Sentences with phrase «security research program»

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

For years now, defense and security research programs and contractors have bemoaned difficulties — apparently real — in finding enough technically trained people possessing or eligible for the needed security clearances.

Not exact matches

It's a budget that's sweeping in scope, covering Old Age Security, national defence, the government's Scientific Research and Experimental Development program and the penny.

With more retirees around the world responsible for their own financial security, the countries that ranked the best had policies in place to ensure access to individual or work - based savings programs, according to David Goodsell, who directs investor research for Natixis.

He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.

This week, security firm Tenable published research demonstrating a vulnerability affecting two software programs used by glob

Dr. Richard Swart, who heads the Crowdfunding Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley, has cited several experts who project that the size of the securities crowdfunding market will range from «$ 3.98 billion (Nest, Neiss, Stralser & Fleming 2013) to as much as $ 300 billion over the coming years depending on the level of enabling regulation adopted by governments.»

The study assumed that workers would not receive any income from Social Security, in response to a survey from the Pew Research Center finding that 51 percent of millennials assume the entitlement program won't be there for them when they retire.

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The Circle of Security ® Parenting ™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent - child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

This paper summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well - being of children; and summarizes research demonstrating the effective role of the Child Nutrition Programs in improving food and economic security, dietary intake, weight outcomes, health, and learning.

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Jepson directs the Texas A&M Water Security Initiative, a university - wide program that facilitates research, education, service learning and collaboration on the broad spectrum of water security chaSecurity Initiative, a university - wide program that facilitates research, education, service learning and collaboration on the broad spectrum of water security chasecurity challenges.

That effort led to collaboration between The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recipes.

«The tunnel plug is an innovative and groundbreaking technology that can protect subway tunnels from flooding,» said John Fortune, Program Manager in S&T's Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA).

[BOX 10] Committee on Minority Representation in Science, 1970 - 1973 Opportunities in Science Department Head Files: I, 1974 Opportunities in Science Department Head Files: II, 1972 - 1973 Committee on Opportunities in Science Women's Caucus Ad Hoc Committee of Women, 1972 - 1978 Committee on Industry, Technology and Society Files: I, 1973 - 1974 Committee on Industry, Technology and Society Files: II, 1971 - 1973 Youth Council Files, 1972 - 1973, 1969 - 1971 AAAS Youth Science Program, 1970 - 1981 Youth Council Newsletter, May 1972, October 1971, May 1971 Interim Committee on Arid Lands, 1963 - 1965 Committee on Arid Lands Arid Lands Research Newsletter, 1963 - 1972 Climate Study Committee Committee on Population and Reproduction Control Committee on Population, Resources, and the Environment Science, Arms Control, and National Security, Committee on

While Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have sought hands - on assistance with grant review and administration from the Research Competitiveness Program, others have participated in more wide - ranging discussions through a meeting series organized by the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP).

As program director and curriculum designer of the Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, I performed research and interviewed security professionals as I was designing the program in 2002.

That means the fate of these and other research programs, although traditionally nonpartisan, will be shaped by larger forces — from Social Security to tax policy — stirring the political waters.

The amendment did exclude those research and technology programs administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration and the nondefense Office of Nuclear Energy, as well as other DOE activities related to radioactive waste cleanup.

The manifesto lists ways to make more progress, including coordinating national research programs, improving cross-border arrangements for pension and social security rights, or making research grants portable from one country to another.

«The NRC has been pressured by the nuclear industry, directly and through Congress, to low - ball the potential consequences of a fire because of concerns that increased costs could result in shutting down more nuclear power plants,» said paper co-author Frank von Hippel, a senior research physicist at Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

The research is part of the Measurements of 11 Asteroids and Comets Using Herschel (MACH - 11) program, which used Herschel to look at small bodies that have been or will be visited by spacecraft, including the targets of NASA's previous Deep Impact mission and upcoming Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS - Rex).

But at NSF, which spends 95 % of its budget on research done by others, only a few dozen people who carry out building security, information systems, and overseeing the Antarctic program are deemed essential.

«In addition to developing a consistent and integrated system for identifying, triaging, and treating people, more evidence - based research is needed to determine which treatments are most effective,» said Dr. North, who is a member of the emergency medicine's section on homeland security at UT Southwestern and director of the Program in Trauma and Disaster at the VA North Texas Health Care System.

Dr. Tannenbaum has been the Program Director at the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy; a Senior Research Analyst for the Federation of American Scientists; and the 2002 - 2003 American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow.

During the past year alone, concerns about oversight of high - containment laboratories; vetting of personnel (personnel reliability); the efficacy of security measures in place for the select agent program; medical countermeasure research, development and distribution; bioterrorism and pandemic influenza preparedness; misuse of beneficial biological research and technologies; and microbial forensics have generated several policy evaluations and prompted the development of policy recommendations and legislation.

«If not developed carefully, these programs could inadvertently cause a decrease in qualified and capable staff who can conduct research involving sensitive materials or research animals, or drive scientists to become security risks themselves.»

With an aging population placing increasing demands on entitlement programs like Social Security, and likely federal spending increases for defense and infrastructure programs, budgets for scientific research could come under intense pressure.

The McKnight Foundation has a remit to improve the quality of life in the world, promoting food security and funding a crop research program.

Funding for NEPAN has been provided through competitive research grants and various programs within the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the U.S. Navy's Living Marine Resources Program (LMR) and the Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (N45), with some funding provided by the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, and the NOAA Office of Protected Resources.

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«Responders have often used DNA to make familial connections, but the process typically takes multiple days to process in a forensics laboratory and can take up to a few months to get the results,» explained S&T Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Resilient Systems Division (RSD) Program Manager Chris Miles.

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) research programs would remain essentially flat under a 2015 spending bill approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Since 9/11, moreover, the Department of Homeland Security has funded research on face - recognition programs that can scan crowds in airports or other areas for suspected terrorists.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research's (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security identified world regions that will bear the brunt of climate change's consequences on food availability.

-- The Secretary shall establish by rule a program to conduct research to develop additional projects and activities for crops to find additional techniques and methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester greenhouse gases that may or may not meet the criteria for offset credits established under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

Research programs on Chemical Safety and Sustainability, Safe and Sustainable Water Resources, Homeland Security, and Air, Climate, and Energy would all be flat - funded in FY 2016.

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Bas provides strategic leadership and directs the program on science and research, strategic and development outcomes, and impacts on food security, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, and gender equity.

The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Science (SC) have awarded more than $ 14 million in research awards as part of the Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP).

UNLV's radiochemistry program is partnering with the University of California, Berkeley and a consortium of universities and national laboratories for research and development in nuclear science and security.

Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of fuel - cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.

Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science and security; five - year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.

Budil has more than 27 years of scientific research and management experience at LLNL across a wide range of Laboratory programs, including Global Security, Weapons and Complex Integration, the National Ignition Facility, and Physical and Life Sciences.

The world's nuclear enrichment programs should be under international control to prevent the development of nuclear weapons after the new arms deal with Iran expires in 10 to 15 years, said Frank von Hippel, a senior Princeton University research physicist and a former security advisor during the Clinton Administration.