We are raising money to strengthen our efforts and in future aim to
fund research towards new treatments.
Not exact matches
By conducting
research on the flow of capital into off - grid energy systems in Canada, they will use these findings to propose strategies for diverting
funds towards long - term economic and clean power in these regions.
Speakers I found especially engaging included: Louise Fresco, who presented the keynote on future trends in food including tailored nutrition and food printing and the simultaneous challenge of sufficient calories in the developing world, and adequate nutrition in the developed world; and Simon Costa who developed and distributed a micro hermetic silo for grain storage reminding us that
funding is mainly directed
towards researching increased agricultural production while post-harvest losses go unaddressed.
Part of an Australian
Research Council
funded study titled Being and becoming musical:
towards a cultural ecological model of early musical development, the study aims to provide a comprehensive account of how Australian families use music in their parenting practices and make recommendations for policy and practice in childcare and early learning and development.
As public sector prisons move
towards the thin staffing level model of profit - making institutions, with their high turnover of personnel who are less connected to their occupation, a study
funded by the Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) warns of a potentially detrimental impact on prison quality.
That much has been demonstrated by
research showing that while the public has little knowledge of the British party
funding system, its ignorance is no barrier to hostility
towards the system.
Research for the Centre for Policy Studies by Conservative MP Philip Dunne has revealed how Gordon Brown has used his control of the nation's purse strings to tilt the growth of
funding towards urban Britain - much of it Labour's heartlands.
The SusWEF Center,
funded through the NSF EPSCoR program, focuses on
research towards the sustainable use of chemical catalysis for water treatment and for the conversion of biomass to simple chemicals — including for crop production.
There also seems to be a trend
towards research councils looking to
fund ideas that may not strictly fit in, as long as they are great.
This study was performed in partnership with the POLARIS program, a strategic national program
funded by A * STAR to translate local
research findings
towards «fit - for purpose» applications that improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in Singapore.
As a result, said Cracraft, a large part of the $ 3 billion annual
fund must go
towards training scientists, developing collections and databases for reference, and creating
research facilities in these countries.
«The hazard ranking of plastic within policy about debris needs to be reassessed, and
funding from industry, not just government, [needs to be] directed
towards research that adequately tests the safety of plastics in relation to humans and wildlife,» Browne says.
In China,
research is increasingly directed
towards «serving economic development,» and as a result, it is hard to get
funding for pure science
research.
We are also pleased to see a budget deal that commits to at least a $ 2 billion
funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to reclaim America's leadership in cancer
research and continue building on our tremendous progress
towards understanding, preventing, and treating cancer.
Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
About the SMA Foundation Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment and cure for spinal muscular atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
Tarne demonstrates that
funding has moved from grants directed primarily
towards embryonic stem cell
research toward primarily ethical stem cells
research — which has been the only stem cell
research to date to result in positive treatments for illnesses.
About the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
Brightfocus has generously
funded our laboratory
research over the last several years, allowing us to make significant progress
towards the goal of developing a novel type of glaucoma therapy.
The goal for the near future is to align ever more of the
research community and its
funding institutions with this goal, and make real progress
towards bringing an end to the pain, suffering, and disease of aging.
Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
STFC's IAA provides flexible
funding directly to the
research organisation's Knowledge Exchange / Technology Transfer Office to support STFC -
funded academics to take their ideas
towards application through activities not currently supported by other STFC
funding mechanisms.
New models championed by not - for - profits like the Cancer
Research Institute can lead the way
towards a systemic change in
funding structures that more efficiently capitalize on the phenomenal discoveries taking place in both the lab and the clinic.
Patients» organizations from Europe (represented by EURORDIS) and beyond will be invited as a key partner
towards collaborative efforts for
research promotion and
funding.
Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment and cure for spinal muscular atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
Founded in 2003, the SMA Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
About The SMA Foundation Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress
towards a treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted
funding of clinical
research and novel drug development efforts.
The Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR)
funded a recent study to help develop guidelines for marijuana use in Canada, where they are moving
towards legalization.
We all know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as it reaches its end don't forget to think pink and do your part to help the cause by investing in a few beauty and fashion products geared
towards funding breast cancer
research.
The Holiday Activities and Food
Research Fund will go
towards exploring how best to help the most disadvantaged children to benefit from healthy meals and enriching activities.
Despite a greater share of
funding proposed to be allocated to disadvantaged pupils, the
research finds that the overall impact of redistributing the schools budget results in shifting
funding away from the most disadvantaged pupils «
towards what is considered the «just about managing» group».
The purpose of this SIG is to convene like - minded researchers and practitioners to share resources and ideas related to securing
funding, executing
research - to - practice - to policy trials of programming, and dissemination efforts
towards the ends of improving outcomes for our most vulnerable student populations and the teachers who educate them.
Funded time would be given to write a dissertation exploring this area of interest (this could contribute
towards Master's qualification or Chartered Teacher Status) and thus feed back into the system
research carried out by a practising teacher based on real - life examples which support their hypotheses.
Grants wishes to children suffering from high - risk, life threatening illnesses and
funds research and provides grants to health care facilities in Canada that either
research diseases that particularly afflict children or that work
towards providing medical treatment to ill children
Still, most donors prefer to see as much money as possible go
towards funding research to cure disease, protect wildlife or to provide food to a deserving family.
I am moving
towards index
funds because I just don't have the time to
research stocks anymore.
To ensure our activities are having an impact
towards our overall 2020 mission goals we track the following key measures: # researchers
funded, breakthrough achievements of
funded research, policies changed and / or significant progress made on healthy public policies, # Canadians reached to learn about and establish healthy lifestyle choices and, # survivors and care partners reached to receive needed information and supports.
All proceeds from the sale of this book will be directed
towards the Syringomyelia Cavalier genome
research fund.
Memorial donation
towards a charity such as the Morris Animal Foundation will go
towards veterinary medical
research, service animal training
funds and other ways that together, even in our grief, we can make the lives of pets and humans better in the future.
This year, $ 1.75 million of
funding will go
towards pet cancer
research efforts underway at the Morris Animal Foundation, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and the Animal Cancer Foundation.
Your tax - deductible donation, which can go
towards a general CRES
fund, or
towards valuable medical equipment, ensures the continued development of the cutting - edge
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Micro Spark award from the Sprout
Fund 2012, National Science Foundation Visualization Challenge 2011 (Finalist); Annual Juried Show, 2nd Place, ModernFormations Gallery, 2006; Tuition Remission
towards a Fifth Year of Study 2004 - 05; Small Undergraduate
Research Award, 2005; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Outstanding Academic Achievement
Yet FoS states that Barry Cooper's
research fund is «directed
towards debate of climate science» and to «encourage debate on basic climate science.»
Large projects - such as our video and radio ads - are
funded through grants out of... [a
research fund controlled by Barry Cooper], directed
towards debate of climate science and which is also fed by the charitable Calgary Foundation.»
Can we now push the
funding towards this direction of
research and away from the «trend plus noise» nonesense?
In my forthcoming dmuu series, the issue of
research funding is discussed, and the feedback between politics, science, and
funding, which in this instance is a positive feedback that is accelerating the science
towards a policy option that codified in 1992.
I see problems with: * you have to be an active promoter of yourself to get articles read * the review process (mainly there is no ability to assess why rejected articles are rejected and the time wasting because of pedantic comments) * project - based
funding and treating
research like consulting (if I can tell you how much a project will cost, then by definition it is not
research) * since academia seems to be drifting
towards consulting, researchers start to become underpaid compared to peers in consulting * the focus on the number of publications weighted by the rank of the journal * status is based on if you publish in a high - rank journal, «selected» to be a lead author, and so on, and not whether you do good and creative
research, good collaborator, good colleague to peers, etc..
I would make the argument that if
funding colors
research, I should be certainly biased more
towards the taxpayers, of which I am one, than
towards industry.
The secondary problem comes from the sad fact that scientists, like everybody else, have to eat and hence tailor their
research focus (and, insensibly, their data, their analysis, their conclusions)
towards what
funding agencies «desire» and will pay for.