Sentences with phrase «grant focuses support»

The Center's Advancement grant focuses support on the commissions and residencies of contemporary African artists and the presentation of their work.

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To address this problem, his Breakout Labs supports only «hard tech» startups — ventures that aren't focusing on websites, social media, or information technology — and those that are too speculative to attract angel investors or even government grants.

Created by Soros in 1979, Open Society is a grant - making foundation with branches and partners around the world and focuses on supporting democracies and combating issues of injustice and discrimination, among other causes.

This year, Starbucks has expanded the focus of the grants program to include youth as well as veterans and military spouses, and refugees, with a focus on supporting organizations that are working to help connect those facing barriers to jobs and education to a pathway to long - term economic opportunity.

By extending this USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA) grant by an additional $ 519,000 for one more year, Starbucks will focus its support on:

Given the significant impact of the storm on Houston's Jewish community, and Taube Philanthropies» focus on sustaining Jewish life, $ 100,000 of the foundation's grant will support Jewish community needs.

Supporting its focus on developing the airline channel, William Grant & Sons took part as an exhibitor and sponsor at the recent Airline Retail Conference (ARC) in London for the first time

«This grant is for «Operation Stonegarden,» which focuses on supporting the U.S. Border Patrol's mission of apprehending terrorists and weapons as they attempt to enter the country illegally.

The intensification and upscaling of agriculture during the 1960s was supported by Government and EEC grants, and the widespread use of chemicals and pharmaceuticals was encouraged by the Common Agricultural Policy's sole focus on production.

JumpStart's work within Northeast Ohio has focused in two areas: 1) providing resources (in the form of intensive technical support and investment capital) directly to high potential entrepreneurs leading early stage companies, and 2) supporting the creation and growth of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, which increases entrepreneurs» access to equity capital, government grants, and other resources, and is delivered by a variety of collaborators across the region.

«CADET is one of first NASA grant programs focused on crowd - sourced science, and it has helped foster high - level support for future NASA grants of this kind,» said Shanley.

Some larger Stage II grants may be funded, but the focus is now on the third and final stage of the grant program, which supports large - scale distance learning programs at institutions — so - called «Virtual Universities» — at which ALN enrollment is expected to be 10 % to 20 % of the total student number.

The work is the outcome of a partnership between the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Bourns College of Engineering at UCR that has flourished for more than ten years with continuous grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation, focused largely on innovations in bioinformatics.

These grants support more focused research and educational activities than do those described in Fischbach's announcement, addressing issues that arise «from the use of the knowledge and technologies resulting from human genetics research.»

Therefore, we developed a Grant Support Index (GSI) that focuses on grant activity code, as opposed to field of study or Grant Support Index (GSI) that focuses on grant activity code, as opposed to field of study or grant activity code, as opposed to field of study or cost.

These controversial reforms replaced the previous grant programs with a system that awards two kinds of grants: large «Foundation» grants of up to $ 1.16 million annually to support open - ended work of individual researchers, and smaller «Project» grants of up to $ 581,000 annually to fund more focused research projects.

This research was supported by the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)(EY011488, EY022001, 5T32HG003284) and the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology grant (01GQ0840).

Supports several grant programs focused on Alzheimer's: conference, new investigators, understanding disease development, investigator - initiated research, etc..

He previously researched cellular and molecular physiology before switching his career focus to cancer epidemiology and prevention research, a transition supported by a postdoctoral training grant from the National Cancer Institute.

LRF supports innovative research through a variety of program elements: research grants for young investigators and for senior investigators; spotlights on a variety of disease focus areas; meetings to share new developments and build collaborations and the creation of research - focused resources.

The Research Concierge Service has had a specific focus on supporting early stage investigators; interdisciplinary programs, particularly large institutional grant applications; and connecting investigators as collaborators and mentor / mentees.

In the past two years, more than $ 3.7 million in grants have been awarded to Crnic - related grants programs supporting over 80 scientists focused on Down syndrome research.

Funding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discoGrant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discogrant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discovery.

Each team will receive a $ 25,000 planning grant to develop smaller, theme - driven, community - supported «New Visions» schools focusing on adolescents.

Sponsored by Stanford and supported with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Nov. 17 - 18 conference was billed as a «prelude to a national movement» to focus attention on revamping traditional approaches to educating disadvantaged students.

The Fund, which focuses on supporting disadvantaged pupils, will offer approximately five grants of up to # 150,000 for projects working over two academic years.

He went on to work at the State Department of Education in Louisiana, focusing on grant management, policy and planning issues, district support, and eventually becoming the director of educational technology for the State of Louisiana.

These grants support our focus on increasing the number of low - income young people who complete high school on time and earn a postsecondary credential by age 25.

Preparing Leaders to Support Diverse Learners: Curriculum Modules for Leadership Preparation What this is: With support from a USDOE FIPSE grant, UCEA is working with faculty teams from several institutions to develop curriculum modules focused on preparing leaders to support diverse leSupport Diverse Learners: Curriculum Modules for Leadership Preparation What this is: With support from a USDOE FIPSE grant, UCEA is working with faculty teams from several institutions to develop curriculum modules focused on preparing leaders to support diverse lesupport from a USDOE FIPSE grant, UCEA is working with faculty teams from several institutions to develop curriculum modules focused on preparing leaders to support diverse lesupport diverse learners.

The focus of these grants is to support «evidence - based, non-punitive programs and practices to keep the state's most vulnerable students in school.»

What is the focus issue your site is seeking to address with the support of a Teacher Retention Grant?

The grant for the Institute falls in the Art Works category — the NEA's largest funding category supporting projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and / or the strengthening of communities through the arts.

Location: Middle Tennessee / Nashville Priority: Appropriate and Equitable Resources and Supports Topic: Teacher and student voice on reducing discipline disparities Summary: The funding for the Oasis Center, MNPS, and PASSAGE builds on the previous grant cycle of work that focused on educating current MNPS teachers on cultural competency, and implicit bias in order to promote the equitable treatment of students in MNPS schools.

This week, we're going to focus on the new Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (SSAEG) program.

The latest announcement of grant winners represent the second of three cycles of funding in NGLC's $ 12 million third investment wave focused on identifying and supporting new secondary school and college models that use technology to reach targets for affordability and student success, especially for low - income students.

For example, Title IV, Part A includes the new Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, which focus on improving school conditions so that students feel safe and ready to learn.

The Pro Bono Publico Foundation awards grants each year focused primarily on supporting successful schools and their supporting organizations.

The Department of Education granted the waivers in exchange for state developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership.

The Pro Bono Publico Foundation has focused its grants on education, especially on charter schools and supporting organizations working to assure that every child has access to an excellent school.

The U.S. Department of Education released its proposed requirements for the $ 200 million Race to the Top round three (RttT3) competition, which will allow the nine states to apply for grants that support a portion of their previously established Race to the Top plans and include a meaningful focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

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In this webinar, authors of the ASCD book A Close Look at Close Reading, Grades K — 5, Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Maria Grant, and Kelly Johnson share how to teach close reading in ways that support readers methodically reading and rereading a text as they focus on its structure, language, and content to deeply comprehend its message.

«We have focused intensive efforts this past year to help turn around our lowest - performing schools, and these grants will provide additional support to those schools,» said state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf in announcing the grants.

Our support takes a number of forms — including direct targeted assistance, grant opportunities, and identification of priority partners for school and district turnaround — all focused on building district capacity to support schools to implement the Turnaround Practices.

Through this grant, PowerMyLearning will receive $ 150,000, advisory support, and access to a team of world - class cognitive scientists focused on applying the latest in learning sciences to product design.

The Afterschool and STEM System Building planning grant focused on the development of statewide partnerships and needs analysis to support quality informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning in afterschool.

Focused on systemically transforming teaching and learning for English learner students, the Leading with Learning project recently provided professional learning and support to hundreds of teachers, principals, and instructional coaches through a federal Investing in Innovation grant, reaching over 3,300 English learners.

That is why we have focused over the years on taking afterschool to scale across the country, including growing statewide afterschool networks from 9 in 2002 to 41 today, and supporting the development and implementation of the federal afterschool grant program known as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative.

The grant supported the development of a coalition focused on influencing the...

The grant will fund the district's efforts to implement EXCELerator, a career readiness framework developed by the College Board that aims to improve the district college readiness infrastructure and capacity to provide rigorous education and supports, with a particular focus on historically underserved students.