Sentences with phrase «other competitive grant»

There's some rumblings that Republicans want to strip i3 and other competitive grant programs.

Earlier versions would have paid for the jobs funding by adding to the deficit, or by trimming from money already promised for education - reform initiatives through Race to the Top and other competitive grants.

Not exact matches

With the objective of learning from the rich experiences and lessons that other countries have gained from their own programs, in early 2016, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada announced a competitive policy research grant for research on best practices by foreign SME export assistance programs.

In addition to formula - based aid, the Governor proposes $ 50 million in new competitive grants for prekindergarten, after school programs, and other programs.

If elected, Faso has proposed to establish a competitive grant program at the federal level to fund qualified nonprofits that provide peer - to - peer counseling services to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other trauma.

Cuomo's office said that grants made available through the program «will be awarded through a competitive process, with priority given to nonprofits with State contracts that provide direct services in high - need communities, particularly smaller nonprofits and nonprofits that lack access to other capital funding opportunities.»

In a statement, HCR spokeswoman Stephanie Davis noted the agency «has granted 180 awards over the last five years through its annual competitive funding application for tax credits and low interest loans, and these projects were given the same consideration as all the others.

In other areas, such as a proposal to change seniority rules for school teachers or allocate $ 500 million next year in competitive school aid grants, a column titled «Compromise (if any)» is left blank, suggesting more distance between the three leaders at the time the memo was prepared.

But other housing authorities have received money from the state through competitive grant programs.

The governor earmarked $ 75 million in the state budget this fiscal year for competitive grants to fund pre-kindergarten and other programs; few districts applied.

Despite the uproar in New Paltz over granting what critics consider excessive tax breaks for developers, the IDA will continue to offer Pilots, the chairman said, «because the use of Pilots makes us competitive with other counties.»

Now that she has her ERC grant — which she applied for convinced that she had what it takes to carry out her idea but doubting that her CV would be competitive with others — she has the opportunity to make her research vision a reality.

But as science becomes increasingly competitive and dependent on interdisciplinary, collaborative projects, communication skills — from interacting with others to presenting data at seminars to writing papers and grants to networking — will be even more critical to a scientist's success.

She suggested that the directorate follow the example of other science agencies like the National Science Foundation in giving out grants, and «that funds be awarded on a competitive basis based on scientific peer review except in cases when that is clearly not feasible.»

NSF Troubles, and Other Depressing Topics 12 August 2005 The news coming out of the National Science Foundation isn't good, and a reader asks, are clinicians more competitive for grants?

The 2018 spending bill approved by Congress this week gives a slight but meaningful boost to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) research accounts — including its competitive grants program for universities and other institutions.

The project was funded, through a competitive grant process, by the USIP, which convened the meeting, where Wolfinbarger and her colleagues shared lessons learned from their case studies, and announced a new website that will feature a «practitioners» guide» for other researchers who want to leverage satellite - image analysis.

The model shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, ants and other insects, which are able to convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores.

Monell's major source of funding comes from competitive government research grants, primarily through the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders at the National Institutes of Health, which provides support for both research and training.

Following this 5 - year period, the mix of operations, instrumentation, and grants funding should be subject to the recommended competitive review to ensure that additional investments in the facility are balanced against requests for new facilities and for new instrumentation and grants for other facilities.

The grants will help the four researchers conduct initial experiments that will make them more competitive for other grants.

(3) Since research grants by their nature are competitive, the present shortage of research grant funding results in the very best applicants being fully funded, but most of the others are out of luck; we need more money in order to support all our dedicated university scientists!

It wouldn't be totally unreasonable to begin wondering if one of the administration's key initiatives (ESEA flexibility) ultimately undermines a number of its others (large competitive grants advancing federal priorities).

At $ 4.35 billion, RTTT is petite compared to other ARRA programs, but as a competitive grant program, it represents by far the largest amount ever at the discretion of an education secretary (see Figure 1).

A proposed provision that declares that nothing in future education policy would prevent the passage of Parent Trigger laws or other Parent Power efforts would be meaningful if it also proposed a competitive grant program to encourage states to enact such laws; as is, there is nothing in federal law that restricts states from passing Parent Trigger laws or keeps families from using them.

The Rural Education Initiative is designed to address the unique needs of small, rural local education agencies (LEAs) that frequently lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and receive formula grant allocations under other programs in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.

The funds generated through the sale of these special plates would be used to provide competitive grants under the School Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program or other school violence prevention purposes determined by the CDE, according to the author.

The Common Core, teacher evaluation using student tests scores, Common Core tests, the expansion of charter schools and other disruptive change strategies were pushed by the $ 4.35 billion competitive grant known as Race to the Top.

Wisconsin has won a competitive federal grant to study why some state schools have had more success than others in narrowing achievement gaps across racial lines and income levels.

While American moms won't soon enjoy the year of paid leave that a number of other wealthy nations offer, President Obama's budget proposal did include a $ 50 million State Paid Leave Fund, which would provide competitive planning grants to states to design and implement new paid family - leave insurance programs.

Carr also explained that local school districts aggressively engage in competitive grant programs because in a time of austerity, it's imperative they find other revenue streams to support the needs of their traditional public schools.

States should also leverage competitive grant programs with rigorous review processes to ensure that funds are allocated first to districts most likely to use them well, while giving other districts time to develop and demonstrate similarly strong plans, evidence, and commitment.

The SAHE works in conjunction with the SEA to make competitive subgrants to partnerships of IHEs, high - need LEAs, and other entities (for competitive grants) through specific activities that focus on professional development for teachers, highly qualified paraprofessionals, and, if appropriate, principals.

i3 funds are competitive grants (Development, Validation and Scale - up) given to LEAs and nonprofit organizations that have significantly closed the achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities; or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; or have made significant improvements in other areas such as graduate rates or increased recruitment and placement of high - quality teachers and principals.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $ 5 million in competitive grant funds to enhance public transit service for American Indians, Alaska natives and other residents on rural tribal lands.

With the competitive - grant model, on the other hand, people have to apply and compete and they have to make a case.

While some scholarship and grant programs are highly competitive and are designed for top performers, others do not seriously consider your past academic performance.

(Sec. 388) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant, on either a competitive or noncompetitive basis, a lease, easement, or right - of - way on the outer Continental Shelf for activities not otherwise authorized under specified laws, if those activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas; (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas; or (3) use, for energy - related or marine - related purposes, facilities currently or previously used for activities authorized under this Act, unless prohibited by moratorium.

According to the Administration, these competitive grants provide funding to help winning states «build the fundamental components of a high - quality preschool system or expand proven early learning programs in partnership with local governments, local education agencies, and other providers.»