Sentences with phrase «at national funding»

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Rudd's $ 43bn fast web gamble The global recession has forced Kevin Rudd to scrap plans for a high - speed national broadband network funded by the private sector and wager at least $ 21.9 billion of taxpayers» money to fund his election pledge to bring internet speeds into the 21st century.

Avista Capital Partners has formed a new company to fund a portion of the equity required to design and build three 50,000 deadweight ton product carriers, which Seacor Holdings (NYSE: CKH) has contracted to build at General Dynamic's National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. shipyard in San Diego.

- A donation of at least $ 100,000 (# 77,113) to the Saint Lucia National Economic Fund (depending on number of dependents), or

Jim Casparie is the «Raising Money» coach at Entrepreneur.com and the founder and CEO ofThe Venture Alliance, a national firm based in Irvine, California, that's dedicated to getting companies funded.

But research on the contact lenses began several years earlier at the University of Washington, where scientists worked under National Science Foundation funding.

Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams.

At the moment, Blank is very excited about a class of students being funded by the fed's National Science Foundation to attend his Lean Launchpad entrepreneurship course at StanforAt the moment, Blank is very excited about a class of students being funded by the fed's National Science Foundation to attend his Lean Launchpad entrepreneurship course at Stanforat Stanford.

Dr. T. Kenneth Fowler, a plasma physics professor at Berkley, was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and his approval of General Fusion was in no small way responsible for opening doors for and helping it get funded.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

Venture capital funding, which had been setting new records with each passing quarter, tumbled 11 percent at the start of 2016, according to the National Venture Capital Association.

«A rise in the stock market does absolutely nothing to reduce the national debt directly,» Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard economics professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, told Fortune.

In 2014, the government set up a subsidy program called China's National Integrated Circuits Industry Investment Fund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to BloombFund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to Bloombfund vehicle, according to Bloomberg.

The National Association of Manufacturers recently stopped hosting the fund - raisers at its well - appointed offices that drew business donors for Republicans.

Let's look at one of the first acts of the minority Harper government: the cancelling of a truly historic program announced and funded by the previous Liberal government: the national, universal child care program.

The IMF said that even if Greece is offered generous terms, it is still likely to require a reduction in debt of around 30 % of national income to bring it down to 117 % of GDP, the uppermost limit of what the fund considered sustainable at the time of the second Greek bailout in the autumn of 2012.

Brian Reid is chief economist at the Investment Company Institute, the national association of U.S. investment companies, including mutual funds, closed - end funds, exchange - traded funds (ETFs) and unit investment trusts (UITs).

The Audain family has donated in excess of $ 100 million through the Audain Foundation, including significant contributions to the University of Victoria, Presentation House Gallery's new building fund, Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts, various arts - related endeavours at the University of British Columbia, the National Gallery of Canada, the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design's new building fund, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and much more.

Mike is a frequent volunteer at Stanford University, currently serving as the national chair of The Stanford Fund, on the GSB Management Board, the Precourt Energy Institute, the DAPER Fund, and several ad hoc committees.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

On October 5th, Bonnie Foley - Wong will be speaking about Alternative Models for Funding Growing Companies at the National Angel Summit in Vancouver at 3.40 pm.

That is unless he decides that those are the areas to be cut, rather than Moroccan pottery classes, an empty airport at Lake Murray State Park in Oklahoma, a robot squirrel funded through the National Science Foundation, or the Alabama Watermelon Queen Tour.

DENVER — Research funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education ® (NEFE ®), and conducted by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at...

The agri - analytics startup, which was incubated at IIT - Kharagpur, received seed funds and acceleration from a-IDEA, managed by National Academy of Agricultural Research Management in Hyderabad.

Donations to the National Rifle Association's political fund tripled in the days after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to reports.

The SBIR program was created to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy... one business at a time.

With funding and support from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has undertaken an initiative aimed at growing and supporting best practices adoption in Angel investor communities in Western Canada.

At this point, it's unclear whether the FBI did in fact know who specifically was funding Steele's work, or that it was the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

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In a semi-annual report to the Congress (PDF), the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) said that it had received reports of a researcher using NSF - funded supercomputers at two universities for bitcoin mining.

The National Monetary Commission's longest volumes were on the great German industrial banks, and Republican policy aimed at bringing banking into the industrial era, to provide long - term funding after the model of German and other Central European banks.

If we look at the past, the National Association of State Retirement Administrators has stated that, over the last 10 years, the return for public pension funds has been 5.7 %.

This report analyzes data for donor - advised funds at 49 National Charities.

As part of our grantmaking prediction, we also noted that grants from donor - advised funds at National Charities would continue to rise.

In general, the number of donor - advised funds at SICs has grown at a much slower rate than at National Charities or Community Foundations.

We also applaud the notable references to the Pacific Gateway and, specifically, the introduction of a National Trade Corridors Fund to «address urgent capacity constraints and freight bottlenecks at major ports of entry.»

Contributions to donor - advised funds at all National Charities combined are up 15 percent.

A quick look at the National Institute of Health's distribution of funds seems to support this.

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

ATTACs principal focus areas at the moment are: the different forms of taxation of financial transactions, in particular the Tobin tax on currency speculation; the creation of new instruments for the regulation and control of finance at the national, European and international levels; the battle against tax havens and financial crime; and the demystification of pension funds.

As we describe in our 2014 report for the National Marriage Project, «Facilitating Forever,» community organizations receiving federal funding approved by both Democrat and Republican administrations have attempted to foster stable marriages and families in at - risk populations for over a decade.

A national group called American Atheists is suing the museum to stop the display of the cross, arguing that a religious symbol has no place in a memorial that's backed by public funds and that is supposed to serve as a monument to victims of many different religions - and to those who had no religion at all.

Vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, cited below).

One sign of that is increased funding from the National Institutes of Health, which has helped establish new contemplative science research centers at Stanford University, Emory University, and the University of Wisconsin, where the world's first brain imaging lab with a meditation room next door is now under construction.

Carlos Campo, Ashland University president Vincent Bacote, Wheaton University theology professor Kyle Duncan, former general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and lead counsel in the Hobby Lobby case Tom Farr, Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University Kellie Fiedorek, Alliance Defending Freedom Wayne Grudem, Phoenix Seminary Chad Hatfield, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary chancellor Thomas Kidd, Baylor University professor Daniel Mark, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Michael McConnell, Stanford University Law School Doug Napier, Alliance Defending Freedom Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference president Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva University Rick Warren, Saddleback Church Thomas White, Cedarville University president

Clearly they are right that the public has a crucial stake in the scientific enterprise, whose general direction at least should be a matter of national policy, for example in the allotment of federal funds.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

«The goal was to create a world - class event and food festival that helped raise funds in Florida for education and in New York City for the hunger causes,» says Lee Brian Schrager, founder and vice president of corporate communications and national events at Southern Wine and Spirits of America.

We call on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for food sovereignty and food security.

A National Party MP who pushed for the burqa ban in Parliament has taken aim at halal food, suggesting money spent on certifying it may be funding terrorism and efforts to implement sharia.

Weighing in at six tons (the equivalent of 32,346 medium - sized Idaho ® potatoes), the Great Big Idaho ® Potato is traversing the country to greet fans and to help raise funds and awareness for the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), the oldest and largest national organization dedicated to helping end senior hunger.