Sentences with phrase «major research funded»

The report is the latest paper in a programme of major research funded by the Nuffield Foundation to gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics within the teaching workforce in England.

Its funding priorities are determined every year based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan, which is a midterm national S&T policy revised every five years, explains Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), one of the major research funding agencies.

► «A government plan to radically reform the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), a major research funding agency in the Netherlands, is causing an uproar among scientists,» Martin Enserink wrote on 23 December.

AMSTERDAM — A government plan to radically reform the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), a major research funding agency in the Netherlands, is causing an uproar among scientists.

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Many small businesses may be unaware they already have access to a major tax incentive to fund research, in addition to the federal government's new innovation package.

Over 50 major financial institutions are involved with collaborative blockchain startups, have begun researching the technology in - house, or have helped fund startups with products rooted in blockchain.

Wang Yiming, deputy head of the Development Research Centre of China's State Council, said at the forum that although many belt and road projects were funded by major financial institutions — including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, New Development Bank, China Development Bank (CDB), the Export - Import Bank of China and the Silk Road Fund — there was still a huge funding gap of up to US$ 500 billion a year.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

Robin Beinenstock, an analyst with Bernstein Research, points out that BT Group has had major issues around pension funding, but the worst is behind it.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

In recent years, tech leaders have funded major projects in the space: Y Combinator Research piloted a program in Oakland that gave people $ 1,500 a month for a year, and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is funding a project in Stockton for working individuals.

Nor has the average school likely sources in industry, government, or organized religion to which it can turn for major grants to fund such projects - or even to fund research with a high enough surcharge for «administrative costs» to help release other funds for innovative projects.

The symposium was inspired by a major ARC funded research project being conducted by the University (the Supermarket Power Project) and led by Prof Caron Beaton - Wells.

The facility, which is being built at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna, is funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research or ACIAR, a major partner of IRRI.

«SNF has funded important school foodservice research, and conducted a major campaign to raise funding to enhance the public image of school foodservice professionals and school meals in general,» says School Nutrition Foundation Executive Director Patricia Montague.

I successfully raised 9 million dollars for one major research university to fund underrepresented minorities to study graduate level science.

He told Newsday those issues include «major infrastructure investments to create jobs, affordable higher education, criminal justice reforms and more funding for scientific research,» the paper wrote in its endorsement of him.

One major area of interest was the administration's plan to inject $ 1 billion in state funds into Buffalo - area factories, research facilities and other projects, known together as the Buffalo Billion.

A review of 7,000 studies by the World Cancer Research Fund found a third of cancers are attributable to diet and found at least six cancers for which obesity was a major risk factor.

The savage cuts to local authority spending and the decision by the Coalition Government to end ring - fenced funding for the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant is having a major adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils, the research has shown.

The ESRC also works collaboratively with six other UK research councils and Innovate UK to fund cross-disciplinary research and innovation addressing major societal challenges.

It supports the development and training of the UK's future social scientists and also funds major studies that provide the infrastructure for research.

BBSRC research and the people we fund are helping society to meet major challenges, including food security, green energy and healthier, longer lives.

For many years, a friendly division of work within the Alzheimer's Association called for the New York City office to deliver programs and the national office in Chicago to lead advocacy efforts and promote funding for major research.

One of Rep. Chris Collins» first major legislative efforts took a big step forward, as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved his bill establishing a grant program that aims to fund innovations being created at the nation's universities, research institutes and laboratories.

However, under pressure from activists after openDemocracy revealed how Brexit campaigners were funnelling dark money through Northern Ireland to fund «Take Back Control» adverts, the Democratic Unionist Party was forced last night to reveal its major donor to be a group calling itself the Constitutional Research Council.

That's what the United Kingdom has done in a major reorganization of research funding that unites all the research councils that support U.K. science.

Specifically, the agencies provide data on funding levels for basic research, applied research, development, construction of R&D facilities, and major capital equipment for R&D (see Definitions for the common definitions that OMB, the agencies, and AAAS use to classify programs as R&D or non-R & D).

My colleague explained to me that the National Institutes of Health was no longer funding classical neuroanatomy studies, so he was pleased to be able to apply some of the money paid to him for the hair - growth experiments to fund his neuroanatomy research, his major interest.

Last week, NSERC President Tom Brzustowski posted a memo on the organization's Web site, stating that NSERC «can not assure the availability of funds for successful applications for Major Installations, Major Equipment, or regular equipment (now called Research Tools and Instruments) in the upcoming competition.»

A detailed overview of the major scholarship donors can be found at the Department of Budget, Research Funding Office, University of Kassel.

Companies are rapidly becoming a major funding source for academic research labs.

In the United Kingdom, «a major factor in the increase in both numbers and professionalization [of knowledge brokers] is the recent inclusion of «research impact» as a measure [used] to rank U.K. universities and determine funding, so investing in staff to promote research impact has become a priority,» Knight explains.

The other major federal funder for alternative energy research is National Science Foundation.

In 1998, Kouzarides approached the technology arm of his major funding source, the charity Cancer Research UK, about developing medical treatments from his work.

With funding from the Alberta Cancer Board, the National Science and Engineering Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Alberta Innovation and Science Research Investment Program, the University of Alberta (UA) in Edmonton has become a major center of nanotechnology research and has fostered the spin - off and growth of a host of coResearch Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Alberta Innovation and Science Research Investment Program, the University of Alberta (UA) in Edmonton has become a major center of nanotechnology research and has fostered the spin - off and growth of a host of coResearch (CIHR), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Alberta Innovation and Science Research Investment Program, the University of Alberta (UA) in Edmonton has become a major center of nanotechnology research and has fostered the spin - off and growth of a host of coResearch Investment Program, the University of Alberta (UA) in Edmonton has become a major center of nanotechnology research and has fostered the spin - off and growth of a host of coresearch and has fostered the spin - off and growth of a host of companies.

Major funding for research and display of the artifacts was provided by the National Geographic Society, the Walton Family Fund, Pat Boyce and Debbie Fritsch, the James Hervey Johnson Charitable Educational Trust, and the Downing Family Foundation.

«In fact, this lack of funding is one of the major problems that hamper the productivity of the Spanish research groups.»

Major funding for the EDF's 30 - month methane research series, including their portion of the University of Texas study, is provided for by the following individuals and foundations: Fiona and Stan Druckenmiller, the Heising - Simons Foundation, Bill and Susan Oberndorf, Betsy and Sam Reeves, the Robertson Foundation, TomKat Charitable Trust and the Walton Family Foundation.

NSF is a major funding of basic research outside of biomedical science.

At the same time, the RSC preference for defense spending might bode well for the defense science and technology enterprise, which among other things is a major funder of university research.

A major area of research funding for SFI is «interdisciplinary» research — a catchword for many granting bodies but, says Gannon, a good match for Ireland.

Despite such local funding shortages, experts believe that interdisciplinary climate change research is a major area of career opportunity.

Crowley and Canzater identify five critical actions that should be priorities for monitoring HCV: 1) expand and standardize reporting to the CDC, 2) utilize electronic medical records to collect data on HCV cases and the cure cascade, 3) fund epidemiologic research using clinical data sets, 4) integrate improved monitoring of HCV with responses to the opioid epidemic, and 5) establish and monitor HCV elimination plans across major US health systems.

Another mechanism for distributing the funds is administrative supplements given out to some current holders of major research grants.

Other new opportunities for young scientists are coming from corporations and nonprofits, which are not currently major funders of research and training.

A: There are few immigration - status restrictions on research grants from the major funding agencies and they do not require that you have a faculty position.

The Harper government, for example, slashed funding for Arctic climate research and for a major environmental research station, the Experimental Lakes Area.