Sentences with phrase «about funding research»

I am passionate about funding research to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

«This isn't just about funding research; it's about the culture that develops with these free - thinking people, and for that you need critical mass.»

«This isn't just about funding research; it's about the culture that develops with these free - thinking people, and for that you need critical mass,» she says.

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The project, which was funded on Kickstarter, took about three years of research and development, but Roosegaarde was finally able to show off his massive machine in September 2015 in Rotterdam.

Following CNN's report, several prominent Trump supporters slammed the special counsel or shifted attention onto Hillary Clinton and reports that her campaign had hired a law firm which retained Fusion GPS last year, the opposition - research firm that funded the so - called Steele dossier containing several salacious allegations about Trump's ties to Russia.

New research from Female Founders Fund confirms a trend that first popped up about six months ago: Relative to women entrepreneurs raising money in other parts of the country, women in New York are killing it.

One example could be more active involvement in funding research and awareness about the disease; another might include offering paid leave or compensation for employees who participate in Alzheimer's clinical trials.

Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA senior director of ETF and mutual fund research, talks about ETFs with exposure to social media giants after Facebook's data harvesting scandal.

For example, the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 coResearch (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 coresearch into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 companies.

She has become a staunch advocate for raising awareness about brain aneurysms and increasing funding for research, establishing «The Sharon Epperson Chair of Research» through the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to provide grants for research on early deresearch, establishing «The Sharon Epperson Chair of Research» through the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to provide grants for research on early deResearch» through the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to provide grants for research on early deresearch on early detection.

Should governments pull the plug on megaprojects like ITER, it wouldn't stop private - sector players like Burnaby, B.C. - based General Fusion Inc., a year - old startup by former Creo Inc. managers that has so far attracted about half the $ 50 million in venture capital and federal research funds it says it needs to demonstrate a kind of «magnetized target fusion» by 2013.

Between 1980 and 2005, U.S. buyout funds, one of the main categories of private equity, heavily outperformed the S&P 500, according to research from Chris Higson at the London Business School, with about 60 % of the funds he studied beating that benchmark index.

And Valeant's round - about method of funding research, if that's what it's actually doing, seems a lot less cost effective, with all of the bankers and lawyers and hedge fund managers taking chunks of deals than if drug companies directly devoted a portion of their sales toward finding new drugs.

Passionate about the University of Calgary, Schmidt and Laricina Energy Ltd. both played pivotal roles in the Engineering Leaders Campaign at the Schulich School of Engineering, funding a five - year scholarship program, a chemical and petroleum engineering graduate student space, a boardroom in the new engineering building expansion, and a portion of the Canada Research Chair in Energy and Imaging.

While it's always interesting to know about the top runners, renewable energy companies in various growth stages will become more important as government funding for research and development related to energy efficient, emissions reduction and carbon capture decreases.

Later in the session another odd moment came when he was being asked about his relationship with Saint Petersburg University in Russia — where he confirmed he had given talks and workshops, after traveling to the country with friends and proactively getting in touch with the university «to say hi» — and specifically about some Russian government - funded research being conducted by researchers there into cyberbullying.

«Institute research finds about 1 in 3 employer - sponsored pensions have a funding status of 80 percent or more.

Real estate research and data startup Reonomy raised $ 16 million in its latest funding round, about three years after last raising venture capital.

Among the topics on the agenda: the evolution of shareholder activism and research findings about activist funds» returns, the amended Shareholder Rights Directive (EU) 2017/828, litigation and its effectiveness as tool for activist investors, and what can an issuer do to adequately address activists» new challenges.

Trudeau's speech in Germany suggests a hardening of his resolve to do something about income inequality, which economists such as Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Canadian Jonathan Ostry, the deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's research department, describe as a present danger to sustainable economic growth.

He is especially knowledgeable about the superiority of index mutual funds, as well as the research indexes designed by financial economists.

Her research and experience lead her to advise aspiring entrepreneurs against falling victim to these common myths about venture capital: (1) It's the primary source of start - up funding.

ABOUT EMC2 Einsteinium coin is a Bitcoin - like currency with a philanthropic objective of funding scientific research, cutting edge IT and crypto currency projects.

CCRG will not immediately seek outside funding, saying it is in the early stages of its bootstrap process and will soon release details about its inaugural research conference.

The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

Private investments (4 % Short): After spending lots of time researching each private equity or private fund investment before investing, I tend to forget all about them until there is a quarterly performance update.

The average 401 (k) offers about 20 funds, according to research from the Investment Company Institute and BrightScope.

The problem, Nunes argues, is that Steele's research was partially funded by Democrats — but the FBI purposely neglected to tell the court about that source of funding.

Last week, the Investment Company Institute (ICI), a financial industry association representing mutual fund managers, published a «research» paper about the TSP, titled The Federal Thrift Savings Plan: Can It Be Duplicated?

SAN FRANCISCO (February 9, 2009)-- Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent research and proxy advisory firm, today announced that its proprietary research is now available through Bloomberg L.P., a service that integrates real - time and historical information on about 5 million bonds, equities, commodities, currencies and funds.

Since I enjoy reading about the stock market and researching companies so much, it is my dream to someday run my own investment fund.

According to another study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and ICI Study, about 88 percent of 401 (k) plan assets are in equity securities, target date funds and company stock.

# 1 Don't Worry About «Beating The Market» The research firm Dalbar shows that the average equity fund investor consistently underperforms the market.

If you've been researching the stock market for a while, then you have probably heard talk about mutual funds by now.

When I first got started in investing, I heard somewhere that there were about 10,000 mutual funds but I didn't really believe it until I started researching them.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series of seminars and conferences convened by the ATS to discuss some of the results of this research and reflection.

About the American Lamb Board The American Lamb Board is an industry - funded research and promotions commodity board that represents all sectors of the American Lamb industry including producers, feeders, seed stock producers and processors.

Six months later, Chuck was notified about the institute's newly funded Veteran Farming Training Program and was elated at the potential opportunity to train at a premier organic research and education farm.

Being a Crawford Fund Scholar provided a wonderful opportunity to meet and hear from a diverse group of people passionate about agriculture and food security, reminded me of the importance of collaborative research projects and reinforced my desire to make a meaningful contribution to agriculture's future.

I would like to express my thanks to the Crawford Fund team and to CQ University for the opportunity to attend this renowned conference, and to learn more about international agricultural research and the significant food security issues that our world is currently facing.

It conducts programs that enhance the competitiveness of Wisconsin's dairy industry including establishing new markets, funding dairy - related research, educating consumers about the quality and nutritional importance of Wisconsin milk and dairy products.

The German government has supported IRRI research since 1974 and, as of May 2015, had funded 61 projects for a total amount of about USD 59 million.

At the same time that she was ingesting all this psychological research about motivation, Farrington was also studying the related sociological literature, which was concerned with how institutional structures affect individual behavior and, specifically, how certain educational structures — like school funding mechanisms, teacher contracts, or patterns of segregation — might incline students toward success or failure.

Since about 1975 he has been doing self - funded research trying to determine the reasons for the collapse of the oral cavity and airway.

Many of these marketing tactics are used by Medela worldwide, and the information about the Family Larrson - Rosenquist Foundation's lack of arms length status is also important, since Medela has funded research to explore the use of stem cells in breastmilk as medicine.

Tommy's funds medical research into the causes of premature birth, stillbirth and miscarriage, and provides an information service about health in pregnancy.

Policymakers and funders should use the available research on implementation and encourage future work to guide decisions about how to scale up evidence - based programs effectively and support them over time.

Being picky about how funds are spent, we've researched these organizations (or are involved with them ourselves) and feel confident that our donations will be making a difference.

The committee's report recommends actions that can be taken by a range of audiences — including research funding agencies, legislatures, state and school superintendents and athletic directors, military organizations, and equipment manufacturers, as well as youth who participate in sports and their parents — to improve what is knows about concussions and to reduce their occurrence.