Sentences with phrase «government research funders»

A new group of government research funders from around the world announced today that it will try to find common ground on two big issues in its inaugural year: defining research integrity and promoting open access to scientific information.

In science news around the world, NASA scientists spot evidence for ice volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, transmission of the Ebola virus comes to an end in Sierra Leone, Canada's new minister of innovation, science, and economic development reinstates the country's long - form census and announces that government scientists are free again to speak to the media, the United Kingdom's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee calls for a strategy to increase government research funding, and more.

Soon after the failed coup, authorities raided the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, the government research funding agency known by its Turkish acronym TÜBİTAK, arresting dozens.

Government research funds in China have been growing at an annual rate of more than 20 %, exceeding even the expectations of China's most enthusiastic scientists.

His government research funding dried up, and, for many years, most peer - reviewed scientific journals refused to publish his papers.

Not exact matches

The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for high - tech small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.

A new mining research centre to be jointly based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

A new mining research centre to be co-based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

Western Australia has been allocated $ 21 million for research as part of the federal government's $ 363 million national funding package.

In response to the decline in venture capital, several provincial governments have created their own funds, and universities are increasingly investing in research and development, particularly in the biotech and clean - tech sectors.

Beyond its direct services, Livestrong also lobbies the government, conducts research on survivors, and funds smaller nonprofits like Camp Kesem, a camp for kids whose parents have, or have died from, cancer.

«Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs, but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund,» Gates said in a statement.

Many small businesses may be unaware they already have access to a major tax incentive to fund research, in addition to the federal government's new innovation package.

The «noble» government that originally funded that research was run by Adolf Hitler.

For example, the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 coResearch (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 coresearch into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 companies.

While government science and tech funding is focused on basic research, corporate R&D mostly aims to bring new, slightly - improved products (like the upgraded iPhone or marginally - better cholesterol drug) to market.

This government cash helps companies fund the research for their next blockbuster drug as well as the expenses required to operate a growing healthcare company.

Government - funded research has led to lifesaving interventions to prevent other injuries.

And that's why I am very pleased today to announce our Government's investment in the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Should governments pull the plug on megaprojects like ITER, it wouldn't stop private - sector players like Burnaby, B.C. - based General Fusion Inc., a year - old startup by former Creo Inc. managers that has so far attracted about half the $ 50 million in venture capital and federal research funds it says it needs to demonstrate a kind of «magnetized target fusion» by 2013.

Professor Poole is one of a six - member committee appointed to review collaboration between Australia's public universities and publicly funded research agencies, as part of the Federal Government's higher education reform package.

It does not look like the U.S. government is prepared to step in and fund research in Corporate America's absence.

Another high - profile project using laser ignition, HiPER (High Power Energy Research facility), has so far escaped funding grief, but with its host government in the United Kingdom slashing spending across the board, this perennial next - year technology makes an easy target.

General Fusion has also received funding from the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund (SDTC) and Cenovus Energy, in addition to scoring a research partnership with one of the U.S.'s leading scientific centres, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Many pharmaceutical companies continue to work on treatments for neurological diseases, as do many smaller biotech firms and academic medical research centers, and funding sources for these pursuits include private foundations as well as governments.

I also lead our Center for Applied Business Research in Environment and Energy (CABREE) which has received funding and / or compensation over the previous 5 years from Enbridge, Suncor, Encana, Cougar Tool, and the Government of Alberta.

While it's always interesting to know about the top runners, renewable energy companies in various growth stages will become more important as government funding for research and development related to energy efficient, emissions reduction and carbon capture decreases.

Created in 1997 with support from the federal government and Alberta, AVAC Ltd. is a venture capital investor that provides investment funding for research and commercialization for Alberta - based companies in the areas of agriculture, renewable resources, and industrial technology.

Later in the session another odd moment came when he was being asked about his relationship with Saint Petersburg University in Russia — where he confirmed he had given talks and workshops, after traveling to the country with friends and proactively getting in touch with the university «to say hi» — and specifically about some Russian government - funded research being conducted by researchers there into cyberbullying.

Today (2 May), Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan, TD, has announced that the Government is providing $ 26.75 m in funding for the network until 2022.

Since many or most PhD students are funded off of grants from the government and tuition is one of the few «overhead» items Universities can charge to these grants, making tuition taxable removes a costless mechanism for Universities to funnel money that could go to more research into administrative overhead.

After spending $ 2.5 million renovating the Arctic Institute of North America's Kluane Research Station, the Harper government just eliminated the funding for the global leader in climate change and boreal mammal rResearch Station, the Harper government just eliminated the funding for the global leader in climate change and boreal mammal researchresearch.

«This is all actually economics, not preferences,» says Sean McAlinden, chief economist at the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit group funded by government and industry grants.

Previous investors were led by Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, which provided $ 1 million through a Transition to Scale investment and helped catalyze matching investments from a wide range of sources including Maple Leaf Angels, MaRS Innovation, the University of Toronto's Connaught Seed Fund, the Government of Canada through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC - IRAP) and the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED), and the Government of Ontario through investment by Ontario Centres of Excellence and support by MaRS Discovery District and ventureLAB / Genesis.

Fortunately, there is government funding available (up to 50 % of research costs), if your business qualifies.

That said, I admit I was surprised when the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada agreed in late 2015 to fund the CMP with a six - year, $ 2.5 - million grant — a decision that was finalized in the final months of Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

The new tower will also host the Medicine by Design initiative, set to become a leading centre in regenerative medicine at the University of Toronto with the federal government committing $ 114 - million for this project through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

There is a global movement to liberate government - «owned» data sets, such as census data, environmental data, and data generated by government - funded research projects.

The market has yet to reach critical mass, but given the kinds of projects funded by state and local governments, «the market should be a natural issuer of green and social impact bonds,» notes Victoria Irving, Equity Strategist for the Global Sustainability Research team.

Martin Parsons, head of research at Barnabas Fund, said: «2017, the 500th anniversary of the reformation is the perfect time for a British government to recommit itself to religious freedom.»

Government funding for research into sickle - cell disease is pitifully inadequate (the Sickle - Cell Society receives no government fundGovernment funding for research into sickle - cell disease is pitifully inadequate (the Sickle - Cell Society receives no government fundgovernment funds at all).

And for those whose science departments do specialise in research, they, like their secular counterparts, apply to the government for grants to fund their studies.

The recently approved ballot measure in Michigan that approved the use of government funds for embryo - destructive research is a case in point.

Lamberth flatly rejected the government's attempt to distinguish between the destruction of the embryo and research on the destroyed embryo as distinct «pieces of research» — one ineligible for funding and one eligible.

With the marriage of science and technology beginning in the 17th century, the commitments and concerns of the scientific community have increasingly been determined by the military - industrial - government complex that funds basic research.

A panel of nineteen experts appointed by the National Institutes of Health has recommended government funding for conceiving human embryos in the laboratory for the sole purpose of using them as materials for research.

There is, oddly, no mention of any results whatever from that research, other than the oblique suggestion that it would be much improved if government funds could be brought to bear.

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

Consider the allocation of funds: 95 per cent of all research money now goes to applied research; 17 of government funds, 87 per cent goes to physical, 11 per cent to biological, and 2 per cent to social sciences.

We may hope that, in addition, government and foundations will also fund some «pure» research.