Sentences with phrase «agricultural research foundation»
Sally Rockey, the longtime research administrator who steers the National Institute of Health's (NIH's) Office of Extramural Research, is stepping down after 5 years to head a new agricultural research foundation.
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Although he only had three patents and made $ 125 a month in 1938, Carver donated his life's savings and his estate to create a foundation to encourage agricultural research.
Since 2006, Shah has directed the agricultural development program for the foundation, which has given away several hundred million dollars for research and other approaches.
Working under tight budget constraints, a Senate committee has proposed chartering a foundation that would raise funds to support agricultural research.
UPDATE 5/19: John Tierney has an interesting piece up on his blog reviewing how non-governmental funding for agricultural research aiding poor countries dried up as foundations and international lenders shifted priorities away from boosting food production, partly due to rising pressure from green groups.