Sentences with phrase «awarded large federal grants»
In recognition of their success, both have recently been awarded large federal grants and Aspire received a $ 1 million gift from Oprah Winfrey.
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King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.
But the award of the Buffalo grant was rejected by DiNapoli's office in part because the project's main contractor was the brother and business associate of Louis Ciminelli, one of eight men facing federal corruption charges in a larger upstate bid - rigging scandal.
The award program is one of several University «seed grants» that help investigators develop preliminary data and proof of concept for promising projects, in hopes of leveraging larger awards from federal agencies or foundations to carry the projects to fruition.
Why we focused on Pell Grants: As the largest source of federal funds for college, Pell Grants are free money and a major part of most financial aid award packages — before work - study funds and student loans are tacked on.
Lawyers say the costs could be the largest reported award the Federal Court has granted in a patent infringement matter.