Sentences with phrase «for pilot research»

The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) Foundation today announced it has awarded a $ 6,000 grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing for a pilot research study, Biobehavioral Effects of Therapy Dog Visitation in Elderly Intensive Care Unit Patients, to investigate how brief visits from therapy dogs can reduce stress in older intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

The group is seeking funds for pilot research involving 10 ships and 10,000 square kilometres of ocean.

Not exact matches

Scientific research financing body NWO has announced a pilot scheme to support young refugee scientists for a year.

In recent years, tech leaders have funded major projects in the space: Y Combinator Research piloted a program in Oakland that gave people $ 1,500 a month for a year, and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is funding a project in Stockton for working individuals.

Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or State departments of agriculture in states where hemp is legal to grow hemp for research or agricultural pilot pResearch, defines industrial hemp as distinct and authorizes institutions of higher education or State departments of agriculture in states where hemp is legal to grow hemp for research or agricultural pilot presearch or agricultural pilot programs.

In Washington state, the Industrial Hemp Research Pilot (IHRP) allows industrial hemp for research purposes only; commercial has not been made legal, however research may explore commercial viResearch Pilot (IHRP) allows industrial hemp for research purposes only; commercial has not been made legal, however research may explore commercial viresearch purposes only; commercial has not been made legal, however research may explore commercial viresearch may explore commercial viability.

In February 2014, the President of the United States signed the Agriculture Act of 2014, otherwise known as Farm Bill 2014 (refer to section 7606), to allow universities and state departments of agriculture to cultivate industrial hemp for research and pilot program purposes.

These questions are the same as those to which we have addressed ourselves in a five - year National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluation.)

Primarily, this investment will see a doubling of office space with increased storage facilities and the development of a new purpose - built laboratory for Research and Development (R&D) with three state - of - the - art pilot plants, which will test and trial pre - and post-treatment liquid and solid organic waste streams, to ensure optimal anaerobic digester performance.

Few food manufacturing facilities in the world compare to the Werribee pilot plant in size, expertise and extent of equipment and technologies available for industry and research.

These pilot programs were funded through the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom; along with SNF, the partners include the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), and National Education Association Health Information Network (NEAHIN), and funded by the Walmart Foundation.

While with Mathematica Policy Research, he wrote or contributed programming for U.S. Department of Agriculture reports on the participation trends and household characteristics of SNAP participants, and also worked on national evaluations of SNAP demonstration pilots and the Summer Food Service Program.

However, available research (e.g., waitlist - controlled pilot studies) suggests that behavioral / cognitive - behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective for treating SM.

We'd like to thank the schools and 6th Form Colleges for taking part in this pilot project and for their interest in our research.

When the idea was first piloted, research by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) found that 42 % of landlords would be unlikely to rent to people without a British passport and 25 % would be less likely to rent to someone with a foreign name or accent.

A whole secretariat was started, research was done, there were reports and there were pilot schemes for the National Health Insurance.

Current participants in the Industrial Hemp Agricultural Research Pilot Program rely heavily on imported hemp seeds, which are expensive and often poorly adapted for New York's agricultural environment.

ALBANY — The state has given permits to 62 additional farms and businesses — nine of them in the mid-Hudson — to participate in its pilot research program for industrial hemp.

«Our board asks our Planning Board attorney to begin researching — using the SEQRA framework — how to construct a findings statement that is conditional on no PILOT and full taxation for Park Point because adverse impacts can not be mitigated.»

Sen. Charles Schumer says Central New York could become a national research center for remotely - piloted aircraft if the FAA chooses the region as one of six national test sites.

This pilot research builds on an earlier study by Milovancev and collaborators that examined the ability of MRIs and CT angiograms to detect cancerous lesions related to FISS, and another study that looked at three methods for assessing margins for canine mast cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas.

«We're interested in determining patients» sleep patterns,» says John Kane, head of schizophrenia research at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y. Kane, who is conducting a Proteus - funded pilot study, says, «For certain mental illnesses, changes in sleep patterns are an early sign that an illness is accelerating.»

These training programs share features such as courses, seminars, and workshops focused on clinical and translational issues; access to specialized equipment and databases; mentorship from established clinical and translation scientists; and pilot funding for research projects.

To study how this can be done in practice, the commission proposes using a tool called Preparatory Action, essentially a pilot program funding collaborative defense research projects that paves the way for a fully - fledged military R&D component in future E.U. programs.

In a pilot study involving 13 patients with non-cardiac chest pain, Dr. Schey and his research team found that patients who were given 5 mg of dronabinol twice daily for four weeks fared better than patients who took a placebo, or dummy pill.

NIH also announced a plan to work with federally funded community health centers to find cohort volunteers from underserved groups; an ethics review board for the cohort study; and a pilot project to work with companies on apps for allowing people to share their data for research.

Now an international research consortium is planning a similar pilot scheme for Pompeii.

In countries participating in the pilot phase, such as Zimbabwe, this has already resulted in much better exchange of ideas, greater efficiency in finding partners for research, and an improved overview of scientific activities.

In order to better understand how to screen pilots and their supporting units for mental health concerns, Wayne Chappelle, chief of aerospace psychology at the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, has conducted research on the potential psychological issues faced by drone operators.

Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brown University and the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology in Providence, Rhode Island, directs the pilot clinical trial of the BrainGate system and is a study co-author.

It was announced last month that the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is to extend its Training and Accreditation Programme for Postgraduate Supervisors (TAPPS), which has run as a pilot scheme for the last 3 years at the Institute of Animal Health, to universities and institutes throughout the UK.

But interest appears to be growing, and thanks to the work of an enthusiastic advocate, ecologist Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, the Dutch parliament adopted a motion last year asking the country's main funding agency, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), to set up a SOFA pilot project.

Caron - Beaudoin and Verner have applied for funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to conduct a major study of 100 pregnant women, using the same research methodology as in their piloResearch to conduct a major study of 100 pregnant women, using the same research methodology as in their piloresearch methodology as in their pilot study.

The pilot project established a comprehensive scientific and technological roadmap to serve as the basis for the research agenda of the GRAPHENE Flagship — covering electronics, spintronics, photonics, plasmonics and mechanics, and supporting areas such as graphene production and chemistry.

The group has set up pilot screening programmes for cystic fibrosis, and in its first three years it has spent about $ 10 million on research into issues that surround testing, such as its psychological impact and who should have access to the results.

To demonstrate the danger and the possible solution, scientists of the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining, the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU, Bilbao) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) constructed a pilot plant for degassing.

To reduce the potential for racial bias, NIH also plans a pilot project that will test peer review of research proposals that have been made anonymous.

Francis Collins, the physician - scientist perhaps best known for piloting the Human Genome Project, is stepping down as director of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Bethesda, Maryland.

The pilot program will include specimens from babies whose parents have given permission for the blood samples to be used for research.

If there are conflicting / competing requests for access to services, priority will be given to Research Components and Pilot Projects directly supported by the P50.

The Australian CO2 mineral carbonation research pilot plant will be established at the University of Newcastle to trial a new technology that transforms captured CO2 emissions into forms of carbonate rock for potential use as new green building materials in the construction industry.

Afolabi MO, Bojang K, D'Alessandro U, Imoukhuede EB, Ravinetto MR, Larson JH, McGrath N, Chandramohan D. Multimedia informed consent tool for a low literacy African research population: Development and pilot - testing.

Work in the center will expand upon earlier pilot research to help determine best practices for improving asthma outcomes among high - risk children with asthma and ensure long - term program sustainability.

Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) has been involved for more than 25 years with issues regarding the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

Seed Money for Translational Pilot Projects Charis Eng, MD, PhD, Chair, Genomic Medicine Institute, advises all faculty that the Cleveland Clinical and Translational Sciences Collaborative (CTSC) and the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, will provide seed money to faculty in multidisciplinary programs for Pilot Projects that will lead to effi cient use of resources and support of inter-institutional, clinical translational research in the City of Cleveland.

East Hanover, NJ — February 6, 2018 — Lauren Strober, PhD, senior research scientist in Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a pilot grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) for $research scientist in Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a pilot grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) for $Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a pilot grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) for $ 44,000.

The National Institutes of Health, the Silveri Memorial Fund for DES Research, the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholar Award and the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center Pilot Project Award provided funding for the survey.

Jingchun Chen (Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) received a UNLV IDeA Pilot Grant in the amount of $ 69,300 for her pilot study to develop a cellular model of microglia for schizophrenia resePilot Grant in the amount of $ 69,300 for her pilot study to develop a cellular model of microglia for schizophrenia resepilot study to develop a cellular model of microglia for schizophrenia research.

Following a pilot phase carried out during FP7, institutions in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia will be able to apply for support (up to $ 2.5 million for up to 5 years) to establish European Research Area Chairs and appoint professors - level scientists, employ people to join their team, and improve research conditions more broadly within their instiResearch Area Chairs and appoint professors - level scientists, employ people to join their team, and improve research conditions more broadly within their instiresearch conditions more broadly within their institutions.

We believe pilot facility projects calls are an important source for new technologies and the management group is discussing with universities and the national board about the possibility of arranging a new joint pilot technology / facility call during 2018, which hopefully could also be open to the rest of the Swedish research community.