Sentences with phrase «key research programs»

As the Pentagon prepares to downsize by about $ 5 billion, it's making an exception in its budget for key research programs.

The research was supported by the National Science Foundation (OCE - 1350795), Office of Naval Research (N00014 -17-1-2963) and the National Key Research Program of China (2017YFA0604100.

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Lawmakers moved to extend and expand two key small business research programs facing expiration this week.

For example, Pfizer said in January that it will be cutting 300 jobs as part of its closing of its neuroscience research and development program, and it was a brutal 2017 for Alzheimer's research as a number of key trials failed.

Survey research by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that overdraft programs are not meeting the needs of most consumers for two key reasons.

In this chapter, emphasis will be placed on analyzing the available research in relation to three key questions: Who watches religious television programs?

JIRCAS is also a key partner of the Global Rice Science Partnership (the CGIAR Research Program on Rice).

Research is the key to finding the program that's a right for your child.

The museum experience in Whiteville is modeled after proven interactive programs at the Museum's Raleigh - based Nature Research Center, Nature Education Center, and Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning, and has several key features.

1978 Research and policy recommendations by FRAC play a key role in passage of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978, which greatly expand the WIC and School Breakfast Programs.

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.

The primary goal of parent support programs is to provide support and information in ways that help parents become more capable and competent.2, 3 Research now indicates that to reach this goal, it is necessary that staff use practices that are family - centered as opposed to professionally - centered, and capacity - building as opposed to dependency forming.4, 5,6,7 The key characteristics of family - centered practices include: treating families with dignity and respect; providing individual, flexible and responsive support; sharing information so families can make informed decisions; ensuring family choice regarding intervention options; and providing the necessary resources and supports for parents to care for their children in ways that produce optimal parent and child outcomes.8, 9,10,11

Another key research question is timing of program intervention.

A key research question is what types of programs are most effective in helping fathers and their families.

But new research from our email deliverability team at EveryAction shows nonprofits may be missing a key metric for a successful online fundraising program.

The working group includes researchers and key industry leaders who will serve two - year terms and will make recommendations concerning research, opportunities to promote industrial hemp, and policy and program changes.

She's learned the ropes from people like John Matsui, BSP's director, who says that a generation of studies has identified the key elements of a successful program: relevant and timely academic advice, a community environment, strong mentoring, and early involvement in research.

They said the key messages from the study were that stroke is a highly preventable disease globally, regardless of age and sex; that the relative importance of modifiable risk factors means there should be development of regional or ethnic - specific primary prevention programs, and that additional research on stroke risk factors is needed for countries and ethnic groups not included in INTERSTROKE.

The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01DK113144, R01DK100342, R01HL132996, R01CA112403, and R01CA193455), March of Dimes, Price Family Foundation, the National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Program for the Top Young Innovative Talents of Fujian Province, and the International Collaborative Project of Fujian Province.

ASTRONET — a network of European funding agencies and research organizations set up in 2005 to develop a strategy for European astronomy over the next 20 years — was almost done identifying key scientific priorities, and program officials were looking for a postdoctoral scientist to help coordinate the development of a road map to build the necessary infrastructure.

While politicians are still working on the final wording of the amendment, «[t] he agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»»

Funding for the study, which was co-authored by Zezheng Liu and Baoshan Cui of Beijing Normal University, came from the National Key Basic Research Program of China.

«The government is walking away from its key environmental and health research program in northern Canada,» asserts Terry Fenge, research director for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which promotes indigenous interests.

The agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite universityresearch budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite universityResearch and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite universityresearch organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»

The research was supported by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS101701, NS095279, NS095181), National Key Research and Development Program of China (Stem Cell and Translational Research), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Guangdong Presearch was supported by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS101701, NS095279, NS095181), National Key Research and Development Program of China (Stem Cell and Translational Research), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Guangdong PResearch and Development Program of China (Stem Cell and Translational Research), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Guangdong PResearch), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Guangdong Province.

The key goal of this program has been to give Canadian universities and their affiliated research institutes and hospitals the chance to attract and retain top researchers in a diverse range of disciplines.

Today, an article published in Cell by Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), ICREA researcher and Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona, describes the possible existence of a sixth DNA base, the methyl - adenine (mA), which also help determine the epigenome and would therefore be key in the life of the cells.

The National Science Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation together launched the new Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development program to support innovative science designed to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world.

«When we look at grant programs... the key is not the amount of the grant to begin with, but what we are getting for the taxpayer dollars,» he said, adding that he has supported research into particular diseases.

This last point is one that has yet to be addressed; the retention of clinician - scientists is one of the key issues currently under scrutiny by a task force initiated and overseen by CIHR (see the CIHR Web site for more details), with a mandate to design programs and infrastructure that will optimize opportunities and facilitate excellent clinical research.

Published in Arthritis Care and Research, White's article «Can an Intensive Diet and Exercise Program Prevent Knee Pain Among Overweight Adults at High Risk» was an editor's pick in the journal's July issue and was named as a key study for 2015 at the Osteoarthritis Society's international meeting.

A key subproject in cognitive neuroscience, whose removal from the core research program accelerated the attacks against the HBP last year, has been reinstated.

The award «honors [Bunel's] efforts leading, collaborating, and initiating key programs and research.»

Key Dates Abstract deadline: January 31 (Sun) 2016 Early - bird registration deadline: December 31 (Thur) 2015 — closed Youth Travel Awards application deadline: December 15 (Thu) 2015 — closed Registration — closed Contact us [email protected] Organizing Committee: Chih - Feng Chen National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Bon - Chu Chung Academia Sinica, Taiwan Hsu - Chen Cheng National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Pin - Chi Tang National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Yi - Chiao Chan National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Shyh - Jye Lee National Taiwan University, Taiwan Jun - An Chen Academia Sinica, Taiwan Shen - Ju Chou Academia Sinica, Taiwan Ting - Xin Jiang University of Southern California, US Randall Widelitz University of Southern California, US Masafumi Inaba University of Southern California, US Ta - Ching Chen National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan / University of Southern California, US Gee - way Lin University of Southern California, US Program Committee: Cheng - Ming Chuong University of Southern California, US Bon - Chu Chung Academia Sinica, Taiwan Claudio Stern University College London, UK David Clayton Queen Mary University of London, UK Koji Tamura Tohoku University, Japan Bertrand Pain Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, INRA, France Rusty Lansford University of Southern California, US Organizers: Center for the integrative and Evolutionary Galliformes Genomics (iEGG), National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Co-organizers: Taiwanese Society of Developmental Biology, Taiwan Center for Systems Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan World's Poultry Science Association - Taiwan Branch

The study was supported by grants from the National Science and Technology Pillar Program (2013BAD20B03), Key Project from the Government of Shaanxi Province (2013KTZB02 -03-1), a Public Welfare Project from the Ministry of Forestry (201304110), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014YB074), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31372019), Talents Supporting Plan of Shaanxi Province, a special fund from the Key laboratory of Shaanxi Province (2015SZS - 10), a special fund from NWAFU for the jujube experimental station (XTG2015002), and the United States National Science Foundation (IOS - 1539831).

Argonne Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division Director Emilio Bunel was honored for his «efforts leading, collaborating, and initiating key programs and research.»

She was a key collaborator on GVHD biomarker studies conducted within the overarching GVHD research theme of the Michigan BMT Program, including a first - authored paper demonstrating that elevations of CXCL9 are associated with new onset de novo chronic GVHD.

Closely related to RD - Connect, the EU has just launched SOLVE - RD, a large - scale research program operating under Horizon 2020 in which the CNAG - CRG is a key member.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

The current deal between House and Senate leaders would give $ 1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, plus $ 4.8 billion for continuing three key Obama administration research programs over the next three years — the Cancer Moonshot, the Precision Medicine Initiative, and the BRAIN Initiative.

The National Basic Research Program of China, State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China and Thousand Talents Program funded this rResearch Program of China, State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China and Thousand Talents Program funded this researchresearch.

Each work group was then tasked with designing a research program for a specific case study using a genomic solution to address a key environmental challenge, culminating with a presentation of their work to a panel representing potential funding sources (industry, government, and philanthropy).

Key players in the United States» medical research enterprise, particularly the NIH, have responded impressively to these calls.17, 18 In 1998, the NIH established new career development awards for young physicians being trained to carry out clinical research (K23), awards for established clinical investigators (K24), and awards for academic institutions with programs supporting clinical research training and infrastructure (K30).

Research in this program involves work with plants, fungi, and bacteria and is focused on four key areas: feedstock development, biomass depolymerization, biofuels production, and waste management.

Applicants to the FES Postdoctoral Program are strongly encouraged to propose research in the key areas highlighted in the reports generated by these community activities.

This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation oresearch was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation oResearch and Development Program of China, the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Grant support: Chinese National Key Program for Basic Research 973, Chinese National High Tech Program 863 (2006AA02Z19A), National Natural Science Foundation of China (30570778 and 30670882), «Shu Guang» Program of Shanghai Municipal Commission for Education (03SG37), and Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation.

The position is also responsible for managing environment, health and safety outreach programs, developing and updating literature and coordinating research projects as well as carrying out these projects in cooperation with the Center for Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) members, American Chemistry Council (ACC) staff and member groups, key downstream customer organizations and their members, regulatory and legislative bodies, and the polyurethane customer community to help bring awareness to users of MDI, TDI and polyols used in manufacturing polyurethane.

«Moderna is firing on all cylinders, making important discoveries on the core science behind mRNA drugs, advancing research programs and filing key patents to drive future growth,» said Bancel.

Through the CIC program, the Cancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunotherapies.