Sentences with phrase «big funding initiatives»

High - profile advances, from the Allen Brain Atlas to the Brainbow mouse, have injected an air of excitement into the study of the brain — an atmosphere that has been amplified by big funding initiatives in the United States and abroad.

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He said, «Patrick, I didn't believe when you started bringing this discipline that if the economy got better, or if there was a big initiative we really wanted to fund, that you would actually give us money for something that's not «in budget,» and just let us do it.»

But it also encompasses a host of other big initiatives, including more than $ 5 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and money to help the FDA; $ 1 billion for tackling the opioid epidemic; and provisions that are meant to help pair Americans who suffer from serious mental illnesses with available psychiatric beds.

Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the ESRC said; «We are delighted that the next phase of funding for this Big Data initiative has been announced, which builds on the success of the first phase.

MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS — Johnson proposes cutting Council initiatives in search for Fair Fares cash — POLITICO's Gloria Pazmino and Brendan Cheney: Speaker Corey Johnson is floating a proposal to defund some Council spending initiatives as a way to pay for the Fair Fares plan, the Council's biggest budget request — and one that Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he has no intention of funding.

In a blow to the Cuomo administration — and a big win for the environmental community — the EPA has rejected almost all of the controversial funding approved by the Environmental Facilities Corp. for projects related to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge, deeming them ineligble for funding from revolving loan fund intended to pay for clean water initiatives.

While he did roll out 12 big initiatives, he was a little light on the details on some of them — especially when it comes to where, exactly, their funding will come from.

Funded by Big Lottery and Comic Relief it is part of the national Moving People initiative, which aims to stamp out discrimination towards people with mental health problems (see notes to editors).

Over the next few weeks the three parties will be getting round the table following on from an initiative by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, to discuss how we can change the way party funding works to try and get the big money out of politics.

Bringing IBM to Buffalo was one of the big projects funded by the Buffalo Billion, Governor Cuomo's signature initiative to revitalize Western New York's economy.

The European Commission (EC) is currently funding several projects intended «to explore the potential in Europe to develop a very big scientific initiative in this particular field,» says Andrés Moya, head of the Spanish Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology in Valencia.

The programme also deserves separate funding on a par with other «big science» initiatives such as space programmes, he said.

This year, the DFG will receive a hefty portion of the windfall from the government's sale of frequency bands to launch an initiative that could make a big difference to a few universities: a fund to establish or expand large research centers and help pay for their buildings, equipment, and salaries.

The awards total approximately $ 127 million and represents contributions from the NIH Common Fund; the National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; National Institute of Mental Health; and the Big Data to Knowledge initiative.

Finally, Dr. Amos is leading a T32 training grant funded by the Knowledge to Big Data initiative for training graduate students in biomedical data sciences.

The Time's Up initiative, unveiled on New Year's Day and signed on by 300 prominent Hollywood women, is designed to address gender inequity in the workplace and provide a legal defense fund for women who have suffered sexual harassment or assault, but its first big impact was seen at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony, where virtually every woman attending wore black..

However, she adds it doesn't have to be a system - level initiative - schools can develop individual relationships with universities that don't require a big funding commitment.

Nevada voters could be drawn into an all - out battle to decide how big a priority school funding should be if two initiatives to amend the state constitution find their way to the ballot.

The Every Student Succeeds Act creates an innovation fund to test, validate, replicate and scale evidence - based solutions to solve the big challenges students and schools face, and it allows school districts to invest their federal dropout prevention and student safety and health funds in «pay for success» initiatives in which districts pay for student services only if and when specified results are achieved.

Two of the biggest names in technology and education philanthropy are jointly funding a $ 12 million initiative to support new ways of tailoring classroom instruction to individual students.

House lawmakers unveiled a draft biennial budget Monday that includes pay raises for all teachers and a patchwork of funding initiatives aimed at improving leadership and instruction — but what's not in the budget is what some say will prove to be the biggest challenge ahead for North Carolina's classrooms.

The Pet Leadership Council is involving a growing number of concerned associations and companies willing to put aside parochial concerns in order to step back, look at the bigger picture of the industry as a whole and develop and fund meaningful initiatives and proactive campaigns to set the record straight.

Bilbray has also voted to continue granting billions in subsidies to Big Oil while cutting funds to important initiatives like the National Ocean Policy.

It is proposed that the money would come from central government and be administered by the Big Lottery Fund — the idea is that 90 % of the fund would be allocated to local authorities with the remaining 10 % going to national initiatiFund — the idea is that 90 % of the fund would be allocated to local authorities with the remaining 10 % going to national initiatifund would be allocated to local authorities with the remaining 10 % going to national initiatives.

Money seized from criminals in America will fund the biggest intelligence - sharing initiative of its kind, offering new strategies to companies to combat common types of online fraud like phishing to access personal data.

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«Bubup Wilam is a place of gathering and community engagement and this funding will enable the existing proven initiatives to be boosted and consolidated to provide a joined up approach that will make an even bigger difference in the lives of local children and their families,» Minister Wyatt said.

Big funding cuts and changing government policies have had an impact, and the head of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking initiative Professor Tom Calma has conceded Australia won't meet its target to halve 2008 Indigenous smoking levels by 2018.