Sentences with phrase «agency review panels»

Agency review panels have lost this perspective in favor of politicized research goals (starting with the 1970's «War on Cancer»), mostly because of Congressional interference.

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Last month, the panel of 31 independent scientists charged with reviewing the EPA's draft report stated that the agency's broad conclusion about the mining technique known as fracking is at odds with the evidence and «inconsistent with the observations, data, and levels of uncertainty presented.»

The project will still face at least National Energy Board approval, but more likely a federal joint review panel including both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Energy Board, similar to the proceedings currently underway for the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

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Boulet said he thinks the agency's panel could become preoccupied with small projects if it began reviewing petitions for projects that affect the lake and might lose sight of the big picture.

Mr. de Blasio also proposed creating a regulatory review panel of agency heads to determine which rules unfairly penalize business owners.

The president made this known on Tuesday while receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical and administrative structure of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

The IDA's policy committee, which reviews each project that comes before the agency's full board, did not make a recommendation on the development, which failed to gain sufficient support from that panel's members.

A spokesperson for the European Food Safety Authority says that the agency will consider in due course whether the paper should be brought to the attention of its review panel of experts, as with all newly published studies related to its work.

Responding to recommendations made in 2011 by an international review panel, the agency launched a three - pronged reform effort that revamped its funding streams, the way researchers submitted proposals, and the way proposals are reviewed.

An independent review panel will scrutinize the space agency's in - progress Wide - Field Infrared Survey Telescope to ensure the project is on track

In particular, the researchers want the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to reinstate face - to - face meetings of peer review panels, which the agency has ended in favor of an on - line system for evaluating grant proposals.

Mark Ferguson, director general of the funding agency Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), says the projects were first reviewed for scientific excellence by a panel of leading international researchers.

Farajidavar secured priceless advice about grant funding practices from his PI, who had served on review panels for several national agencies.

► Later, at ScienceInsider, Jocelyn Kaiser reported that «[o] pen - access advocates are heralding a Senate panel's approval [that day] of» the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act, which «would require U.S. science agencies to make the peer - reviewed research papers they fund freely available to the public.

Because the shutdown fell smack in the middle of one of the agency's thrice - a-year review periods, many peer - review panels will now meet early next year.

In particular, the researchers want the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to reinstate face - to - face meetings of peer - review panels, which the agency has ended in favor of an online system for evaluating grant proposals.

Responding to recommendations made in 2011 by an international review panel led by Elias Zerhouni, the former head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the agency launched a three - pronged reform effort that revamped its funding streams, the way researchers submitted proposals, and the way proposals are reviewed.

What the agency wants, in the words of veteran NIH training administrator Walter Schaffer, is «people who can do research and sit on our review panels and advisory boards.»

A violation of NIH rules involving one peer - review panel led the agency recently to re-review 60 applications that the committee had evaluated.

Mikulski, who chairs the Senate panel that oversees the space agency budget, ordered an independent review this summer.

This morning, many research agencies had suspended activities because of the funding lapse, shutting down public websites, preparing to shutter laboratories, and planning to postpone grant review panels.

ScienceInsider has learned that the European Commission will announce on Thursday that it has heeded the advice of an independent review panel that recommended putting a scientist in charge of the ERC, the E.U's funding agency for basic research.

«To ease the immediate crunch, Marrett has directed staff members to postpone all panel reviews «through the end of October» and to cancel meetings of the various advisory committees that offer regular input to the agency's research directorates and major programs until 2014,» Mervis writes.

First, a hasty, $ 20 million grant to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University prompted the resignation of the agency's Nobel Laureate chief scientific advisor and, ultimately, most of his blue - ribbon peer review panel.

Ethical review panels may be hesitant to approve the use of a dosage that exceeds the LOAEL, funding agencies may be hesitant to provide the funds needed for such study, and study subjects themselves may have or develop reservations that could lead to poor study compliance.

He serves on the Lujan Center Neutron review committee at LANSCE, the Advisory Board for the Hydrocarbon Resources Gordon Research Conference and is a panel expert on the International Energy Agency (IEA) task on Hydrogen Storage.

In case of reviews not coordinated by ENQA, the Secretariat will not be in the position of providing personalised support to the agency under review and / or the review panel.

In a substudy, review outcomes were also compared across different types of clinical research, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified human tissue.

According to ENQA's Rules of Procedure, the draft terms of reference and the review panel should be approved by the ENQA Board, so that compatibility with the requirements of the ENQA Agency Review guidelines can be verreview panel should be approved by the ENQA Board, so that compatibility with the requirements of the ENQA Agency Review guidelines can be verReview guidelines can be verified.

She published more than 180 peer review papers, is funded by several granting agencies, including the Michael J Fox Foundation, and sits on several national and international review panels.

Over the course of his career, he has served on grant review panels of multiple funding agencies, actively participated in the development of national and international nutrition policy, authored over 300 research papers, has been awarded more than seventy grant - years of peer - reviewed research funding and given hundreds of lectures around the world.

SIM is based on extensive research which has been reviewed by scientific panels at the U.S. Department of Education and other public agencies and which has been documented in leading academic publications.

Directly at issue was a motion put forth by State Board member Brad Oliver that would allow the staff from Pence's agency, the Center for Education and Career Innovation, to use their budget to bring in experts to advise the panel as it reviews the Common Core academic standards.

He is also a frequent speaker on dropout prevention and early warning indicators, has consulted with numerous state education agencies through partnerships with the National Governors Association and Jobs for the Future, and has served on the U.S. Department of Education's review panel for No Child Left Behind flexibility waivers.

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The Texas Education Agency instructional review panel has approved for adoption Agile Mind Middle School Mathematics 7 & 8 and Biology programs, which were specifically designed to fully support the expectations of the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

The State of Vermont Agency of Education has developed an alternate licensing route called License by Evaluation or Peer Review, in which applicants submit their qualifications to a review panel that determines whether or not the applicant meets requirements for licensure based on evidence of competence, preparation, and experReview, in which applicants submit their qualifications to a review panel that determines whether or not the applicant meets requirements for licensure based on evidence of competence, preparation, and experreview panel that determines whether or not the applicant meets requirements for licensure based on evidence of competence, preparation, and experience.

This consensus extends from large academic reviews of the literature such as Steve Sorrell's groundbreaking 2007 review for the UK government to more recent reviews conducted by the European Commission, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Nearly all of the assertions by the Australian blogger in the second chart were inflammatory and untrue, with only thin threads leading to legitimate issues (one being that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as noted in a review by the Dutch environment agency, has traditionally focused its summaries on worst - case outcomes and left out potential positive effects or other factors, like population growth, that contribute to climate vulnerability).

Requires agencies with representation on the Panel to consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and integrate the elements of the Strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, programs, and activities related to the conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources.

-- Consistent with its authorities under other laws and with Federal trust responsibilities with respect to Indian lands, each Federal department or agency with representation on the National Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and integrate the elements of the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, programs, and activities related to the conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources.

Too much reliance is placed on the established process of review and inquiry which is conducted through the agency of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Coleman went on to add that he based most of his views on the findings of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), an international body that says «because it is not a government agency, and because its members are not predisposed to believe climate change is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions, NIPCC is able to offer an independent «second opinion» of the evidence reviewed - or not reviewed - by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the issue of global warming.»

Every other year, the Panel meeting is held as part of a US CLIVAR Summit, which assembles the SSC, the Panels, the Project Office, funding agency managers, and other US and international program representatives to review progress, explore science needs, and plan future activities.

The allocations panels are composed of community volunteers who review local agencies» applications for funding and make recommendations to the United Way's board of directors.

The legislation also requires the minister or the cabinet (depending on whether the assessment is conducted by the agency or a review panel) to provide reasons for the government's ultimate decision on a project.

Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has completed an adviser review which has seen Nabarro lose its place on the organisation's legal panel.

The Appellant attended the hearing and was represented by solicitors and counsel who acted pro bono because he had been refused funding by a decision of the Special Controls Review Panel of the Legal Aid Agency dated 7 October 2014 and sent on 14 October 2014 (six days before the hearing).

Clients also engage us to represent them in connection with disputes before the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and North American Free Trade Agreement panels, including customs appeals, antidumping investigations, re-investigations and expiry reviews, enforcement and safeguard proceedings, and other diverse matters.

When litigation becomes necessary, Crowley Fleck litigators possess substantial experience in complex commercial litigation and medical malpractice defense, as well as representation before peer review panels, medical legal panels, Professional Licensing Boards, and other State and Federal regulatory agencies.