Sentences with phrase «for research and innovation»

The new projects receive an EU contribution of about $ 119.4 million for research and innovation on circular economy, climate services, nature - based solutions or raw materials.

Radvilaite added that public support for research and innovation activities will be critical in the future as wind energy is strategically important to helping the EU achieve 2020 climate goals and transform its energy market by mid-century.

• ERA4CS: Have your say: Future directions for research and innovation supporting climate services, Roger Street, University of Oxford with contribution of JPI - Climate — presentation pdf

The report describes how India, despite its poverty, has moved ahead with an initiative for raising money for energy research that the United States — thanks to a lack of leadership, congressional polarization and fear of anything remotely resembling a tax — has so far been unable to do: India has created a National Clean Energy Fund for research and innovation financed by a levy of $ 1.10 (U.S.) per metric ton of mined or imported coal.

Obama clearly picked up on bipartisan interest in eliminating distorting energy subsidies, but sadly targeted only oil subsidies in seeking the billions he wants for research and innovation.

Under the presidency of Netherlands State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker, the EU ministers responsible for research and innovation decided unanimously to take these significant steps.

FET Flagships represent a new model for research and innovation in Europe: they are large scale, long term, science - driven and roadmap - based initiatives that are supposed to have the potential to bring transformational impact on science and technology, as well on economy and society at large.

The study was financed with grants from the Swedish Brain Fund, the Swedish Research Council and Horizon 2020 (the EU framework programme for research and innovation).

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced yesterday that he will nominate Máire Geoghegan - Quinn as the European Union's new commissioner for research and innovation.

The European Commission's next ambitious funding program for research and innovation will start taking shape this year.

Her words came 2 days before the European Commission presents a green paper on future European Union funding for research and innovation and much of Geoghegan - Quinn's speech hinted at potentially radical changes ahead for the scientific community.

The report was requested by the Spanish government and assembled «by a peer - review panel of the European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC), chaired by Luke Georghiou, vice president for research and innovation at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.»

Leszek Borysiewicz, chief executive of the United Kingdom's Medical Research Council, which is providing the majority of the funding for the # 600 million - plus facility, in a statement today calls the 61 - year - old biologist «an inspirational leader with the drive to cultivate a unique environment for research and innovation.»

NSF Director Subra Suresh and Máire Geoghegan - Quinn, European commissioner for research and innovation, signed the deal here this morning at the Euroscience Open Forum.

University research administrators can also be rainmakers, says Don Gerhart, associate vice president for research and innovation at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

The European Parliament has formally approved Horizon 2020, the European Union's funding program for research and innovation for 2014 through 2020.

Smits will be remembered as an advocate for larger science budgets and as one of the architects of Horizon 2020 — the European Union's 7 - year, $ 80 billion funding program for research and innovation, which started in 2014.

Nonetheless, Robert - Jan Smits, the European Commission's director - general for research and innovation, «hopes the European Union's ministers will adopt the 2020 target when they meet next month, along with other measures to promote data sharing,» Enserink wrote.

To the European Commission, Green and Gold both are acceptable, says Robert - Jan Smits, director - general for research and innovation.

An accompanying «pact for research and innovation» guarantees 3 percent increases for Germany's nonuniversity research institutes, including the Max Planck Society, through 2010.

The Irish minister for research and innovation, Sean Sherlock, says that research will deliver jobs and major economic and societal benefits: «Today we are sending out a major positive signal that, despite our status as an E.U. / IMF program country, we are still investing smartly and significantly in research talent.»

«Researchers at the University of Oregon are using tools and technologies to yield critical insights into complex scientific questions,» said Kimberly Andrews Espy, vice president for research and innovation and dean of the UO Graduate School.

Presentations from Lidia Borrell - Damian, director for research and innovation at the European University Association, and Vincent Mignotte of ABG - L'intelli» agence in France, offered statistics showing a 50 % to 100 % increase in the number of Ph.D. s undertaken in Europe over the past decade.

Some of the courses at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering include 3D printing, said Kurt Becker, the school's vice dean for research and innovation.

Chicago, April 9, 2006 — The Ontario government is building more prosperity for families by helping to expand the MaRS Discovery District, a world - class centre for research and innovation in Toronto, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today.

Instead, they offer piece meal «nickel and dime» strategies including cutting small business taxes (not helpful)-RRB-, providing renovation tax credits in the future (definitely not helpful), extending accelerated depreciation on business investment (hasn't helped so far), and new incentives for research and innovation (very expensive incentives already exist).

Not exact matches

Bridging the gap from research and development to commercialisation is the biggest hurdle for Australian innovation.

But for Boeing in particular, growth brings innovation, supported by the company's $ 6 billion budget for research and development.

Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University; a fellow at the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University; director of research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory Uniresearch at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory UniResearch Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory University.

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

Weingarten cautions against equating R&D spending too closely with innovation, noting that many oil and gas companies fare poorly under such measurements because of Statistics Canada's criteria for research spending, but still frequently develop new methods and ideas.

And with more and more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not leAnd with more and more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not leand more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not less.

But leaders of many small companies believe innovation is just for big companies that employ scientists and have large research and development departments.

Here's what Curry and the Globe shared from the conclusion of the final report on the focus groups: «When asked, there was strong support for the government offering subsidies to support innovation, rather than providing tax cuts or investments, particularly for smaller organizations,» states the final report summarizing the research.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

She had to answer for the cancellation of two gas plants that will cost an estimated $ 1.1 billion, a criminal probe into the questionable business dealings of the province's Ornge air ambulance service and a multimillion - dollar decision to bail out the MaRS innovation and research complex in Toronto.

Open Innovations and the associated Skolkovo Innovation Center, a massive high tech research campus and home for startups and industry just outside of Moscow proper, was developed with the help of Russia's Medvedev, who has taken on the development of Russia's technology and innovation economies as something of a pet project.

This country is very much the leader in research, design and innovation for hardware, whether you're talking about autonomous vehicles or consumer electronics.»

«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

Research and Development: Though engineers are not known for their wit, a little comedy opens the door to creativity, facilitating product innovation and problem - solving.

Unfortunately, that's the very nature of research: despite efforts to accelerate innovation, basic research takes as long as ever because of the thoroughness, rigorous testing, and extended time required for commercialization.

The labs of large, multinational companies and academic research efforts at major universities or governments are great at churning out innovations that become the basis for startups.

We value innovation, both in scientific research and daily operations, and strive to cultivate a collaborative work environment for more than 6,250 employees worldwide.

Richard Dixon, executive director of the Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment, doesn't agree with de Bever's ominous price prediction, but he welcomes the interest in innovation by institutional investors.

UCI's unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting - edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

Besides running USC's division of cardiology, Dr. Saxon is the executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing, a digital health innovation and research center.

With 80 per cent of Nova Scotia's publicly funded research, and as one of Canada's leading universities for industry collaboration, we're helping generate the talent, discoveries and innovations that will shape Atlantic Canada's future.

As managing director, Kirsten is responsible for inspiring innovation within the 2700 - strong Canadian development organization, managing SAP's four research and development hubs across Canada.

Canada's strengths — and there are many — seem to be overshadowed by relatively low performance in many policy areas that likely influence innovation, ranging from access to markets and competitive environment, to regulation, taxes, intellectual property rights, and governments» own often diffuse support for research and development.

The research found that new digital innovations in banking could bring significant cost reductions for global banks, alongside increased customer satisfaction and financial inclusion for unbanked populations in emerging markets.