Sentences with phrase «competitive research group»

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Earlier this week, a Washington - based research group, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, and two U.S. representatives called on Illinois to choose competitive bidding to save money.

This is a «clear case why taxpayers should demand competitive bidding and an open contracting process,» said Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

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.

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.

We are united by a shared vision — to train, to mentor, and to inspire a diverse group of students from a wide range of cultural and academic backgrounds into competitive graduate training programs and professional research - based careers.

It also facilitates collaboration between research groups at the involved universities and strengthens Swedish research and makes it more competitive internationally», said Göran Sandberg, Chair of the SciLifeLab board.

The IMSD program offers an opportunity to develop new or expand existing effective academic developmental programs, including student research assistantships, in order to prepare students from underrepresented groups for competitive research careers and leadership positions in the biomedical sciences.

He has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University, on the Chemical Reviews Editorial Advisory Board, the Governor's Mathematics and Science Advisory Board for South Carolina, the Defense Science Study Group through the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Defense Science Board Chem / Nano Study Section, the Department of Commerce Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee and the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center's Competitive Grant Renewal Board.

The School Finance Research Collaborative, a broad - based, bipartisan group of business and education experts from metro Detroit to the U.P., applauds Grand Rapids philanthropist Jim Brooks and other business leaders for proposing ways to prepare Michigan students for the competitive 21st century workforce.

The first is to advance the theory and research on social interdependence (i.e., cooperative, competitive, individualistic efforts) and constructive conflict among individuals, groups, organizations, communities, cultures, and countries.

Each of the three groups of teams have differing resources resulting in Renault, Sauber and Manor being initially off the pace and having a much lower research and development budget to improve the performance of their cars, while Force India, Toro Rosso, McLaren Honda and Haas all have competitive cars and high research and development costs to help them push onto the next level of performance.

Mr. McKitrick says he was paid $ 1,000 by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free - market research and lobbying group, and had his travel costs picked up by another lobby group.

Sen. Boxer — Time TBD — Hoover Institution, Reason Foundation, Pacific Research Institute Sen. Coons — Time TBD (or Monday)-- Group TBD Sen. Schatz — 5 pm — Center for Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Heartland Institute Sen. Franken — 5:15 pm — Heritage Foundation Sen. Warren — 5:30 pm — Science and Public Policy Institute Sen. Heinrich — 5:45 pm — American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Shaheen — 6 pm — Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy and Environmental Legal Institute Sen. Reed — around 6 pm — SEC climate change disclosures and the dangers of climate change denial from a national security perspective Sen. Markey — 6 pm to 6:30 pm — Acton Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Lexington Institute, Global Climate Coalition Sen. Peters — 6:30 pm — Cato Institute Sen. Blumenthal — Time TBD — Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Whitehouse — Time TBD — The Advancement of Sound Science Center, Chamber of Commerce, Committee for Constructive Tomorrow, Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity, James Madison Institute, John Locke Foundation, Locke Institute

Adam sets direction for practice group - and industry - driven strategies, public relations, client interviews, brand management, advertising, competitive intelligence, and market research.

«From our extensive research and understanding of the Indian market, we found out that our target audience is looking at not just a price competitive nice phone but one that demonstrates best in class quality and a premium experience,» said Allen Wang, president of consumer business group, Huawei India.

Chicago, IL Assistant Account Executive, Media Group • Pitched media and secured placements, including Fox News Channel, USA Weekend and WebMD • Arranged television live shots and in - studio morning show segments for clients and special events • Wrote pre-event and post-event media reports for clients • Assisted special event planning and execution for health care and local non-profit clients • Created extensive media lists for health care client pitches and updated PCI media contacts database • Monitored media for client news placements, competitive research purposes and key media targets

Before joining Deloitte, he was the head of marketing strategy in the institutional advisory group Morgan Stanley Investment Management and spent more than nine years leading the global market research and competitive intelligence function at S&P.