Sentences with phrase «major research initiatives»

Ab Currie, originally trained as a demographer, has been a key player in major research initiatives by Justice Canada on legal aid and access to justice across the country for more than two decades.

As a Senior Associate for the International Center for Leadership in Education, Mr. Pedinotti was project manager for several major research initiatives, including the Lexile ® Framework for Reading Study.

A chemist at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Burke has watched funding agencies back major research initiatives in other fields.

Lawmakers provided support for FDA's contribution to two major research initiatives laid out in President Obama's budget request.

From our major research initiative on sustainability; to our recent work the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chesterwood, S&R Foundation, the Rauschenberg Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Joan Mitchell Foundation.

As part of this new collaboration, at this conference the global - environmental - change programmes support a major research initiative, Future Earth: research for global sustainability.

-- Launch a major research initiative on the earth system and global sustainability, at a scale similar to those devoted to areas such as space, defense and health, to tap all sources of ingenuity across disciplines and across the globe.

Not exact matches

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.

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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has applauded the Thai Sustainable Planthopper initiative to restrict the use of two types of insecticides that are a major cause of outbreaks of brown planthoppers.

A major new # 692,000 research initiative launches today with the aim of informing government policy and practice and finding solutions to bring vulnerable homeless people in from the margins of our society.

So we will also welcome agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives.

Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominresearch and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominResearch for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominresearch into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over coming years.

An internationally - recognized scientist with more than 16 years of experience in translational immunoparasitology research and vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases, Bottazzi's major interest lies in the role of vaccines as control tools integrated into international public and global health programs and initiatives.

Walsh and Lee argue in their paper that the growth of team science and the accompanying trend toward bureaucratization, compounded by the increasing emphasis on lab productivity and the concentration of research resources around major funding initiatives or expensive equipment, may have far - reaching consequences for the training and employment of young scientists.

But major initiatives to expand treatment options, promote more research, and boost funding would still require congressional action or initiatives from federal agencies.

While Allison's early research that led to Yervoy was funded by the National Cancer Institute, «since then, there have been no major initiatives to accelerate progress in this area.»

(One major source has become the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative.)

Although researchers were bracing for cuts, both NIST and USDA's major competitive research initiative emerged relatively unscathed.

Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China have all announced major new brain research initiatives as well.

The Obama administration tried to tackle a range of societal problems with multiagency initiatives that included major research components.

Ms. Kaplan oversees all aspects of the Lustgarten Foundation's operational activities, including major fundraising initiatives, patient outreach, and the Foundation's in - depth research portfolio.

The Roadmap is a series of initiatives designed to pursue major opportunities and gaps in biomedical research that no single NIH institute could tackle alone, but which the agency as a whole can address to make the biggest impact possible on the progress of medical research.

Leaders of Major Brain Initiatives Convene for «Global Meeting of the Minds at BrainTech2015: Total of $ 300,000 Also Awarded at Conference for Annual Mathematical Neuroscience Prize and Adelis Brain Research Award.

The program has three major components: the Director's R&D Fund, which develops new capabilities in support of the Laboratory's research initiatives, the Seed Money Fund, which is open to all innovative ideas that have the potential for enhancing the Laboratory's core scientific and technical disciplines, and the Named Fellowships, open to outstanding doctorate - level candidate scientists and engineers to achieve experience in areas of science and technology of national importance.

Support for these projects can include the development of new technology cores, the provision of major new equipment and facilities, as well as or the recruitment and support of new faculty who focus on major new strategic research initiatives.

The research was conducted as part of the Human Microbiome Project, a major initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that largely has focused on cataloging the body's bacterial ecosystems.

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.

From 2009 to 2012, ICAR and IRRI worked together on 37 research projects including two major regional initiatives — Stress - Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA), and the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) projects.

«With no current treatments available for this devastating disease, this initiative is a major step in moving research forward to quickly assess new therapies and provide rapid access of data to clinical investigators across the country.»

We've received extra funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Government's «Caring for our Country» initiative for this research program, and we've just heard that Stephanie won a major international prize for the paper we published about heResearch Council and the Australian Government's «Caring for our Country» initiative for this research program, and we've just heard that Stephanie won a major international prize for the paper we published about heresearch program, and we've just heard that Stephanie won a major international prize for the paper we published about her study.

Professor Curry told Times Higher Education: «[The research councils] signing up is a significant boost for the initiative... This is a major collection of funders from across the UK.»

FP7 bundles all research - related EU initiatives together under a common roof with four major programmes: Cooperation (collaborative research), Ideas (basic research), Marie Curie Actions (fellowship) and

These commitments are part of a larger initiative called the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a network of 80 partner organizations — from major chains to research organizations and NGOs — that are agreeing to clean up their sourcing and share the resources that make their sourcing more sustainable and transparent.

«Autism Speaks Invests $ 2.3 Million in Research on Autism Gut - Brain Connection, «which makes these studies the first major funded GI initiative that investigates microbiome, biological stress and bowel disorder treatment in children with autism.

Over the past month, corporate officials have unveiled plans for two major initiatives to create education research - and - development centers to support the development of new schools.

We are just finishing our research and evaluation for the programs from our 2013/14 school year and in two of our major initiatives, we are seeing statistically significant gains in Mathematics - it's in Math that these two schools have focused their blended methods on (often we pick a specific subject area to do a small scale pilot).

One of Lagemann's most significant accomplishments at HGSE has been the creation of the «usable knowledge initiative,» which aims to counter a major problem facing schools of education, the difficulty of linking research to practice.

The many calls for «evidence based» decisionmaking notwithstanding, most of our major policy and reform initiatives have either been launched without any prior research on their efficacy, and without provisions for assessing their intended and unintended effects, or have ignored or misused whatever relevant research evidence was available when...

The Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative and the First in Math Consortium, both centered on high performance expectations, ongoing professional development, examining student work, and improved math instruction, are major research - based initiatives that encompass formative and summative assessment systems, pedagogical content coaching, and leadership training and networks.

He played key roles in developing the nation's first three national education technology plans and in conducting research and evaluations of major educational technology programs and initiatives, including as primary author of the groundbreaking Pew Internet study of internet - savvy students, The Digital Disconnect.

Beyond the research evidence, at least one major «whole school reform» initiative in the United States and several parts of Canada, The Coalition of Essential Schools (e.g., Sizer, 1992a, 1992b), advocates holding total numbers of secondary school students taught per teacher to about 90 as a central principle of its program.

Because we understand this, NAPHIA has made veterinary research and education initiatives a major focus of our organization.

DENVER / Oct 14, 2015 — Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in supporting scientific research that advances the health and well - being of animals worldwide, has announced a major initiative to find a cure, treatments and / or vaccine for a disease that kills thousands of cats every year — feline infectious peritonitis.

Hunt helped to produce two major initiatives in Los Angeles, including the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, co-produced by LA > < ART and the Getty Research Institute, and Made in LA 2012, the first Los Angeles biennial organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LA > < ART.

Lowry's major initiatives include the creation of a new curatorial department, Media and Performance Art; the establishment of the research program Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives in a Global Age Initiative (C - MAP); and the merger of The Museum of Modern Art and PS1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1).

From 2011 to 2016, Roth oversaw major initiatives at the museum, including a Venice Biennale presence, the launch of the V&A research unit, exhibitions ranging from «Disobedient Objects» to «Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty» and record visitor numbers.

Witness the Arctic provides information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, national policy affecting Arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major Arctic research efforts.

A research initiative that mapped decisions by town managers in Maine to sources of climate information, engineering design, mandated requirements, and calendars identified the complex, multi-jurisdictional challenges of widespread adaptation for even such seemingly simple actions as using larger culverts to carry water from major storms.116 To help towns adapt culverts to expected climate change over their lifetimes, the Sustainability Solutions Initiative is creating decision tools to map culvert locations, schedule maintenance, estimate needed culvert size, and analyze replacement needs and costs.