Sentences with phrase «governments focus on research»

The real fix to this problem will come when governments focus on research and development aimed at boosting the proportion of green - energy sources in overall consumption.

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Here's what Curry and the Globe shared from the conclusion of the final report on the focus groups: «When asked, there was strong support for the government offering subsidies to support innovation, rather than providing tax cuts or investments, particularly for smaller organizations,» states the final report summarizing the research.

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.

My colleagues at the McKinsey Global Institute, our firm's business and economics research arm, have analyzed previous downturns and found that when individuals and governments focus on paying down debt, these efforts curb economic growth for three to five years.

Prior to joining City Capital, David was an Investment Banking Analyst at BB&T Capital Markets in the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Group focusing on providing financial and strategic analysis, valuation, industry research, due diligence and preparation of comprehensive client marketing materials.

On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financOn hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financon pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

Businesses focused on science or research may be able to get grants from the government.

His previous GovLab research focuses on how government can improve the use of challenge prizes to solve big problems.

We hope the federal Opposition will join with the Government and rule out a tax and rather focus on measures that research shows will have a greater impact.

The British government's focus on consolidating the public finances and push through supply - side reforms is at odds with the new French president's instincts, according to Philip Whyte, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think - tank.

More generally, our previous research has also found little evidence that the 2010 reforms had increased parliamentarians» engagement with the committee system in terms of attendance or turnover, nor that they had encouraged a new breed of parliamentarian (e.g. younger, less biddable, more rebellious, representing Parliament rather than government, and focused on scrutiny rather than climbing the ministerial ladder (see here, here and here)-RRB-.

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The report was authored by the Public Accountability Initiative, a Buffalo - based non-profit research organization focused on corporate and government accountability and released in partnership with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Community Voices Heard and VOCAL - NY.

In the research conducted by the Department which focused on democratic governance, 49 % of the 5000 voters sampled, endorsed the Free Senior High School [SHS] programme, making it one of popular initiatives of the government.

Living in Washington, DC my work focused on government relations and public policy analysis, first as a research assistant at a public policy think tank and later as a vice president in a government relations public relations agency.

But the July 15 fundraising report may prove even more crucial for Lazio's chances as potential big - time donors assess his ability to beat Cuomo, said Bill Mahoney, a researcher at the New York Public Interest Research Group, a not - for - profit focused on environmental and government - reform issues.

The Public Accountability Initiative, a Buffalo - based research group focused on corporate and government accountability, prepared a report revealing the back taxes and shared it with The Buffalo News.

This singular focus on research arises from a longstanding funding model that uses students and postdocs as inexpensive labor on professors» grant projects while neglecting their own professional development, which leads to another question McNutt posed: Should federal and state governments consider new models for financing research?

This has led to a dearth of TB research, so TAG has focused on the obligations of governments to encourage further research based on the responsibilities enumerated in Article 15 to develop and diffuse science, Frick said.

Academics want to pursue curiosity - driven basic research, while government labs are oriented toward their particular missions, and companies focus on profitability.

Today's funding system, adopted by the federal government in the wake of World War II, initially focused both on educating scientists to meet the nation's needs in an era when faculty openings were plentiful, and on encouraging faculty members to perform fundamental research.

The focus of government and the universities on postgraduate studies in the last 10 years has in fact been almost exclusively on master's degrees, with the organisation of doctoral research being largely overlooked.

He persuaded a faculty member who had equipment, space, and money (but a different research focus) to sponsor his research project — on the condition that tenOever apply for a permit from the Canadian government to carry out the work.

The document, which mainly focuses on federally funded dog research, claims that more than 1100 canines are being subjected to cruel, unnecessary experiments in government labs.

In line with the government's recent policy on research, the money is focused on applied science.

Monfort worries that with the government's focus on innovation, basic research will come under even more pressure, he says.

In short, while politicians focus on whether the government's investment could lead to an economic blockbuster — a shot in the dark when it comes to basic research — a surer bet is that it will create more scientifically trained workers.

... GM protesters have been saying for over a decade that we don't want government research to be focused on GM technology when there are other solutions on the table that we could be researching, and nobody's listening.»

The authors are members of the Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program, a collaboration of academic, government, and nonprofit researchers focused on the conservation of tidal marsh birds.

But creating an advisory body focused on eliminating government red tape — a tiny provision in a 996 - page bill to accelerate medical research that could become law next month — is no less important to maintaining the health of the research community than is the infusion of billions of dollars, higher education lobbyists say.

[45,46] And focusing on the critical - path work receiving the least investment from alternative government and industry sources, Matthew O'Connor's team at SENS Research Foundation's Research Center project on mitochondrial mutations continue their work toward obviation of these lesions, advancing both AE protein and mRNA strategies.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

Before he was appointed to the White House position, Holdren was a professor at Harvard in both the Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, as well as director of the nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center, which focuses on climate change science and policy.

The research was carried out in light of the recent government focus on developing «character skills» which aims to encourage children to be resilient, determined, resourceful, curious and tenacious.

The research represents each level of government — federal, state, and district — and focuses on state - federal relationships and the effects of school choice and supplemental education services on school districts.

His research focuses on exploring the economic implications and political origins of the government regulation of markets.

In researching for this article to look at the government's standpoint I could not find any definitive policy with much of the funding strategy being focused on the building of new schools and maintenance of existing facilities.

Increasing national focus on sugar content has led many influential experts and organisations, including Cancer Research and the UK Health Forum to back the introduction of a Sugar Tax and it was announced last year by the government that this would be introduced in 2018 for soft drinks.

There is also a research study open to participating Victorian government schools focusing on «Realising the Potential of Australia's High Capacity Teachers», which contains a substantial amount of pedagogical training on understanding and teaching self - regulated learning skills to primary and secondary schools students (Grades 5 - 8).

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Her teaching and research focus on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and education policy.

Interns will focus on education policy research and analysis, government relations, public affairs, and community outreach and social media.

Looking forward, the federal government should focus its funding and influence on research - based education policies that have been shown to improve academic achievement.

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To that end the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and others have been calling on governments to orchestrate, essentially, a repeat of 2009 fiscal stimulus programs — this time with a focus on big infrastructure projects that pave the way for growth in decades to come — alongside structural reforms to promote global trade, research and education and an overhaul of inefficient tax policies.

She now focuses on research and communications and is frequently the first contact that funding groups, commerce and Governments have with Green Planet.

A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of research and development programs for the Department of Defense.