Sentences with phrase «directing federal research»

Climate skeptics focused on scientific illiterates like Al Gore and a recent graduate named Michael Mann, allowing real leaders of the climate movement, like NAS President — Climatologist Ralph Cicerone — to continue directing federal research funds to support an unannounced 1945 social geo - engineering experiment to save themselves and the world from possible nuclear annihilation.

DOE is responding to a February 2013 memo from the White House directing federal research agencies to come up with a plan for allowing free access to taxpayer - funded, peer - reviewed manuscripts within 12 months after the paper appears in a journal.

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct Federal research in fossil energy and to promote the development and demonstration of environmentally responsible coal and natural gas technologies, and for other purposes.

While there, he authored and directed a federal research grant that developed the outpatient program.

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Once research has been completed, and the decision to consolidate federal student loans with a Direct Consolidation Loan has been made, the actual process of consolidating is relatively simple.

«Reducing unnecessary spending allows the City to direct resources effectively and build larger reserves as New York City's economy shows signs of slowing and uncertainty remains around the future of federal funding,» wrote Riley Edwards, CBC research associate, in a blog post.

In February Bush directed heads of federal agencies to assist technological enterprise through a long - standing government - wide program that subsidizes private - sector research under the Small Business Administration.

Research and development (R&D) spending is mostly concentrated in six major spending bills that encompass programs in nine federal departments and at least nine other agencies, and includes both discretionary accounts — spending that Congress adjusts and allocates annually — and mandatory accounts — direct spending that has dedicated funding streams established by law.

Sharma and Allison close by noting that federal funding for cancer research has been «overwhelmingly directed toward genomically targeted therapies.»

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across KResearch Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kresearch innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

«One of the wise things about federal research policy since World War II is that it wasn't directed solely at conducting research but also at building capacity for research,» science and health policy journalist Daniel Greenberg says.

She directed policy responses to potential changes in state and federal legislation; coordinated interactions with the Food and Drug Administration; and researched the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of the DNA sequencing of newborn blood spots.

The UMI will provide oversight and guidance about how federal agencies, private foundations and commercial entities should direct funding for microbiome research.

Among its directives, the legislation will direct federal researchers to launch a «Manhattan Project» - type effort on all stem cell research.

«The folks here at the center do outstanding work and these federal funds will help them upgrade their biomedical infrastructure and continue cutting - edge research that is unlocking cures and improving treatment options,» said Reed, who as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has helped direct more than $ 47 million in fiscal year 2015 NIH funding to Rhode Island.

Federal research grants are highly desirable because they provide both «direct costs» for laboratory personnel, supplies, and equipment, as well as «indirect costs» to underwrite facility and administrative support functions essential to the conduct of research.

Despite the Federal Government's teacher education reforms and the push for evidence - based teaching, less than 2 % of ARC research funding is directed to educational research.

The Center conducts new research to identify problems or issues with educational policy or it's implementation, takes direct action to improve policy, and enhances the capacity of advocates to press for successful remedies at the local, state and federal levels.

Instructional Leadership, Defined Despite 30 years of research showing the direct and indirect impact school principals have on student achievement and school improvement, federal policy has largely overlooked the vital role of the principal as instructional leader.

As the Executive Director, he was responsible for the administration, development and implementation of all aspects of the statewide balanced assessment system, the state and federal accountability system, and providing strategic and direct oversight of grant - based and independent research and evaluation services for the department.

A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex - fuel Euro - 5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6 L...

From what I've researched, my best option is to consolidate all my federal loans from grad school and my FFEL Consolidation loan from undergrad into a direct consolidation loan, and that the entire balance would be eligible for PAYE and PSLF.

The crux of Bates» claim is that NOAA, the federal government's top agency in charge of climate science, published a poorly - researched but widely praised study with the political goal of disproving the controversial global warming hiatus theory, which suggests that global warming slowed down from 1998 until 2012 with little change in globally - averaged surface temperatures — a direct contrast to global warming advocates» claim that the earth's temperature has been constantly increasing.

He has been directing research and evaluation regarding energy efficiency and utilities for three decades, has been widely published, and has provided consultation to numerous states and the federal government.

Gray's crusade against global warming «hysteria» began in the early 1990s, when he saw enormous sums of federal research money going toward computer modeling rather than his kind of science, the old - fashioned stuff based on direct observation.

Prior positions include advising the University of California on federal energy and climate policy, directing research on low - carbon fuels and vehicles at UC Davis» Institute of Transportation Studies, and as an engineer and then manager for Ford Motor Company.

Subtitle D: Miscellaneous -(Sec. 751) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a cost - shared, public - private research partnership involving the federal government, railroad carriers, locomotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, and the Association of American Railroads to develop and demonstrate railroad locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of operation.

«Companies with a direct financial interest in climate and air - quality standards are funding environmental research that influences state and federal regulation and shapes public understanding of climate scientists,» Grijalva wrote to the presidents of seven universities housing supposedly skeptical scientists.

Whoever controls the US Federal Government purse strings has the power to direct the research budget.

According to the article, the direct benefit comes down to the creation of a federal Carbon Storage Research Corporation that is funded by per - kilowatt charges on electric bills instead of a tax on fossil fuel - burning utilities.

HB100: Calls for creation of industrial hemp research program to be administered by Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with a university; creation of the Industrial Hemp Commission to monitor the research program; directs the adoption of federal rules and regulations; establishes an «industrial hemp program fund» to offset costs.

«Grijalva wrote: «Companies with a direct financial interest in climate and air quality standards are funding environmental research that influences state and federal regulations and shapes public understanding of climate science.

H.R. 1622 — a bill that [directs] the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five - year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration; and (2) coordinate with the natural gas vehicle industry and with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding streamlining the certification of natural gas conversion systems to federal certification requirements and in - use emission standards.

The Bush administration has essentially buried this study by refusing to discuss it and has directed federal climate science program leaders in the agencies to refrain from any substantive reference to or use of the National Assessment in public statements, reports to Congress, and research planning.

Glen has also directed numerous research and training projects and has been awarded dozens of federal and state grants.

Research by Pew has found that, though most states fund at least one of the evidence - based models identified in the federal criteria, the majority do not direct their dollars toward proven home visiting programs.