Sentences with phrase «for significant additional funding»

Many scientists who have received this early funding for their work in the past have used it to advance their research to stages where they have become eligible for significant additional funding from national, state and private organizations.

Not exact matches

Living Goods began, in 2008, as a partnership with BRAC to operate a network of CHPs in Uganda, and in 2009 launched a directly - managed network of CHPs using the same model.42 Living Goods has provided both technical and financial support, totaling over $ 2 million, to BRAC for the CHP program.43 BRAC has 128 branches with active CHPs in Uganda, but only 24 of these branches currently receive significant funding from Living Goods and have additional features, such as incentive payments for CHPs and a higher number of CHPs per branch.44

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These TV ads will educate New Yorkers and the State legislators who serve them that it has never been more important for Albany to provide significant additional health care funding in the State budget.»

Mahoney said she convinced Gov. Andrew Cuomo to provide significant state funding for a sports stadium that would anchor a new neighborhood with 1 million square feet of additional private development in the Kennedy Square area.

Most of the major divisions of the Council will see a significant increase in funding to account for additional staffing.

Smith has also suggested additional scrutiny for science grants from the National Science Foundation, which provides significant funding for climate research.

«We have made significant progress towards fairer funding for schools, through an additional # 390m allocated to 69 of the least fairly funded areas in the country - the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years.»

The 2016 budget announcement reveals an increase in spending for schools, but even this comes with significant changes to the way in which schools qualify for additional funds.

For the entire class, there is a significant new right in the form of additional funding.

Property values fell sharply after the recession hit, making it difficult for local school districts to raise significant additional revenue through the property tax to make up for cuts in state funding.

Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer in the Green Room of the White House for nearly 30 minutes, Obama said that additional funding tied to significant reforms — including a longer school year and lifting teaching as a profession — is a much - needed fix.

Only a few have made sustained efforts at capacity building (such as Missouri «s 1993 Outstanding Schools Act provided funding for a state - wide teacher professional development system, or New Jersey «s provision of significant additional resources to high poverty «Abbott» school districts).

These metrics could include demonstrating that the state provides the vast majority of funding to low - income schools and allocates significant additional funds for students who are low income, English language learners, or have special needs.

«If the California budget is able to include additional funding for refugee services, it would be a significant help to the families we serve now, and those we'll serve in the future,» O'Neil said.

TCTA pointed to the significant research based supporting the effectiveness of quality mentoring programs in retaining teachers and contributing to student success in advocating that state support of local school district quality mentoring programs be added as an additional strategy for state use of Title II funds.

He spoke out against the governor's successful push to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights, and Evers has also advocated for significant increases in school funding — both by increasing state aid to schools and by allowing local school districts to raise additional revenue through property taxes.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. — HOPE Christian Schools has received a significant investment from the Drexel Fund for additional growth and expansion in Milwaukee and Racine.

However, Canadians already have significant holdings in local markets through index funds, ETFs, mutual funds or direct stock holdings and need to calibrate their allocation to Canadian equities to account for the additional exposure through VEU, which at present is 5.5 %.

But the fact is that contributing long - term appreciated securities doesn't require much additional effort, especially if you do it with a donor - advised fund, and the tax savings can be really significant for you as well as beneficial to the charities you support.»

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Additional funding was also provided through SLCoAS 501c3 affiliate, Utah FACES whose «sponsor a kennel» program and other fundraising events have been a significant source of support for all lost and abandoned pets at the shelter.

But the few companies which do allocate additional funds for digital transformation in their legal departments are aim - ing to increase their legal budget by quite significant 18.9 %.

«I think it's important that we take a deep breath and just acknowledge that whilst we've signed an agreement for additional support for our hospitals and that's significant, hundreds of millions of dollars today in extra funding for say Victorian hospitals does not replace billions of dollars that have been taken away from Victorian hospitals.

The final 2018 budget also included significant funding increases for the Child Care Block Grant and community health centers, as well as an additional four years of reauthorization for the state Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).