Sentences with phrase «grant competitions like»

Not exact matches

But whether or not they'd be good enough to nail down a place in competition with other players, whether Grant Holt can keep an England place against people like Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Jermain Defoe and Andy Carroll, that's the question.

Last year New York seemed like a loser in the competition for federal rail funds — being granted only $ 151 million of the $ 4 billion it applied for while California received over $ 2 billion.

Senate lawmakers would also like to see DHS consider a grant program aimed at increasing the amount of extramural research funding going to universities in states whose scientists typically fare poorly in the competition for federal science dollars.

In fact, the whole scheme sounds more like the framing of a back - door grant competition than anything else.

Like SIG, the set - aside may be used to conduct a grant competition and permits an award for up to four years, which may include a planning year.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the voluntary benchmarks were strongly pushed by the Obama administration through its $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top education - grant competition, which rewarded states bonus points in their applications if they instituted changes like «college and career ready» standards.

A national movement, spurred by competition for federal grants like President Barack Obama's $ 4.3 billion Race to the Top, is aiming to change that.

Like many states, Colorado is hoping to bolster its chances in the Race to the Top grant competition before second - round applications are due June 1.

If Obama is elected for another term, he is likely to continue to drive school reform through federal grant competitions, like Race to the Top; recognize and support the hard work teachers do; and make postsecondary education more accessible and affordable.

Looks like years of fan rumors and wishes are soon to be granted, as Sony is getting into the smartphone industry with their sights set straight at iPhone competition.

Other chapters cover things like rules limiting how countries regulate corporations, limiting how countries make laws that might limit corporation profits, and other rules that grant giant multinational corporations special protections from competition.

Take nothing for granted and assume that the competition will be willing to do the things that you don't feel like doing.