Sentences with phrase «in research funding in»

Obama became the first president since John F. Kennedy to address NAS during his first year in office, and Obama referenced Kennedy and his call for a massive increase in research funding in the area of space exploration during his address.

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Despite a near - ban on medical cannabis research federally, a private donation will fund work on autism treatment in California.

-- Chris Mackey, CEO of MackeyRMS, a research management platform for investment professionals that has taken no outside capital / funding with clients on its platform managing over $ 1 trillion in assets

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.

His Azrieli Foundation focuses on Holocaust education and Jewish cultural preservation, and has also begun funding research into neurodevelopmental disorders and health care in general.

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.

• Viela Bio, which spun off from MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, raised $ 250 million in funding.

The project, which was funded on Kickstarter, took about three years of research and development, but Roosegaarde was finally able to show off his massive machine in September 2015 in Rotterdam.

• Sentieo, a San Francisco - based financial research platform, raised $ 6 million in funding.

In June 2016, the state of California passed legislation that publicly funds the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center.

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.

In the 1950s he and his wife traveled the U.S. to raise funds to build the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Fusion was initially hired by anti-Trump Republicans to conduct opposition research on Trump in late 2015, and Democrats took over funding for the project after the Republicans pulled out.

Sold direct - to - consumer and funded by Kickstarter, the company is able to use premium materials and invest in research without having to add in the cost of middlemen.

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 sectorIn 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 sectorin 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 sectorin research and development, particularly in the biotech and clean - tech sectorin the biotech and clean - tech sectors.

Retirement market research firm Hearts & Wallets reported in its 2014 survey of millennials that building an emergency fund was the generation's No. 1 objective and 52 percent of millennials were saving toward this goal.

This third facility will be near the University of Michigan, where it will fund research in artificial intelligence, robotics, and materials science.

Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist turned hedge fund manager who is also a former Facebook executive, has built up some credibility since his first appearance last year at the conference, which benefits pediatric disease research: Amazon stock is up some 34 % in the meantime.

Clearly, there's still room for improvement, and the evening's fundraiser brought in close to $ 1 million in funds for research and other initiatives.

But that's not quite true, according to research released today from Just Capital, an independent non-profit co-founded in 2014 by billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II, Arianna Huffington, and Deepak Chopra.

For at least a decade after receiving in - house research warning of the potential impact of Climate Change, ExxonMobil continued to fund outside groups that disputed it.

The number of crypto funds rose to 245 this year, up from 167 last year and only 19 firms in 2016, according to the latest numbers from research firm Autonomous Next.

According to Credit Suisse, CTA funds — which concentrate on futures — were down 2.8 % in 2017 through the end of July, while Hedge Fund Research's commodity hedge fund index was down 0.9 % through the end of JFund Research's commodity hedge fund index was down 0.9 % through the end of Jfund index was down 0.9 % through the end of July.

«Research indicates that companies with more women in senior management have higher returns on capital, lower volatility, greater client focus, increased innovation and greater long - term orientation,» Krawcheck says on the webiste promoting the funds.

Lance Armstrong resigned from his Livestrong foundation, created to raise funds for cancer research, as he faced charges in a widespread doping scandal that has cost him his medals and his corporate sponsorships.

Allyson: «What we have found through our own research, and other research that validates ours, is that both unconscious and conscious biases play parts in preventing women from getting funding.

At a time when many mutual funds in general have fallen out of fashion, TDFs have gobbled up the investing world, having amassed $ 1.07 trillion in assets at the end of October, according to research shop Morningstar, up from $ 116 billion at the end of 2006.

In August, it raised $ 120 million from investors including Bill Gates to fund research like the kind being done with LCA, which Bosley told Forbes would be enough to keep the company running for at least three years.

«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.

In 2017, the average return is 2,908 %, according to Hedge Fund Research, compared with a 9 % gain for hedge funds over the same period.

New research from Female Founders Fund confirms a trend that first popped up about six months ago: Relative to women entrepreneurs raising money in other parts of the country, women in New York are killing it.

Target - date funds are growing in popularity: As much as $ 700 billion was invested in target - date funds at the end of 2014, according to investment research firm Morningstar, up from roughly $ 600 billion the year prior.

The New York Times reported last weekend that Republicans were likely to use the memo to contend that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acted improperly in approving an application to extend surveillance of Page that was partly based on dubious research funded by Democratic organizations.

«The tools they gain and the opportunities they earn permanently break the cycles of drug - use, incarceration, and poverty for them and their families, for life,» O'Donnell said in a statement to Business Insider, pointing us to some research outlined on The Doe Fund's website:

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 best predictor of future returns is whether you buy at low or high prices relative to earnings,» says Chris Brightman, chief investment officer of Research Affiliates, a firm that oversees strategies for $ 161 billion in mutual funds and ETFs.

After tracking cash flow in and out of mutual funds to measure investor sentiment, the research found that in response to hype, general market enthusiasm or a mass exodus, «retail investors direct their money to funds which invest in stocks that have low future returns.

One example could be more active involvement in funding research and awareness about the disease; another might include offering paid leave or compensation for employees who participate in Alzheimer's clinical trials.

The company has raised $ 133 million in venture capital funding for research and development, and counts Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg among its backers.

«We don't want to be sensational in any way,» billionaire Yuri Milner who funds some SETI research, tells Scientific American.

In actively managed funds, professional stock pickers use sophisticated research and human judgment to choose which investments to include in the funIn actively managed funds, professional stock pickers use sophisticated research and human judgment to choose which investments to include in the funin the fund.

The more attention - grabbing their research, the higher their chances of receiving more funding — in a world of increasing competition.

A $ 20 million donation by businessman Ralph Sarich will help fund a new $ 360 million research precinct at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre in Nedlands.

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.

Soon, the Tustin, California, software development company received $ 200,000 in funds for marketing activities and $ 70,000 in support services (including access to research capabilities and consulting) from Hewlett - Packard, Intel and Microsoft.

In 2015, the viral «Ice Bucket Challenge» helped fund groundbreaking research that led to the discovery of a gene associated with the disease.

If the new administration really wants to restore U.S. manufacturing, fix the trade deficit, and boost innovation, it should leverage the best ideas that come from federal research programs and invest in funding the next big thing.

David F. Arons, CEO of the National Brain Tumor Society, said in a statement that the country should be «doubling down on biomedical research funding, not pulling back,» according to Bloomberg.

In his book Your Money and Your Brain, Jason Zweig summarizes decades of research into one investment truth: «The single most critical factor in the future performance of a mutual fund is that small, relatively static number: its fees and expenses.&raquIn his book Your Money and Your Brain, Jason Zweig summarizes decades of research into one investment truth: «The single most critical factor in the future performance of a mutual fund is that small, relatively static number: its fees and expenses.&raquin the future performance of a mutual fund is that small, relatively static number: its fees and expenses.»

Some of Trump's proposals would slash funding for the National Institutes of Health by $ 1.23 billion, Bloomberg reports, and could bring research spending levels back to their level in 2000.