Sentences with phrase «million dollar grant»

Word came down recently that the University of Montreal's Centre de recherche en droit public won a six million dollar grant «to create a research infrastructure in which to develop different software solutions to the many problems currently plaguing the justice system.»

A 2.5 million dollar grant is being given to a group of 8 academic researchers by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The charmingly titled website Frisk-a-Liberal.com thundered that «a half a million dollar grant awarded to Penn State Professor Michael Mann.»

The START Mission recommendations served as the information basis and independent expert evaluation for Egypt's subsequent application to the Global Environmental Facility, to support the identified 140MW Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) power plant project at Kuraymat with a 50 Million dollar grant under GEF - OP7.

At the turn of the 20th century, in response to this epidemic in the US, John D. Rockefeller established the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm with a million dollar grant — an astounding sum at the time.

Laura served as the Director of an $ 8.5 million dollar grant at Mississippi State University (ACHIEVE Mississippi).

In a first of its kind study, researcher Sonia Cabell (formerly at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, now at Florida State University) received a 3.3 million dollar grant from the Institute of Education Sciences.

This report is one of the projects funded through a three - year, $ 3 million dollar grant awarded to ASCD last year by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support implementation of the Common Core standards.

The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County received a $ 1.2 million dollar grant to help students improve their academics and go to college.

Nearly One - Half Million Dollar Grant Supports Math and Sciences Today, the Harvard Graduate School of Education announces that the Massachusetts Department of Education has awarded the school a 3 - year, $ 459,000 grant through the Massachusetts Math and Science Partnership Program.

One year ago we announced our $ 2.2 million dollar grant to Dr. Mendell, Dr. Louise Rodino - Klapac (co-PI), and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

The solicitation is part of the effort from the city to apply for a $ 10 million dollar grant under the state downtown revitalization initiative.

The project also received a $ 6 million dollar grant from the Transportation Security Administration.

And I'm here today to tell you congratulations you won that ten million dollar grant and you deserve it.»

NASA has embraced the incredible potential of 3D printing technology and is holding a Centennial Challenge, presented in several phases, that should total up to $ 2.5 million dollars granted to challenge award winners.

mammals aren't peas, dr. mengele, opps, i mean mendle, and geneticists with multi - million dollar grants and facilities can't do what some «reputable» breeders appear to dream they do for dog breeds.

Led eight different engineering and architectural professionals and assessed multiple client recovery situations for nine different disaster declarations with more than $ 100 million dollars grant awarded.

Not exact matches

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov called for «digital resistance», saying he was prepared to give out millions of dollars worth of grants in bitcoin digital currency to individuals and companies that run proxies and VPNs to support internet freedom.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov called on Tuesday for «digital resistance», saying he was prepared to give out millions of dollars worth of grants in bitcoin digital currency to individuals and companies that run proxies and VPNs to support internet freedom.

CBS Radio brings in more than a billion dollars in revenue from about 50 million listeners, Henn said, and the public radio universe generates about the same amount of money from pledges and donations, as well as advertising and grants.

The two hit it off, and soon after they teamed up at MIT's Media Lab, armed with a near - million - dollar National Science Foundation grant, to prototype a sort of emotional hearing aid for autistic people — essentially a wearable camera that scanned people's facial expressions to interpret social cues, in real time, for the person wearing the device.

Tyee Victoria bureau chief Andrew MacLeod broke the story of a local revolt against Tory Resource Minister Gary Lunn's million dollar «green» grant to rich homeowners in his Saanich - Gulf Islands riding.

A team of researchers with a hot idea or newly granted patents can find venture capital funds eager to provide millions of dollars in startup funding.

With support from FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, hundreds of communities have spent tens of millions of dollars each year to purchase flood - prone properties from willing sellers.

They reduced Airtanker contracts by 5.1 million dollars and cut funding for FireSmart grants that funded projects focused on fire preparedness planning, public education and fire mitigation projects such as creating buffers between buildings and forests.»

A given foundation may grant a million dollars to a certain college, but it is a particular representative who speaks for the foundation and it is a human counterpart who graciously accepts the gift in behalf of the college.

«Last year, GFI's goal was to secure 2.5 million U.S. dollars in philanthropic gifts and grants.

Following the hotel's $ 80 - million dollar retrofit in the 1980's, the Grant Grill re-opened with a new design palate and eventually became a three - meal restaurant, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The Count On Me Family Foundation has granted over a 1.5 million dollars to over 50 charitable children's organizations since 2005.

Since its founding in 1964, SNF has raised millions of dollars to provide a wide variety of scholarships, grants, research, training opportunities and technical assistance to school nutrition professionals at every level.

Mike Adams, executive director of the Park District, said the district would be able to get about $ 16 million in financing, but must seek the remaining amount using tax increment financing (TIF) dollars and / or grants.

The village could offer more than $ 5 million in TIF dollars for the project, according to officials, with the remainder from grants and park district funds.

Last week, an additional million - dollar grant was awarded to Mass Audubon, in partnership with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program.

The Partners have successfully worked in 7 states, granting over 2 million dollars to over 20 school districts to expand breakfast in the classroom programs in almost 100 schools.

«The Round II grants announced today will drive hundreds of millions of dollars in state and private investment to deploy projects that will bring broadband to businesses, schools and communities, all of which need high - speed internet to compete in global economy,» Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky.

Schneiderman's office says the vast majority of funding for Christian Community In Action received tens of millions of dollars from the Medicaid program, while the Christian Community Benevolent Association received about $ 495,000 in member item grants.

Is it over 200 million euro that Germany granted us, or that 16.4 million dollars was cancelled?

GlobalFoundries, which has racked up Empire Zone tax benefits estimated at up to $ 586 million (in addition to a $ 665 million cash grant from the state and other perks) built a multibillion - dollar chip fab in Saratoga County that now employs more than 3,000 people.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

He also launched the Canal Corridor Initiative that made millions of dollars in federal grants and loans available to canal communities.

Having received millions of dollars in grants and earmarks from government and private enterprise, the ADC appears to run large deficits, despite a track record of profitable real estate transactions.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

The Community Builders interviewed by the auditors lacked knowledge of HUD's grant programs, the report said, and in some cases improperly interfered with housing transactions between local officials and nonprofit groups, resulting in the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced a grant of more than a million dollars being awarded to the Oneida County Health Department for the purposes of improving environmental health surveillance in... Read more

Healy, the former Republican chairman, blamed the glut of candidates on the state's public campaign financing system, where candidates collect $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations to receive millions in taxpayer - funded election grants.

Legislative sources groused that hundreds of millions of dollars in economic development grants being sprinkled around the state by Cuomo's administration amount to Cuomo - controlled pork.

At the time the multi-million dollar project, which also added a new restaurant, received a $ 1 million Restore NY state grant and money from the Oswego County Industrial Development Agency.

The rules are, only three will receive grants of $ 500 million dollars each.

The deadline for health and human services organizations to apply for state funds from a 200 - million dollar block grant has already arrived.

As speaker, he had the power to award or withhold grants worth millions of dollars.