Sentences with phrase «millions in government funds»

Dr Tan also founded the Positive Ageing Foundation, and secured $ 3 million in government funding to develop a new approach to ageing.

That was covered with about $ 3 million in government funds, and the rest from private donations.

The recently expired federal Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP) used $ 400 million in government funds to attract $ 900 million in private capital into the business ecosystem.

Yet of the # 300 million in government funding for biosciences, only one per cent is directed towards replacing animals in experiments.

in the 2014 fiscal year, the school paid the companies associated with Mr. Lager nearly $ 23 million, or about one - fifth of the nearly $ 115 million in government funds it took in.»

A new Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching will be given # 26 million in government funding to open 35 English hubs across the country, Justine Greening is to...

Smith's letter cited prior reporting by the Washington Free Beacon revealing that IGES has received $ 63 million in government funds since 2001, which comprised 98 percent of its total revenue in that time according to annual tax filings.

Not exact matches

The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for high - tech small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.

The government, after all, reportedly provided MDA with $ 445 million in R&D funding to develop them.

In March, the Conservative government pledged to put $ 400 million into VC funds.

A new mining research centre to be jointly based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

Another is Montreal - based iNovia Capital, which raised $ 110 million for its third fund in December 2011, $ 10 million of that coming from Alberta Enterprise, an Alberta government - funded corporation formed in 2008 that gives money to VC funds.

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

A new mining research centre to be co-based in Western Australia and South Australia and backed by 34 industry and academic partners is set to proceed after the federal government committed to provide $ 50 million in funding.

The federal government has a cybersecurity spending fund in place for $ 19 - million, called the Cybersecurity National Action Plan.

Those lackluster test scores have caught the attention of the federal government, and the Trump Administration has proposed $ 200 million in STEM - focused grant funding.

There are a few headline - grabbing provisions unveiled in today's Economic Action Plan 2014, including increased taxes on tobacco products and an additional $ 500 million for the government's automotive innovation fund.

Rutan managed to send human beings out of the atmosphere without the benefit of an army of engineers and hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds.

The state and federal governments will provide an additional $ 21.6 million in home and community care funding to Western Australia this year to aid older people and those with disabilities.

If the government were to structure its new $ 400 - million program as a coinvestment fund, as is available in several U.S. states and Canadian provinces, three important outcomes are guaranteed.

The government teamed up in April with the EIF to launch Equifund, the 400 million euro fund - of - funds aimed at startups and other small companies.

The springboard for Altech to submit their licence application to MIDA was delivered late last year when it secured a remarkable German Government debt guarantee for US$ 170 million in project funding which shifted the venture into the development phase.

Also, the Ontario and the federal governments announced in January up to $ 100 million in a venture capital fund funding to invest in startup companies.

A co-funding program with angel investors and a commercialisation fund for Western Australia's universities are the «big ticket» items in the state government's $ 20 million innovation strategy, released last night.

In 2009, it was able to get $ 13.75 million in initial funding, supported by the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund, led by Chrysalix Energy Venture CapitaIn 2009, it was able to get $ 13.75 million in initial funding, supported by the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund, led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capitain initial funding, supported by the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund, led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital.

Tait's appointment is the latest in a series of moves the Liberal government has made at the public broadcaster that began in 2016, when it boosted funding to the CBC by $ 675 million over five years.

The U.S. government - funded President's Malaria Initiative has been a powerful force in the past decade, and monies for that rose above # 600 million in 2016 from $ 30 million in 2006.

She also says funding isn't a problem, at least in the near term; the company raised $ 13.4 million in a round of financing in 2007 — the Australian government chipped in, along with three venture capital firms.

Should governments pull the plug on megaprojects like ITER, it wouldn't stop private - sector players like Burnaby, B.C. - based General Fusion Inc., a year - old startup by former Creo Inc. managers that has so far attracted about half the $ 50 million in venture capital and federal research funds it says it needs to demonstrate a kind of «magnetized target fusion» by 2013.

For instance, the government says it will invest $ 950 million over five years to support «superclusters,» but the vast bulk of that money is repurposed from last year's budget, with the remainder scraped from «public transit and green infrastructure» funding allocated in the 2016 fall economic statement.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the company's $ 85 million in revenue depends on government funding, Virts - Mozer is confident that her firm will make it through the shutdown just fine.

LONDON (Reuters)- Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $ 50 million (# 38.2 million) in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain - wasting diseFund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain - wasting disefund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain - wasting disease.

Along the way, he also started the government data transparency company Opengov.com, which received $ 15 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz in May.

After spending $ 2.5 million renovating the Arctic Institute of North America's Kluane Research Station, the Harper government just eliminated the funding for the global leader in climate change and boreal mammal research.

Water Minister Mia Davies today welcomed an Australian Government commitment of $ 1 million through the National Water Infrustructure Development Fund to undertake full feasibility work on an ambitious plan to address salinity in Wellington Dam.

Meanwhile, in Buffalo, SolarCity was burning through hundreds of millions of dollars of government funding to get the factory built as fast as possible.

[1] Admittedly, the Trudeau government did announce $ 30 million in temporary funding for some social housing agreements in its first budget; but that was just two years of funding.

The Provincial Government has also pledged an investment of $ 20 million in 2017 - 18 for child care funding, to support the creation of up to 2,000 new, additional, child - care spaces.

In last month's Fall Economic Statement, the federal government promised to enhance the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) through additional annual funding of $ 500 Million starting in 201In last month's Fall Economic Statement, the federal government promised to enhance the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) through additional annual funding of $ 500 Million starting in 201in 2019.

The Alliance, together with its SBA - funded Advanced Power & Energy Cluster (APC) has helped Member companies garner over $ 60 Million in government and commercial contracts since 2011, and contributed to the creation of ove 800 jobs.

Elizabeth Payne points out that carbon capture and storage — which the Harper government has committed millions in funding to — will need a meaningful price on carbon to succeed.

In the 2008 Budget, the federal government has established a $ 400 million «Police Officers Recruitment Fund», booked at year end, to help provinces and territories recruit 2,500 new front - line police officers.

In fact, today, FBN is announcing that it has raised a whopping $ 110 million in fresh funding co-led by T.Rowe Price and Temasek, the wealth fund owned by the Government of SingaporIn fact, today, FBN is announcing that it has raised a whopping $ 110 million in fresh funding co-led by T.Rowe Price and Temasek, the wealth fund owned by the Government of Singaporin fresh funding co-led by T.Rowe Price and Temasek, the wealth fund owned by the Government of Singapore.

Meanwhile, in Buffalo, SolarCity was burning through hundreds of millions of dollars of government funding to get the facility built as fast as possible.

Some $ 24 million in cuts are due to a new 2 percent handling fee the state is charging local governments for managing sales tax revenue, a part of the transit agencies» funding, according to the Tribune.

According to a report from Sohu, while the fund has been launched by Hangzhou - based venture capital firm Tunlan Investment, it will see over $ 400 million coming from the Hangzhou city government as a guided fund that will be used to invest in promising blockchain projects.

A group of Afghan vets who went to court to fight the slashing of benefits were informed, in response, that the Harper government has torn up the social contract with vets that has been in place since World War I. Fantino's department, in the midst of all the cutbacks, returned $ 1.13 billion of unspent funds, and then announced that $ 200 million of that would be returned to improve services.

Since 2010, the Alberta government provided has $ 10 million in public funds to the school.

That said, I admit I was surprised when the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada agreed in late 2015 to fund the CMP with a six - year, $ 2.5 - million grant — a decision that was finalized in the final months of Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Howard Bancorp Inc. in Ellicott City last year repaid its $ 5.98 million in TARP money with about half of the $ 12.5 million it received by switching to another government program, the Small Business Lending Fund.