Sentences with phrase «competitive research funding»

Her achievements include publishing 53 refereed articles in national and international journals (including 16 in 2016), and being awarded competitive research funding in excess of $ 20 million over the past five years, nearly half as Principal Investigator.

To assist faculty in securing competitive research funding, the OVPR has created a number of internal support programs:

Earlier this year, after what Morena calls «3 years of carrying on a project that almost nobody within the Spanish funding agencies believed in,» the gamble paid off when he received an award of $ 1 million from the European Research Council in a highly competitive research funding call.

Things started to change when, in 2005, the newly created French National Research Agency introduced short term, competitive research funding, in line with most other countries.

Not exact matches

The contracts include early - stage technology R&D (such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Cooperative R&D Agreements (CRADAs) and Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs); late - stage technology (such as the highly competitive Department of Defense (DoD) Rapid Innovation Fund); and commercial off - the - shelf technologies, such as one APC Member that sold its unique temperature - retention fabric to the Pepsi Corporation, after it was developed for the U.S. Army.

The Canada First Research Excellence Fund demonstrates a commitment to keeping Canada competitive in research and innovation in the global Research Excellence Fund demonstrates a commitment to keeping Canada competitive in research and innovation in the global research and innovation in the global economy.

Mutual Fund Monitor is published by Corporate Insight, Inc., a New York - based research and consulting firm that provides competitive intelligence and digital user experience research.

However, aside from some funding for science and research, the budget contained few measures meant to make Canadian businesses more competitive.

It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series of seminars and conferences convened by the ATS to discuss some of the results of this research and reflection.

The $ 17.6 million in grants are funded through a competitive process by NIFA's Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, according to a news release.

Using several dollar - matched funding schemes, we help Australian start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs) locate the right research expertise and capabilities to develop new products, improve processes and increase their competitive advantage.

• Converting a portion of current formula - based funding for agriculture and markets research, economic development, local government and juvenile detention programs into competitive, performance - based funding program.

The scheme failed to deliver the flexibility regional economies need to become more competitive the evidence, based on research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Bristol Universityresearch funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Bristol UniversityResearch Council (ESRC) at Bristol University, shows.

The money, administered by the New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research program, represents the first round of competitive awards since program funding was reinstated in 2013.

EPA's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, which funds competitive research grants and graduate fellowships, would be terminated across all four S&T research missions.

Federal funding of science and technology may fall short of what is needed to keep the U.S. research enterprise competitive, said AAAS CEO Rush Holt, but he also increasingly hears «concerns about what I would call an ongoing trend that goes back many years, even decades, where ideology and ideological assertions have been crowding out evidence in public and private debates and policymaking.»

Recent Activity RCP Assesses Mississippi Program's Novel Public Health and Community Engagement Partnership In March 2017, RCP conducted an assessment of the Mississippi IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) program, a five - year cycle - competitive $ 20 million NIH - funded program designed to enhance biomedical research capacity throughout thResearch Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) program, a five - year cycle - competitive $ 20 million NIH - funded program designed to enhance biomedical research capacity throughout thresearch capacity throughout the state.

The legislation also provided competitive funding for geothermal technologies, biomass research and development, and advanced battery manufacturing.

The new fund is the latest example of a large research program to serve national goals that is created outside the regular channel of competitive grants to individual scientists.

In one of the most competitive funding calls of European history, Moreno won an ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant, worth $ 1 million, to fund his research during the next 5 years.

To be competitive, I need a federally funded research grant to list alongside those publications in prestigious journals.

«In academia, you have to manage your research so you're competitive for the next funding round.

Furthermore, whereas French research groups traditionally have received national public funding mostly through their own research agency or university and through specific calls from French ministries, several national agencies have been set up to fund more research projects on a nationwide competitive basis, such as the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) or the Institut National du Cancer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on 3 Feb. that the White House will request a doubling of funding for competitive grants under the department's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in the president's FY 2017 budget, to be released next week.

It's all too easy to submit a proposal that goes over what budget would ever be funded, and so you need to pare down the scope of the project at an early stage in a way that keeps the research both interesting and competitive.

It is not uncommon now to find many academic research managers with a PhD because knowledge of the funding - and - research cycle is critical to meeting the needs of faculty in an increasingly complex and competitive funding environment.

«It is good that research budgets are less hit than other sectors, but the prior commitments of SFI [Science Foundation Ireland, a leading public - funding body], due to multiannual funding, suggest that we are in for 2 to 3 years of very limited opportunity for new competitive funding, so some excellent work will not be funded.»

NIFA replaces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, which distributes $ 200 million in competitive grants and about $ 280 million in «formula funding» to land - grant universities.

In addition, Shah might be able focus USDA on funding peer - reviewed, competitive research; the Gates Foundation is known for the rigor with which it reviews its grant applications.

The Farm Bill adds another $ 106 million annually of competitive funding for research into organic farming, biomass, and fruits and vegetables.

Since the 1940s, when the U.S. government began to invest seriously in civilian research, the work has been done largely at the nation's universities and paid for through competitive, temporary grants awarded to individual professors by federal funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Partly funded by NASA's EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), in partnership with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the NESSI instrument is located on the institute's 2.4 - meter Magdalena Ridge Observatory in Socorro County, N.M.

«One can only welcome the introduction of a competitive funding system,» says Valery Rubakov of the Russian Academy of Sciences» (RAS's) Institute for Nuclear Research.

The United States concentrates its civilian research in universities, with projects funded mainly by competitive grants awarded to individual faculty members.

Their research was funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovresearch was funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovResearch) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovoltaics.

Although this system is not perfect, it does promote excellent and competitive research and most groups manage to survive difficult funding periods by cutting down on staff.

The causes of such unpredictable results, Harris said, can include bad ingredients in the lab, including contaminated and misidentified cell lines; poor research design, including insufficient numbers of mice in animal studies; statistical error and overreach, including «HARKing» (hypothesizing after the results are known), a push beyond the limits of the data; and funding pressures, which can lead scientists to hype or exaggerate their results to remain competitive for additional grant money.

Furthermore, the extremely competitive nature of the job, and of research funding once they have the job, may be forcing early career scientists to play it safe, choosing research projects with a surer, shorter - term payoff instead of daring projects that may not pay off big in the longer term.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program 0852986, by a North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research award to Timothy Greives, and by The Max - Planck - Gesellschaft to Micharesearch was funded by the National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program 0852986, by a North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research award to Timothy Greives, and by The Max - Planck - Gesellschaft to MichaResearch Fellowship Program 0852986, by a North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research award to Timothy Greives, and by The Max - Planck - Gesellschaft to MichaResearch award to Timothy Greives, and by The Max - Planck - Gesellschaft to Michaela Hau.

After decades of flat funding, agricultural research seems to have caught the attention of U.S. policymakers, as Congress gave a 30 % boost to the main competitive grants program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), raising it to $ 263 million for 2010.

ERT, chaired by Leif Johansson, says cutting research funds will make Europe less competitive.

For nearly seven decades, federal agencies and many private funders have financed medical research through competitive grants to individual scientists who submit proposals for particular projects.

In the coming months, the government is expected to establish an agency akin to the U.S. National Science Foundation that will distribute research funds through competitive, peer - reviewed grants.

Maintaining one of NSF's goals of funding competitive research grants was a major priority.

«Any reduction in the funding to support excellent research will result in Europe having limited means to attract outstanding talent in a highly competitive global market.»

«It is disheartening to be at the start of what I hope will be a strong and successful scientific career and have to wonder if I will even get a job, be able to fund my research and have hope of being a competitive scientist.»

So how can Germany's publicly funded higher education system — which also accounts for most of the basic research — survive on a long - term basis while still maintaining excellence on a competitive level?

A preliminary analysis published yesterday by the Confederation of Spanish Scientific Societies (COSCE) here shows that out of the overall $ 7 billion announced, only $ 2.8 billion — up from last year's $ 2.6 billion — will feed the public research system with funding for research centers, competitive calls for research projects and scholarships, and support to infrastructure.

ACOST wants to replace the five existing research councils with two new ones and introduce a competitive market in government - funded research (see This Week, 28 November).

Funding for NEPAN has been provided through competitive research grants and various programs within the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the U.S. Navy's Living Marine Resources Program (LMR) and the Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (N45), with some funding provided by the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, and the NOAA Office of Protected ResFunding for NEPAN has been provided through competitive research grants and various programs within the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the U.S. Navy's Living Marine Resources Program (LMR) and the Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (N45), with some funding provided by the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, and the NOAA Office of Protected Resfunding provided by the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, and the NOAA Office of Protected Resources.