Sentences with phrase «collaborative funding initiative»

This collaborative funding initiative, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, honors Martin Delaney (1945 - 2009), who was the Founding Director and public voice of Project Inform, one of the nation's oldest and best - known non-profit foundations working in AIDS.

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He appealed for additional funding for three programs and initiatives he said could accomplish that: Teacher's Choice, the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools.

The City Council declined to allocate funding for the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint initiative of the union and the DOE that supports schools in creating a positive learning environment.

In addition to running his own lab, he directs the Applied Neurotherapeutic Research Group, a collaborative research initiative funded jointly by SFI and Wyeth, to understand the molecular underpinnings of changes in behavior and to identify new drug targets for diseases such as schizophrenia.

Thanks to a National Science Foundation — funded initiative called the iPlant Collaborative, for example, there's an emerging generation of data - analyzing «plant biologists» who have never gotten their hands dirty digging in soil or watering seeds.

Set up around 2007, the initiatives have been slammed for having complex rules and procedures, but the funding boost is a testament to the participants» overall satisfaction with this collaborative model.

The researchers studied how diabetes care changed at 17 Midwestern FQHCs that participated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Health Disparities Collaboratives — a national, federally funded quality - improvement initiative launched in 1998.

Funding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from disFunding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from disfunding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discovery.

KidsMatter Primary is a collaborative initiative between beyondblue, the Australian Psychological Society and Principals Australia Institute, with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and beyondblue.

She created the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative education reform projects developed by members and their local unions.

In September 2008, Weingarten led the development of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members and their local unions to strengthen our public schools.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

Leading Charlotte foundations formed a funding collaborative to support a five - year district turnaround initiative to dramatically improve educational outcomes for students in the West Charlotte High School corridor, one of the city's lowest - performing feeder zones.

This Measures of Success framework serves several functions: it tells a story about the systems - level work to better serve children and youth across multiple initiatives, it provides accessible information that can be used to inform cabinet - level conversations and discussions with potential partners and funders, and it can trigger conversations and collaborative action to improve capacity to use data for effective decision - making.

Presenting Organizations Charter Board Council of New Orleans / / Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools / / Young Leadership Council / / Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans / / Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools / / Bureau of Governmental Research / / Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives / / Black Alliance for Educational Options / / New Orleans Chamber of Commerce / / Urban League of Greater New Orleans / / Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN) / / EngageNOLA / / New Schools for New Orleans / / Neighborhood Partnership Network / / Algiers Economic Development Foundation / / New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce / / Puentes New Orleans / / Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training / / Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of LA / / NOLA Parent Organizing Network / / Greater New Orleans Education Foundation / / United Negro College Fund / / Baptist Community Ministries

The project is an initiative of the School Finance Research Collaborative, a statewide, bipartisan and diverse group of business leaders and education experts who agree it's time to reexamine how we fund Michigan's public schools.

The project is an initiative of the School Finance Research Collaborative, a bipartisan and diverse group of business leaders and education experts from Metro Detroit to the U.P. who are leading efforts to reexamine school funding in the state.

With expanded state funding through the Colorado Empowered Learning initiative, iLearn Collaborative provides needed and affordable training to educators and offers complimentary advisory services for up to 25 Colorado school districts every year.

Dr. Cairns is coordinator of the Nexus Network, an interdisciplinary initiative funded by the ESRC bringing together researchers, policy makers, business leaders and civil society to develop collaborative projects and improve decision making on food, energy, water and the environment.

Lappé is also the founder of the Small Planet Institute and Fund with her mother Frances Moore Lappé and currently co-directs Real Food Media, a collaborative initiative for storytelling.

As part of a larger collaborative practice and research initiative, the authors are undertaking research on a pilot project funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario on the use of Views of the Child Reports.

She directs the New Americans Campaign (NAC), a national initiative for which the ILRC serves as the lead agency, which brings together national and local organizations in partnership with a funder collaborative to increase naturalization among eligible lawful permanent residents.

This book was one of six key volumes produced alongside more than 100 additional scholarly articles generated by Dr. Kerr and his research team as part of a four - year, four - million - dollar SSHRC - funded major collaborative research initiative known as «The ID Trail» project.

Purpose: To fund projects to build infrastructure capacity to support collaborative initiatives between child welfare and early childhood systems to maximize enrollment, attendance, and supports of infants and young children who are in foster care into comprehensive, high - quality early care and education programs.

The initiative aimed to offer a flexible and collaborative approach to service delivery, and to assist families with accessing available rebates via Medicare, ATAPS and private health funding.

The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) is a federally - funded initiative that supports and promotes interdisciplinary practice and collaborative care between practitioners working in primary mental health care.

She previously directed the Supporting Healthy Marriage project, a federally funded evaluation of interventions aimed at improving child well - being by strengthening the relationships of married couples; the Next Generation project, a collaborative, multidisciplinary initiative to study welfare - reform programs» impacts on the well - being of children and families; and the evaluations of the Minnesota Family Investment Program and the Parents» Fair Share demonstration.

The funding supports initiatives that strengthen parental engagement with children's preschool education and develop collaborative partnerships with families and communities.

Invest in US partners supporting the Early Learning Communities initiative include the Alliance for Early Success; The BUILD Initiative; the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative; Early Childhood - LINC at the Center for the Study of Social Policy; The National Association of Counties; the National Governors Association; the National Institute for Early Education Research; The National League of Cities, The Ounce of Prevention Fund, and The U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The preparation of this paper was supported by the Excellence in Research in Early Years Education Collaborative Research Network, an initiative funded through the Australian Government's Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) program.