Sentences with phrase «increase in grant funding»

Zatz responded to Hinson that he too wanted to see a significant increase in grant funding for the town, saying, «We're a lively community, but we're pretty grant - poor.»

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In addition, Mr. Speaker, Budget 2014 will result in the largest annual increase in funding for research through the granting councils in over a decadIn addition, Mr. Speaker, Budget 2014 will result in the largest annual increase in funding for research through the granting councils in over a decadin the largest annual increase in funding for research through the granting councils in over a decadin funding for research through the granting councils in over a decadin over a decade.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Institutional lenders granted 59.2 % of the funding requests they received in June, a slight increase from 59.1 % in May.

According to the WA Racing Industry's 2016 annual report there has been a decline in wagering revenue over the past four years from $ 339 million in 2014 to $ 330 million in 2016, yet there has been an increase in funding (distribution and grants) from $ 135 million to $ 152 million in the same period.

The rapidly increasing number of individual donor - advised fund accounts make them the fastest - growing vehicle in philanthropy; and the rising value of charitable dollars granted from donor - advised funds also makes them the most active type of charitable giving vehicle.

Grants from donor - advised funds at SICs totaled $ 2.91 billion in 2016, up from $ 2.63 billion granted in 2015, a 10.6 percent increase.

The total value of grants from donor - advised funds at NCs to qualified charities totaled $ 8.08 billion in 2016, an increase of 6.5 percent.

The obvious benefit of this approach will be increased funds available for nongovernmental schools, funds subsidized by a tax credit rather than dispersed in federal grants.

This will be the second major facility improvement, in recent Arlington Heights Park District (AHPD) history, funded primarily by capital budget and grant monies; and will not increase property taxes.

Results indicate an average increase of 50 percent in overall daily breakfast participation from the programs funded with grant dollars.

In 2010 and 2011, she worked on lowering obesity rates by increasing breastfeeding exclusivity and duration through the federally funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant.

The IDC wants to increase funding for the Child Care Block Grant by $ 100 million, which would create an additional 13,000 slots in child care centers.

The Executive Budget would also establish a grant program for pre-Kindergarten for 3 year olds and raises the charter school cap and a small increase in funding.

«Next year, they will receive a 4.2 per cent increase in grants, with more funding strings removed so that money can be used as they see fit to meet local needs and priorities,» he said.

Those steps should include grants for water infrastructure upgrades and a boost in funding for the Department of Environmental Conservation after years of virtually flat budget increases.

Most of the federal money ($ 4.87 million) will come from a Community Development Block Grant awarded to Syracuse by HUD, according to U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who advocated in the Senate to increase the program's funding.

«Elise unfortunately voted to reduce future funding for Pell Grants,» said Derrick, who called for an increase in federal education spending.

The grant is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 500,000 initiative to fund Farm - to - School projects across New York in an effort to increase the amount of healthy, locally grown foods offered on school menus.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that the Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program has received a $ 30,000 increase in funding provided by the New York State Department of Health's Lead Primary Prevention grant and will use that money to increase inspections in the areas of Utica at the highest risk of lead poisoning.

They increased the number of faith schools, gave millions of pounds in grant funding to religious organisations, appointed «faith advisors» and gave religious organisations greater exemptions from UK non-discrimination laws than European law allows.

Other Funding In addition to the operating budget, the 2015 Library Grants Budget anticipates $ 619,911 in grant funding, a 1.1 % increase from 2014's $ 6Funding In addition to the operating budget, the 2015 Library Grants Budget anticipates $ 619,911 in grant funding, a 1.1 % increase from 2014's $ 613,44In addition to the operating budget, the 2015 Library Grants Budget anticipates $ 619,911 in grant funding, a 1.1 % increase from 2014's $ 613,44in grant funding, a 1.1 % increase from 2014's $ 6funding, a 1.1 % increase from 2014's $ 613,444.

County funding of $ 23,040,190, combined with $ 2,637,731 in anticipated funding from New York State and $ 1,687,033 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2015 proposed operating and grants budget to $ 27,364,854, a modest 1.8 % increase over the 2014 adopted budget.

The proposed increase is slightly smaller than what Cuomo presented last year: in 2013, he offered an $ 889 million boost, including funding for competitive grants.

In addition, Governor Cuomo recently announced nearly $ 5 million in funding from the Superstorm Sandy Social Services Block Grant to support continued food relief for Sandy victims and, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, announced a 15 % funding increase for food banks and other emergency food programIn addition, Governor Cuomo recently announced nearly $ 5 million in funding from the Superstorm Sandy Social Services Block Grant to support continued food relief for Sandy victims and, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, announced a 15 % funding increase for food banks and other emergency food programin funding from the Superstorm Sandy Social Services Block Grant to support continued food relief for Sandy victims and, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, announced a 15 % funding increase for food banks and other emergency food programin the days leading up to Thanksgiving, announced a 15 % funding increase for food banks and other emergency food programs.

County funding of $ 23,474,134; combined with funding from New York State of $ 2,135,104 in operating and $ 655,994 in grants; use of $ 714,843 in Library fund balance; and $ 937,010 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2016 proposed operating and grants budget to $ 27,917,085, a modest 2.1 % increase over the 2015 adopted budget.

Overall, the federal agency received a $ 763 million increase, according to the Adirondack Council, including $ 300 million each for the Clean Water Fund and Safe Drinking Water Fund; $ 63 million for implementation of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act and $ 50 million for new grant programming to address lead in drinking water.

In recognition of pressures on social services, grant funding for social care will be increased by an additional # 1bn by the fourth year of the spending review, and a further # 1bn for social care to be provided through the NHS to support joint working with councils «so that elderly people do not continue to fall through the crack between two systems».

In my case, it meant I avoided co-authoring or having joint grants with male colleagues, things that would likely have increased my funding and publications.

Chanton and Hodgkins» work, «Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production,» was funded by a three - year, $ 400,000 Department of Energy grant.

The National Institutes of Health, which received a smaller percentage increase, will not have to impose some of the cuts in grant - renewal funding it had already planned.

At the same time, MEXT is targeting US$ 2.4 billion — a 5.8 % increase — to grants - in - aid for scientific research to fund individuals, universities, and research centers.

The authors write that institutions should «increase bridge funding for promising faculty who are struggling to fund their research»; «lower the percentage of salary that faculty must cover through grants»; «improve administrative support for the grant submission process»; and «increase the level of formal acknowledgement of research collaboration expressed in the coauthor and coinvestigator status, both in the annual faculty appraisals and in the criteria for promotion and tenure.»

... Without the defined academic productivity and rank requirements of the TTT type (e.g., «publish or perish»), clinician — educator faculty who face ever - increasing clinical demands may put less emphasis on producing measurable academic products, such as publications in peer - reviewed journals or grant - funded research.»

President Barack Obama's budget proposal calls for increases in some fields of science, but in the wake of the stimulus bonanza, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by far the largest supplier of grants that support postdocs, essentially returns to pre-stimulus funding levels with increases that cover only inflation.

And as federal and state funding continues to hang in the balance, along with ever - increasing competition for grant dollars, this makes looking for alternative funding sources a priority.

«The amount of money available for grants has increased dramatically, and we need more professional management of these funds,» says Hiroyuki Abe, a former president of Tohoku University in Sendai, who chaired a council subcommittee that made the recommendations.

Last week, a coalition of universities and professional societies warned legislators working on the defense bill that «a mandatory increase in the SBIR - STTR allocation across federal agencies will result in funding cuts for investigator initiated, peer - reviewed grants that are the cornerstone of the nation's research enterprise.

In 2005 and 2007, energy legislation was passed that increased the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and also created a number of Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture funding vehicles (grants and loan guarantees) to help the biofuels industry meet mandated production goals.

The Canadian and provincial governments will need to increase their funding to the granting agencies so these agencies can, in turn, provide more money for postdoctoral fellowships.

Taking 2010 as the starting point, the government pledges to almost double the representation of Ph.D. - holders among the population age 25 to 34 by 2020 and increase research employment from 11.8 % to 16 %; raise to 10 % the share of publicly - funded Spanish papers ranked among the top 5 % of the most cited publications globally; increase Spain's share of European Union research funds, including a 90 % increase in the number of so - called Starting Grants from the European Research Council; boost the number of patent applications by 50 %; and raise the national percentage of innovative companies from 18.6 % to 25 %.

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.

The BDGP was awarded a three year grant from the NCHGR in December 1995 that allows for a four-fold increase over the next 18 months in funding devoted to production sequencing; technological advances and economies of scale should allow a substantially greater relative increase in output.

Money could be spent within weeks of passage of a stimulus package to fund many highly rated applications that have been waiting in line for support in FY 2008 and to restore dollars cut from the budgets of funded grants in recent years, with virtually no increase in administrative cost.

Other strategies that could stimulate women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate women with young children keeping these women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for women and men to lead committees and research groups.

Other critical needs, however, require longer - term commitments, such as an increase in success rates for investigator - initiated research grants, which typically involve commitments of continued funding over 3 - 5 years.

In 2009, the federal government overhauled the Title I School Improvement Grant program, increased its value to $ 3.5 billion with money from the recovery act, and spelled out four turnaround options from which perennially failing schools would have to choose to get a share of the funding.

Quick says the odds are not in your favor when you write a grant proposal — because so many organizations apply, fewer than 5 percent of submitted proposals get funded — but there are several tricks that can increase your odds of snagging the loot.

The second special report, Increased Learning Time Under Stimulus - Funded School Improvement Grants: High Hopes, Varied Implementation, highlights key findings about state, district, and school experiences related to the requirement to increase student learning time in SIG - funded scFunded School Improvement Grants: High Hopes, Varied Implementation, highlights key findings about state, district, and school experiences related to the requirement to increase student learning time in SIG - funded scfunded schools.

The School Improvement Grants program provides significant funds to «dramatically transform school culture and increase student outcomes in each State's persistently lowest - achieving schools, including secondary schools, through robust and comprehensive reforms.»