Sentences with phrase «increasing number of funding»

In recent years, a small but steadily increasing number of funding programs have been put in place to help postdocs pursue their own research projects while remaining in someone else's lab.

Though the pool of such funds that currently lend is small, greater retraction by banks promises to increase the number of funds that will lend.

The survey also revealed that an increasing number of funds would seek seed and acceleration capital in 2013 as a way to address capital raising shortfalls.

As a result, an increasing number of funds have migrated from discretionary human pattern recognition to systematic models.

Officers and Directors of the Funds continue to hold significant and increasing numbers of Fund shares.

The single - category method is gaining more and more converts because an increasing number of funds are actually doing the work for shareholders.

Collaboration in workforce recruitment, retention and support has the capacity to increase the number of funded positions for health staff.

Not exact matches

Startups and small businesses often face a number of unique challenges including deficient funding, client dependence, insufficient staff and struggles with balancing out their desires to create top quality products and services, provide their users with the best possible experience and increase their sales margins.

In recent years, an increasing number of tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns too.

The total number of high profile investors and venture capital funds continues to increase in 2018 — a trend Space Angels traces back to 2009.

That's a pretty decent number of companies whose policies support women, and hopefully that number will grow as attention to the index fund, and women's issues in business and elsewhere, increases.

The media startup, valued at $ 11 billion in its latest round of funding, says the number of «pinners,» or people sharing images and links, has doubled on its platform in the last 18 months and the number of searches on its service have increased by 81 % over the last year.

Aspect has since closed on a $ 150 million fund and gained some notoriety for being one of an increasing number of venture firms, run by women, willing to look at women entrepreneurs and women - run companies in a new way.

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).

Schulman hopes that, armed with new federal funding to tackle these challenges, states will step up and begin filling the gaping holes in the American child care system — smoothing out the child care cliff while also making it easier for families access care in the first place, increasing the number of American kids who spend their days playing, coloring, building, and singing in a safe, caring environment their parents can actually afford.

Led by BPI France and Temasek Holdings, a number of top sovereign wealth funds have increased their healthcare investments over the past five years.

The competition for investor funds that is occurring due to the massive increase in the number of ICO offerings has caused many start - up companies to drop any pretense that they are releasing legitimate news.

The exploration sector also appears to be starting to grow as the number of prospectors applying for Mineral Incentive Program funding is increasing.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

Many factors can be attributed to the depletion of the fund, including longer life expectancies, an increased in the number of retirees and a smaller working - age population.

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

But other cities across the world, including Stockholm, Portland, and Boston, are gaining a stronger startup reputation and increasing the number of startups and amount of VC funding.

On - Ramping New Users Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular by the day, as is made evident by the increasing number of users across networks and mainstreaming in the form of futures trading and hedge funds.

According to the company, the funds will be used to help expand the company's reach in both the domestic and international markets, while also strengthening the engineering and marketing teams, increasing the number of banking partners and developing an app that will be launched by the end of this month.

According to a report in the Financial Times, the number of hedge funds increased from 3,102 funds managing $ 465 billion in 2000 to 8,474 funds managing just under $ 3 trillion in 2016, mostly for pensions and foundations.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

An increasing number of Angels are leveraging investment into their portfolio companies by syndicating with other Angel investors (61 %) and Venture Capital funds (32 %)

The amount of funding available increases at each window while the number of ventures receiving funding will decrease.

This increases the number of equities to 54, greater than is typical for the Fund, but consistent with the Fund's equity allocation being at its highest level ever.

«Although extensive choice seems appealing, research shows that it may hinder motivation to buy and decrease subsequent satisfaction with purchased goods... Using data from nearly 800,000 employees, we tested the hypothesis that employee 401 (k) participation rates fall as the number of fund options increase.

Sara Brand, founding general partner of True Wealth Ventures, proposed her solution to getting additional VC funding for female startup founders and increasing the number of women becoming VC partners during the Austin Business Journal's Face 2 Face interview.

Still, that hasn't helped women startup founders obtain additional VC funding or increased the number of women becoming VC partners.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 percent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

What's perhaps most notable about this steady increase is the number of active managers entering the fray with an ETF strategy alongside their existing mutual fund businesses.

The only way to make a VC fund perform is to invest and manage to increase the number of really high return investments.

The seed stage focus of this fund helps meet a growing demand for early stage capital in Alberta, given the increasing number of young technology companies entering the ecosystem year - over-year.

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.

The growth can logically be attributed to 2016 investment gains at some donor - advised fund charitable sponsors, as well as to increases in the number of accounts (up by 6.9 percent) and in contributions (up by 7.6 percent).

In addition, a growing number of commentators, including senior representatives of some institutional investors, have expressed concern about the impact of hedge fund activism, and associated increased debt and cuts in capital spending, on long - term corporate health, innovation, job creation and GDP growth.»

The total number of donor - advised funds at Community Foundations (CFs) increased to 69,587 in 2016, an increase of 2.1 percent when compared with 2015.

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

However, that doesn't account for the number of hedge funds, which could greatly increase that number.

These impressive numbers can be attributed to the increased size and rate of the average funding round, with Q1 2018 seeing 59 per cent of the ICOs that were launched in all four quarters last year.

The Productivity Commission acknowledges the impact of increasing student numbers when it says that real funding has grown:

The player has been linked with a number of Serie A sides during recent weeks as the likelihood of Balotelli returning to Italy seems to have increased, but many may be unable to stump up the funds to secure a permanent deal for Balotelli, with a loan move that could turn into a permanent one at the end of the season perhaps being a solution to suit all parties.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

In 1991 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), a global strategy aimed to increase the numbers of babies worldwide who are exclusively breastfed.

This investment will allow us to improve the quality of our School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, increase the number of kids participating, and ensure that schools have the resources they need to make program changes, including training for school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for schools that are enhancing nutrition and quality.

In addition to setting an ambitious $ 35,000 fundraising goal for ourselves this year, we have also set out to increase the number of SNA members who support the Annual Fund.

I am increasing the funding for UK Trade and Investment by over 25pc a year, so it can help more firms, build the capacity of British chambers overseas, and maintain our country's position as the number one destination in Europe for foreign investment and we are launching a new # 1.5 bn export finance facility to support the purchase of British exports.