Sentences with phrase «how grant decisions»

Secretary Duncan needs to head this off now, by admitting that he and his team have potential conflicts of interests with regard to their roles in grant making, recognizing that those conflicts are widely perceived by potential grantees, and explaining how grant decisions will be insulated from interference by the department's political appointees.

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The housing market crash, and the ripple effects from it, are a striking example of how a total lack of oversight can backfire if people making financial decisions are stupid... such as lending billions to individuals with a questionable ability to repay the amount granted.

I was shocked to see how the team fell apart in the last 20 mins, just could not believe what i was watching, here are my 2pence for thought: — Regardless of decisions that ref made, there is no way a team such as arsenal should throw away 4 goals lead, granted we had 10 men, it just shouldn't happen, there was no fight or true grit in the players.

When Mr. Franco took the stand last Thursday, Mr. Master asked whether anyone other than Mr. Silver was empowered to make the final decision about what entities would receive Health Department grants and how much they would receive.

While Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott on July 27 touted a dramatic increase in tenure extensions as proof that the new tenure - granting framework that the DOE instituted in December was working, the UFT questioned how the decisions were reached.

While this stereotype doesn't reflect how scientists live and work today, it still shapes expectations about what a successful career should look like, and that could impact career - relevant decisions such as the awarding of prestigious research grants.

Scott Franklin, a professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning and Evaluation at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, shares how much he has improved as a communicator by paying attention to seemingly inconsequential organizational, formatting, and design decisions in grant proposals and papers.

He takes pride not only in starting new initiatives, but also «keeping spirits up» in the extramural community by holding NCI grant numbers stable and being «transparent» about how the institute made funding decisions.

To illustrate how substantive policy choices underlie technocratic - sounding budgetary decisions, consider, for example, a decision to cut back on NIH training grants, making them available only in fields with a shortage of researchers.433 This approach may seem like a neutral way to decide how to allocate a limited sum of money.

The center began in 2011 with a $ 9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and a charge of shining light on the neurobiology that underlies how humans make decisions in social settings.

It all began with the 4D Genome project, an ambitious and innovative research initiative funded by a European Research Council Synergy grant aimed at understanding how the spatial organisation of the genome contributes to decisions made by cells.

Lawmakers must do so only if the legislation also includes specific provisions requiring much more transparency in how management and grant decisions are made and a much less blithe attitude about conflicts of interest.

Granted, the situation here just so happens to be the apocalypse but like that film it's all about choices, and how much of a part our basest instincts play in the decision making.

You can start by sharing the reasoning behind everyday, small decisions, like why tutoring groups have been created in a specific way, how you've established budget numbers, or why you've written a grant proposal for iPads instead of laptops.

The Governing Board has some decisions to make on how we will go forward after the grant.

Last year, heeding calls for «local control» of education decisions and less invasive interventions in underperforming schools, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, granting states and local school boards, rather than the federal government, broad latitude in determining how to rate the performance of schools and how to intervene when performance lags.

As usual, he offers a thoughtful assessment of the pros and cons of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's decision to keep secret the identities of the judges in the $ 4.35 billion grant competition until after winners are announced and Duncan's decision to release minimal detail about how the reviewers were chosen or the substance of the instructions they have received.

«We have seen how these grants positively impact students» decisions to go on to higher education, which is why we will continue with this successful program.»

Syracuse was typical of how northern cities handled integration, as Grant details in the chapter «A Tragic Decision.»

It explains how your decisions have granted more authors their independence than we've had at any other time in human history.

How much money you earn and the consistency of your paycheck will make a big impact on a bank's decision to grant you a loan.

By proactively making this request, you are seeking additional credit and the credit card company will likely access your credit report to help them make the decision to grant that line increase request and by how much.

I was wondering for some time now, how much the findings of the work of scientists, be it the IPCC, be it the PIK in Potsdam or what have you, can be taken for granted in order for policy makers to make valuable decisions (e.g. cutting carbon emissions by half by 2050) and if the uncertainties in the models might outweigh certain decisions to reduce carbon emissions so that in the end it might happen that these uncertainties make these decisions obsolete, because they do not suffice to avoid «dangerous climate change»?

The author keeps an eagle eye on developments in the chemical, biotech, and pharmaceutical industry, and discusses recent cases and USPTO decisions that may affect how patents are granted and protected.

The decision provides a useful summary of the principles upon which a Norwich Pharmacal order will be granted and is an example of how the courts will apply European and national law to claims involving electronic media.

The Federal Court's decision in Sleep Country Canada Inc. v. Sears Canada Inc., 2017 FC 148 (granting the motion) and the Quebec Superior Court's decision in Irving Consumer Products Limited v. Cascades Canada ULC, 2017 QCCS 526 (dismissing the motion) are both interesting examples of how courts will approach this kind of motion.

(Combined Air was an excellent example of how r. 20 has been neutered each time it has been upgunned over the decades: a promising start, then more and more and more decisions that expanded the list of situations in which summary judgment wasn't to be granted; Karabus and Tjaden very accurately cite this tendency as «interpretive erosion».)

It won't change or strengthen any laws around executive compensation but a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal should have boards giving sober second thought to how they grant big bonuses and golden parachutes to top executives.

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Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. 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PREP is the first state - grant program from the federal government that funds comprehensive sex education that will teach teens how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV / AIDS, protect their health, make responsible decisions, and learn critical skills needed to form healthy relationships with parents, peers and partners.

If co-parents are not willing to create a custody arrangement or can not agree with each other it becomes the courts decision as to how custody will be granted.