Sentences with phrase «increasing federal funding for research»

Similarly, 64 % of Republicans favor increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology, down 21 points from two years ago.

About eight - in - ten (79 %) favor requiring better fuel efficiency for cars, trucks and SUVs, and 74 % support increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology.

The new survey finds continuing support for a range of policies to address the nation's energy supply, including requiring improved vehicle fuel efficiency and increasing federal funding for research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology.

NBCC's mission includes increasing awareness about breast cancer, training people to be grassroots activists and increasing federal funding for research.

Both McCain and Obama voted in 2006 and 2007 for bills that would increase federal funding for the research, but President Bush vetoed those plans.

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Almost six in 10 adults (57 %) say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to increase federal funding for the scientific research into the causes and treatment of pain.

She also served on the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) Advocacy Steering Committee to help build a strong nationwide presence for the food allergy community in the public policy arena, and to actively seek to increase federal funding for food allergy research.

The federal funds for the internationalization of higher education and research have been increased by 140 % between the 1998 budget and the 2002 draft budget.

But he has also spoken generally in favor of increasing funding for federal research agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which he would oversee if confirmed to the job by the Senate.

The report's «highest priority recommendation,» a doubling of federal research funding, could create a «commensurate increase in the demand for researchers.»

The report also calls for a 10 % annual increase in federal funding for basic research.

A decade of flat funding by federal agencies, declines in in - house research programs in industry, and an academic research culture that relies upon an ever - increasing number of trainees to execute research have flooded the market with highly trained scientists competing for few permanent positions that would utilize their skills.

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.

Among its assorted recommendations — from supporting state syringe exchange programs to increasing federal funding for neurobiology research — the panel suggests that FDA dramatically expand the types of evidence it requires from companies to show that an opioid is safe and effective, both before and after it gets market approval.

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.

Looking forward, the RAND team recommends that the federal government increase funding for gun research to levels comparable to federal research investments in other significant causes of death and injury, such as automobile accidents.

In addition to her educational outreach activities, Scott has advocated for increased medical research funding with federal legislators in Washington, DC.

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.

In addition, the Foundation is committed to raising awareness, education and increased federal funding and support for SMA research broadly.

The scientists claimed that, because they used adult stem cells exclusively in their research, the new rules would increase competition for federal research dollars, thereby affecting their ability to obtain funding.

«For any state to invest in stem cell research, it increases the likelihood that investigators in that state can compete for federal funding,» Landis saFor any state to invest in stem cell research, it increases the likelihood that investigators in that state can compete for federal funding,» Landis safor federal funding,» Landis said.

Some TEP instructors explore issues of inclusivity, while others have received federal funding to research technology - based strategies for increasing student interest in STEM topics.

This book is a love letter, an involving story of the devastating impact of the disease, and a polemic demanding a substantial increase in federal funds for medical research.