As outlined in SFI's Strategic Plan, Agenda 2020, the Foundation is committed to continuing its focus on
funding excellent science that will deliver strongly on impact, thus realising significant benefits for the Irish economy and Irish society.
We fund excellent science wherever it is found, and ensure there is the freedom to tackle important scientific questions.
Not exact matches
Last year the ESRC spent # 212 million on research and training to support over 5,700 researchers and students,
funding excellent independent social
science research in universities and research institutions across the UK and with 62 countries around the world.
«These findings are the result of years of NHLBI -
funded studies of the molecular mechanisms of action of GPIHBP1 and are an
excellent example of how basic
science can lead to scientific advances with direct clinical implications.»
«It is good that research budgets are less hit than other sectors, but the prior commitments of SFI [
Science Foundation Ireland, a leading public -
funding body], due to multiannual
funding, suggest that we are in for 2 to 3 years of very limited opportunity for new competitive
funding, so some
excellent work will not be
funded.»
The country has
excellent research infrastructure for life
science and physical
science, a powerful emphasis on collaborative projects and shared facilities, strong government
funding of research, and an openness to scientists of all types — and particularly life scientists — from around the world
Out of $ 7.8 billion available in 2014, down from about $ 8.1 billion this year under Horizon 2020's predecessor program, $ 3 billion will
fund «
excellent science» projects.
The Austrian
Science Fund offers two programs with a combined budget of $ 5 million per year aimed at launching the careers of
excellent female postdocs: the Hertha Firnberg Programme, which started in 1999, and the Elise Richter Programme, which started in 2006.
The first part, called «
excellent science,» will
fund basic research.
However, a fellowship is a bonus for every CV, and we strongly encourage
excellent candidates to look for external
funding opportunities such as the uni: docs fellowships of the University of Vienna or the doc - fellowships from the Austrian Academy of
Science.
Because
science funding provides an
excellent economic stimulus, we believe the stimulus package provides a unique opportunity not only for short - term
science spending but also to initiate the increasingly urgent goal of long - term increases in
science funding.
European Research Council (ERC)
funding schemes come under the «
Excellent Science» pillar of Horizon 2020 and are open to top researchers of any nationality or age who wish to carry out their frontier research in the 28 EU Member States or associated countries.
Andrew Coyne does an
excellent job of demonstrating why the move away from pure
science funding is a bad idea from an economic perspective [more]
Conversely,
science in general, is
funded by public granting agencies that are very clear that they
fund only
excellent science and do not further an agenda.