Sentences with phrase «made competitive awards»

In the early 1990s, in an effort to promote standards - based reform through Goals 2000, the U.S. Department of Education made competitive awards available to states to develop curriculum frameworks in the core subject areas.

The SBIR and STTR programs, which were begun in 1982 and 1992, respectively, make competitive awards intended to move discoveries into the market.

Not exact matches

now that i've got your competitive engines ready and raring to go... how about an award winning dessert that only costs $ 5.00 to make and and says «holiday» all over it!

Being shortlisted for such a prestigious award is an incredible achievement, our understanding of what makes modern UK manufacturing competitive has obviously struck a chord with the judges.»

With a 1950s décor and a menu built around its award - winning burgers and 13 flavors of hand - made milkshakes served in traditional metal cups, Wayback Burgers has carved out a space for itself in the highly competitive fast casual burger market.

Making matters even more competitive, retailers» private label wines have been winning awards at major wine competitions.

Many wondered why such a large fee had been paid for a relatively unknown player, but as it does most of the time, the players made his critics eat their words after his first few competitive appearances saw him win Man of the Match award twice.

Cuomo's office said that grants made available through the program «will be awarded through a competitive process, with priority given to nonprofits with State contracts that provide direct services in high - need communities, particularly smaller nonprofits and nonprofits that lack access to other capital funding opportunities.»

But the Procurement Policy Board, an obscure agency if ever there was one, has decreed that the competitive bidding rules «shall not apply to contract awards made from line item appropriations and / or discretionary funds to community - based not - for - profit organizations or other public service organizations identified by elected city officials other than the mayor and the controller.»

Although smaller, NSF works the same way as NIH; NSF expects to make about 10,400 competitive awards in FY 2008, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The awards, made to 48 projects in more than 20 states after a highly competitive application process, aim to reduce greenhouse gases and oil imports by spurring electrification of the automobile sector and boosting domestic manufacturing of «green» vehicles.

Each year, NSF receives more than 50,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards.

And last, but in no way least, the long - established Relationship.com has made it onto the shortlist for the prestigious and highly competitive gong for «Best Dating Site» in the same awards.

While Emmy - winning Survivor producer and host Jeff Probst (born November 4th, 1962) has occasionally taken a seat besides Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis and Kelly and even directed his own award - winning feature film, chances are that when all is said and done, the role he'll be best remembered for is that of the firm but fair host who snuffed out more than his share of torches on the popular competitive reality show that made him a household name.

History was made when Christian Berger, AAC, Alar Kivilo, ASC, CSC and Eagle Egilsson claimed top honors in the three competitive categories during the 24th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards celebration in Los Angeles last Saturday.

That's an immense improvement in storytelling and bestowing awards and its also made the category much more competitive.

But the 2015 awards season have proven particularly controversial, with several stars seemingly being promoted for supporting roles to make them more competitive, and it's bringing to new light the Academy's lax rules on the subject.

Having just received an Honorary Academy Award, her subsequent competitive nod in this category makes her the oldest Oscar nominee ever.

The contest selects 12 of the best award - winning short films that have premiered at a major festival in the past year, making this the most highly competitive film festival of its kind.

This year, 371 schools applied for national merit awards, making 2016 the most competitive year in the award program's history.

This year, 389 magnet schools applied for national merit awards, making 2018 the most competitive year in the award program's history.

In addition to formula allocations, at times the federal government makes discretionary awards through competitive grant processes.

But even today, making an extremely competitive luxury sports sedan — which also happened to win the latest MotorTrend's Car of the Year award — still isn't enough to guarantee Alfa Romeo's stay.

LRAP awards are made through an open, competitive process.

The ninth annual Beast of the Bay Awards contest gathered more votes than previous Beasts, making this Beast balloting über competitive.

Groomers for Groomers Fund was this year's recipient of the David G. Salzberg Award, presented annually to the individual or organization that makes outstanding contributions to competitive grooming and groomers in general.

Its annual, competitive stipend program awards six stipends to qualified applicants who can spend three to twelve months at the Research Center, which makes its library, collections and unique archives accessible to researchers worldwide as well as to its in - house scholars.

With one of the most competitive award charts in the industry, every point you earn makes a significant dent in the required points for your next award stay.

While the IHG award chart isn't the best, the addition of a 4th night free on award stays could definitely make it more competitive.

Revisions to Saver Award levels in the Singapore Airlines and SilkAir Award Chart have been made to ensure that flight rewards remain sustainable yet competitive.

The award chart is somewhat competitive, and some premium class award seats are made available to members while only being released two weeks in advance to partners.

They say alternatives such as raising fares is impractical «due to the highly competitive nature of the airline industry» and increasing the number of miles required for a reward would make award travel impossible for many frequent flier program members.

This makes the program competitive with both Delta and United low - level awards, assuming you can find availability.

Founded to recognise the greatest contemporary contributor to British art and named after the pre-eminent 19th century painter, the Prize has taken various guises and seen an underplaying of its competitive qualities (represented in all the shortlisted artists receiving a # 5,000 share of the prize money and the winner receiving # 25,000), the introduction of a 50 - year age limit, and a re-classification through being awarded to artists who have made an «outstanding» rather than «the greatest» contribution to British art.

Each year, NSF receives more than 50,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards.

By awarding contracts through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory under the DOE - funded Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP), the goal is to make wind energy from small - and medium - sized turbines cost competitive with other distributed generation technologies and increase the number of wind - turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standards.

«While we knew that competitive tendering was coming, delays in the award of contracts has left firms little time to open new offices, make people redundant or plan recruitments.»

[49] Third party attorney ranking services such as Chambers and Partners and Martindale - Hubbell are generally very competitive and can help raise an individual attorney's professional profile, and to catch this marketing advantage, over 1,200 attorney ranking and or awards have sprung up in the U.S. [50] Various state bar associations have taken notice of the prolific growth of attorney honor awards and have determined that lawyers may refer to such honors in advertising «only when the basis for comparison can be verified» and the organization providing the award «has made adequate inquiry into the fitness of the individual lawyer.»

These range from the easily measurable and highly competitive production awards to those less tangible awards allowing senior leadership to recognize the little things that result in making a difference for clients and the community.