Sentences with phrase «funded major field»

The National Science Foundation has funded major field campaigns to West Antarctica, including POLENET, which place Global Positioning System (GPS) stations in the area to measure geological changes.

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«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

Walker became one of the youngest members to serve on the Stanford Board of Trustees; found a career in his chosen field of real estate, where he has a successful real estate investment fund; holds equity in Hollywood nightclubs; and has a small ownership stake in the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team.

Canada has a flourishing information technology sector and is becoming an important player in the AI field.12 Major Canadian firms have teamed up to provide funding for the development of AI start - ups through a program called NextAI.

The departure of self - funding Westchester County businessman Harry Wilson from the field of potential GOP gubernatorial candidates will have a major impact on the party's nomination process for governor moving forward.

The funding will support TALL's Walker Project, an effort to transform Walker Field into the league's major fField into the league's major fieldfield.

«Right now there are kind of monopolies running the field,» she says, referring to the large, established, well - funded labs that are responsible for most of the major ancient DNA projects.

The second pillar aims to promote Europe's leadership in several industrial technologies; and the last component will fund research and innovation in fields identified as major societal challenges, such as climate change or population aging.

To help pay for the fusion increases, the committee made major cuts to DOE's Basic Energy Sciences account, which funds studies in an array of fields, including chemistry, geosciences, and biology.

In a sign of the growing enthusiasm for the field, in March GRAIL, a company spun off from Illumina, raised $ 900 million in funding for this last application from investors including Amazon and several major pharmaceutical companies.

President Barack Obama on Friday signed a major new transportation funding bill that extensively reworks — and cuts — a little - known program that has paid for hundreds of field research projects over the last few decades.

Indeed, before World War II, the field of astronomy in the United States was largely privately funded, with major optical instruments constructed and operated by universities or a consortium of universities, using endowments from private foundations.

A chemist at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Burke has watched funding agencies back major research initiatives in other fields.

Due to the progress made in the fields of these renowned researchers, significant new federal funding has become available and major pharmaceutical companies have started funding research to develop possible medications.

Kessler Foundation also funds public - private partnerships, where nonprofits in the disability field partner with major corporations to build a more inclusive workforce.

The new grant will fund a technology that represents a major step forward for the field, overcoming limitations that have mired other efforts.

CZI funding will enables major projects in all three of our focus areas: Movement Building, Field Work and Research.

Her major complaints include the fact that little field work was conducted before implementation, and the fact that the standards were tied to $ 4.35 billion - worth of federal funding making states far more likely to adopt them.

P. Out of this appropriation, $ 400,000 the first year and $ 400,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to establish a comprehensive pilot initiative to recruit students to major in the fields of mathematics and science to help alleviate the shortage of qualified teachers in these fields.

Though the magnitude of total resources that these two entities collectively bring to bear yields an outsized impact on the field, it exemplifies a trend among some of the major funders of public education - related efforts of the last decade.

44 % of parents are more likely to fund their child's education if the child majors in a field that has a higher likelihood of employment.

The ESSFTA Foundation encourages potential grantees to first apply to major foundations sponsoring canine research such as the Morris Animal Foundation or the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, then, following approval of a grant, to then apply to the ESSFTA Foundation for matching or partially matching funds or for project support through other ESSFTA resources, such as the English Springer Spaniel DNA Bank or ESSFTA Foundation encouragement of the grantee's access to English Springer Spaniels owned by members of the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association, the Parent Club of the breed.

There are two major categories for exemptions: First, the program excludes lawyers who do not hold clients» funds because they are government employees, are employed in a legal field but do not hold themselves out as lawyers, are employed in a non-legal field, are out of state lawyers, or do not engage in the private practice of law.

For those who are truly fearful of possible radical changes and funding cuts in the child welfare field, it is best to remember that the first major piece of federal legislation enacted in the child welfare field, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1974, was signed by Richard Nixon — the absolute bête noire of most liberals in the 1960s.

One major issue for the child welfare field will be funding for home - visitation programs like the Nurse - Family Partnership that is included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).