Sentences with phrase «also fund research»

But, of course, this «oil companies fund denial» nonsense is a zombie argument; it's been put back to death so many times, it's barely worth repeating: oil companies also fund research and organisations that are impeccably green.

We have also funded research looking at scanning in third trimester, which is aimed at improving methods for identifying babies who are not growing as they should.

But that isn't your only option; the NIGMS also funds research on blood disorders — as do several other NIH institutes.

«Axial volcano has had at least three eruptions, that we know of, over the past 20 years,» said Rick Murray, director of the NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences, which also funded the research.

It is also funding research aimed at a stem cell - based therapy for Parkinson's disease that is expected to lead to a clinical trial.

In 2009, under the Interventions Testing Program of the National Institute of Aging that also funded this research, the Harrison lab reported that rapamycin significantly extends the lifespan of mice, the first demonstration of a pharmaceutical intervention to do so in mammals.

They also funded research into solar power, among other things.

DEBORAH AMOS: It turned out the energy industry also funded the research of some of these scientists.

The company also funds research into artificial intelligence.

It also funded the research to create a retirement plan for salespeople.

Not exact matches

His Azrieli Foundation focuses on Holocaust education and Jewish cultural preservation, and has also begun funding research into neurodevelopmental disorders and health care in general.

It also funds the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which is based out of the London School of Economics, and it supports Imperial College London's Grantham Institute for Climate Change.

The fund would also pay for research, development of experts and other methods to improve worker safety.

Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist turned hedge fund manager who is also a former Facebook executive, has built up some credibility since his first appearance last year at the conference, which benefits pediatric disease research: Amazon stock is up some 34 % in the meantime.

Beyond its direct services, Livestrong also lobbies the government, conducts research on survivors, and funds smaller nonprofits like Camp Kesem, a camp for kids whose parents have, or have died from, cancer.

The new regulation also forces fund managers to pay brokers and banks separately for research and trading services, rather than just one combined fee for both activities.

This can set you up also for more long term reputation rehabilitation by forcing a focus on Turing as a research and development company — not a pharma hedge fund hybrid.»

But did you also know that the budget cuts are «gutting» Indian education, «stalling» Meals on Wheels programs, «hitting» work - study funds, and «hurting» medical research?

General Fusion has also received funding from the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund (SDTC) and Cenovus Energy, in addition to scoring a research partnership with one of the U.S.'s leading scientific centres, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

The company also said it would fund research of a tool that scans content and flags images, audio and video.

He is also a director of three of the American Funds (The EuroPacific Growth Fund, The New Perspective Fund, and The New World Fund) managed by Capital Research and Management, where he chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and serves on the complex - wide Joint Proxy Committee.

I also lead our Center for Applied Business Research in Environment and Energy (CABREE) which has received funding and / or compensation over the previous 5 years from Enbridge, Suncor, Encana, Cougar Tool, and the Government of Alberta.

The market not only needs multiple voices analyzing mutual funds, but also holdings - based research that offers an alternative to Morningstar's backward - looking ratings.

TD Ameritrade was also awarded a five - star rating in the Mutual Funds & Investment Products, Trading Tools, Research and Customer Service categories.

Fidelity research has also shown that picking low - cost funds is one way to improve average historical results of large - cap stock funds relative to comparable index funds.

The commission rate paid for research by BlackRock's nearly $ 15 billion Multi-Asset Income Fund also fell over the 2014 to 2016 fiscal years, plunging by nearly 41 percent.

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

There's also $ 400 million over five years, starting next year, for Sustainable Development Technology Canada's very effective SD Tech Fund, and over $ 400 million (over four years, starting in 2017) to a mix of federal departments for research and development aimed at clean energy, clean transportation and cleaner resource development.

To address this significant issue more broadly, the Walmart Foundation is also donating $ 15 million USD (~ $ 19 million CAD) in funding to support Canadian initiatives and research to reduce food waste along the food chain, from farm to fork.

The tech transfer office may also provide some links to commercial partners to fund ongoing research.

There are also five external repayment programs funded by the NIH distributed across a variety of research topics.

He also held assignments as group CIO of the Equity division, director of research for Fidelity Tokyo, director of U.S. equity research, portfolio manager for U.S. equity funds, and a research analyst.

«It would be a pretty huge impact on the auto industry, and also very geographically focused on certain parts of our auto industry,» said Kristin Dzizcek, a Director with the Center for Automotive Research, which is funded by auto manufacturers.

This finding has important implications not just for the home bias literature, but also more broadly for the growing research and policy interest on Internet - based crowd funding, especially as a new channel for entrepreneurial financing.

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston Collage, US public pension funds at the state and local level are also underfunded by an average of 67.9 %.

Prior to joining SKAGEN he was based in Shanghai, as Head of China Special Mandate, at Norges Bank Investment Management (the oil - fund), where he also previously held positions as a portfolio manager and a generalist global equity research analyst.

The new tower will also host the Medicine by Design initiative, set to become a leading centre in regenerative medicine at the University of Toronto with the federal government committing $ 114 - million for this project through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

It also houses the trading departments for Equity, Fixed Income, Listed, International, and Over the Counter, as well as the research departments for Equity, Fixed Income, and Open - and Closed - end Funds.

Also it allows us to get funding for the long term to fund research on aging,» he notes.

Sandler's hedge fund started new longs in: AON Coca Cola Enterprises Raytheon Monsanto TD Ameritrade Research in Motion Avon Products Dollar Tree Stores American Eagle Outfitters Beckman Coulter They also added to existing long positions in: JPMorgan Chase Google Charles Schwab Fidelity National Information Services They reduced their position size in: Reed Elsevier CSX Ross Stores Carnival Abbott Labs Hasbro Nintendo And lastly, they sold completely out of: Nestle General Mills Northrup Grumman Eminence was up 1.7 % gross for the first quarter as noted in our hedge fund performances update.

It also provides money to improve school security, strengthens the system of background checks on gun buyers, and provides some funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on gun violence.

As you'll see from the chart below, hedgies certainly are short bonds: In their research, SocGen also found that hedge funds still had large short positions in 30 year treasuries as well.

In addition to welcoming Andy Macken to the team from New York (see his initial impressions of the Australian stock market, here), we also learned that at just 18 months old, The Montgomery Fund has attracted an Investment Grade rating from respected research house, Lonsec.

Steve Fouch, from the Christian Medical Fellowship, also said more funding is needed for research into tackling superbugs.

The ploy expected legislators to fund unethical research so that ethical research could also be funded.

The Missouri Legislature funds life sciences, but carefully restricts its scope so as to not put taxpayer money into areas that would also require cloning or ESC research to be funded.

They are not only practices of teaching and learning, but also practices of raising funds and maintaining the school's resources; not only practices of governing various aspects of the school's common life, but also practices of various kinds of research; practices not only of assessing students and when they should be deemed to have completed their courses of study, but also of assessing faculty and judging when they should be promoted and when terminated; and so on.

Retirement also depends on firms using these savings to fund investment in new production facilities, better equipment, and research and development.

He was also concerned that Congress «essentially bans federally funded research into firearm violence.»

We may hope that, in addition, government and foundations will also fund some «pure» research.