Sentences with phrase «boosting research spending»

The government has promised to boost research spending, improve education and upgrade infrastructure.

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The South Korean group plans to spend the $ 3.1 billion to retool existing factories in the United States and boost research on self - driving cars, artificial intelligence and other future technologies, Chung said.

Increased corporate spending on programs to improve employee focus has helped boost an industry that research firm IBISWorld values at $ 1.1 billion in the U.S. App - based training is bringing the practice to an even broader audience.

Basic and applied research would increase by 2.6 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively, both slightly ahead of inflation; development spending would grow by even more due to large proposed boosts for Department of Defense development activities (see graph at right).

Toss in some energy and innovation research and fuel it all with the largest boost in R&D spending in recent history.

So far, though, Senate appropriators have allocated greater fiscal 2018 spending levels than their House counterparts for such science programs as the Energy Department's Office of Science, which is the nation's largest provider of funding for basic research in the physical sciences, and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, which seeks to advance technology for water and geothermal power and boost energy efficiency in manufacturing.

Restoration of ARPA - E spending provides an early sign that Senate appropriators are more willing to boost science spending levels and undo or limit the impact of some of the reductions included in the White House's fiscal 2018 budget proposal for the nation's research and development enterprise.

The Lisbon Agenda, a plan laid out in the Portuguese capital in 2000 to boost Europe's economy by 2010, makes research a key driver for growth, calling on member countries to spend 3 % of their gross national products on research and development — half from industry and half from government sources.

Pandemic fears boost spending on flu research.

Trump's modified proposal for 2019 would boost spending across the NSF's seven research directorates by 2 %, to $ 6.151 billion.

The chairman of the House panel, Representative John Culberson (R — TX), has told his colleagues repeatedly that boosting NSF's research account is one of his top priorities if Congress approves a new spending agreement that boosts both civilian and military spending.

DOE's basic research wing, the Office of Science, gets a 16 % boost, to $ 6.26 billion, in a 2018 omnibus spending bill passed by Congress this week.

As anyone who follows biomedical science knows, research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has fallen significantly since 2010 — the end of the abrupt 2 - year infusion of «stimulus» money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which temporarily boosted spending.

Only $ 100 million of the president's proposed $ 325 million boost for the office's six major research areas comes from mandatory spending.

The measure could boost federal spending for science research, but tough decisions about how to divvy it up are still to come.

Overall, two - thirds of next year's proposed $ 6 billion increase in overall federal research spending — a 4 % boost to $ 152 billion — would come from mandatory sources.

Congress is on track to increase federal spending for research and development programs by at least $ 3.1 billion in fiscal 2017 over the previous year, a noteworthy boost at a time when overall federal discretionary spending is slated to remain flat, according to AAAS» latest analysis of federal spending programs.

The 2018 spending bill approved by Congress this week gives a slight but meaningful boost to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) research accounts — including its competitive grants program for universities and other institutions.

That's what House Democrats, science lobbyists, and officials at the National Science Foundation (NSF) may want to ask themselves as they attempt to salvage the 5 - year, $ 82 - billion reauthorization to boost spending for research, education, and innovation at NSF and two other science agencies.

It also proposes increased spending to improve the country's manufacturing technologies, agriculture and food research, and would boost private sector R&D using a tax credit.

The deal increased 2016 spending by $ 50 billion and gave some significant boosts to research funding, but required keeping 2017 discretionary spending flat.

Many liberals share those concerns about privacy and also fear that research aimed at boosting efficiency could be used to justify reducing government spending on many social programs.

An Australian advisory panel is suggesting sweeping changes to the nation's biomedical research programs in order to better link science to health care — along with a hefty spending boost.

You'll need to discuss these options carefully with your supervisor, but the placements are intended to boost research, so he or she may be receptive to the idea of you spending some time in a group with complementary interests.

The new budget plan, which is expected to be rubber - stamped later this month by the Parliament, boosts federal spending by 5 % for three of Germany's major research and granting institutions: the Max Planck Society; the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany's basic research granting agency; and a bit more for the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft applied science agency.

A panel chaired by two former prime ministers recommends spending more than $ 20 billion on boosting research, higher education, innovation, and technology.

In the end, thanks to the recent budget deal that lifted federal discretionary spending caps, NOAA was granted an overall funding boost, which trickled down to core research as well as key satellite development funding.

The House Committee on Appropriations» version of the so - called energy and water bill for fiscal year 2016, which begins 1 October, would boost spending by 0.6 % for DOE's basic research arm, the Office of Science, to $ 5.10 billion.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) applauds Congress for its bipartisan support of the omnibus spending bill that significantly boosts our nation's investment in biomedical research.

Just spend a little time learning about the science, so you can best tailor your nutrition and exercise plan to take advantage of the recent research breakthroughs and boost your NAD +.

As someone who used to catch every bug that came around, I've spent most of my 15 - year career in the natural health industry actively researching ways to boost my immune system.

The initiative also would have provided college scholarships to more students and boosted state spending on research at the University of Washington and Washington State University by up to $ 100 million a year.

Texas should boost how much it spends on students learning English to better ensure they get an adequate education and improve achievement gaps, according to a report from the San Antonio - based Intercultural Research Development Association released at a symposium Monday at Our Lady of the Lake University.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

Others wonder why the energy industry only spends a fraction of what the high - tech industry does on research and development — and want to rapidly boost our investments in such research and development.