support innovative education programs serving kindergarten through 12th
grade in the United States, with special emphasis in the areas of mathematics
and science. We are proud to help support
these valuable initiatives and hope to contribute to the education of
the next generation of scientists and innovators," said Jay Grover,
president of the Chiron Foundation.chiron. A full discussion
of the company's operations and financial condition, including factors
that may affect its business and future prospects, is contained in
documents the company has filed with the SEC, including the form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, and the form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003, and will be contained in all subsequent
periodic filings made with the SEC. The intent is to replicate these
programs across the state.

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, will provide funding for a national public-education
campaign geared toward young adults.com

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties and are subject to change.
The tour of best practices programs in San Diego will be held from
June 15-17, 2005.

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Chiron's grant to the San Francisco Exploratorium, located in San
Francisco, Calif .

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Upcoming Visits to California and North Carolina
Will Enable Task Force to Explore Best Practices in K-12
Science and Technology Teaching

The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the
University of Indianapolis has announced upcoming tours of several
organizations in San Diego, California and Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina as a part of a grant from Lumina Foundation for
Education. Site visits are planned for the North
Carolina School of Science and Math, the North Carolina Science
Mathematics Technology Education Center and the Kenan Institute for
Engineering Technology and Science.

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Indiana participants will meet with representatives
from University of California at San Diego's CONNECT program, the San
Diego Science Alliance, the San Diego Business Roundtable for
Education and Building Engineering and Science Talent.

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The Life Sciences Education Task Force has met regularly since the
end of 2004.

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The San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation is designed to engage
students and families through demonstration and seeks to inspire young
students to become innovators in the technologies of the future.

To learn more, visit http://cell.