Sentences with phrase «of more research funding»

Other biomedical lobbyists say they try to cast a big net when talking with legislators about the importance of more research funding, but that NIH is a logical place to start.

Not exact matches

Equity funding of AI - focused startups reached an all - time high last quarter of more than $ 1 billion, according to the CB Insights research firm.

«My guess is that they are looking at sources of funding so they can refurbish or revamp their stores here or expand more aggressively,» said Ben Cavender, Shanghai - based principal at China Market Research Group.

Activist hedge funds are launching more campaigns against larger companies this year, according to ActivistMonitor, a division of research firm Acuris.

The more attention - grabbing their research, the higher their chances of receiving more funding — in a world of increasing competition.

Private money going to startups more than four years past their first funding round «has grown by a factor of 20 since 1992,» according to an academic paper published last year by the California Institute of Technology and Cornerstone Research.

The more than 100 hedge funds that owned Valeant going into the fourth quarter of last year lost $ 15.2 billion over the next six months, according to research firm Symmetric.io.

«It's justifiable to spend more if there are no alternatives in the space and if the trend makes sense,» said Todd Rosenbluth, S&P Capital IQ's director of ETF and mutual fund research.

That means that if Blackrock's fund managers responded as the research suggests, then they would cut back the number of trades by enough so that the non-tax trading costs for their $ 10,000 account would fall by roughly $ 2,300 over the course of a decade or $ 15,000 in the case of its more actively managed European fund.

H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

This year, the association plans to fund more anti-Airbnb research and roll out a testimonial campaign of people hurt by home sharing, «to provide a counterweight to Airbnb's strategy of presenting a unified, working - class face,» according to the group's documents.

Since many or most PhD students are funded off of grants from the government and tuition is one of the few «overhead» items Universities can charge to these grants, making tuition taxable removes a costless mechanism for Universities to funnel money that could go to more research into administrative overhead.

More than 180 financial services companies and institutional investors subscribe to oekom's sustainability research for the selection of securities for mutual funds, segregated accounts, and asset management mandates.

A recent report from Hedge Fund Research shows that approximately 69 % of hedge fund assets are controlled by firms with over $ 5 billion in assets under management and 91 % are controlled by those with more than $ 1 billion in assFund Research shows that approximately 69 % of hedge fund assets are controlled by firms with over $ 5 billion in assets under management and 91 % are controlled by those with more than $ 1 billion in assfund assets are controlled by firms with over $ 5 billion in assets under management and 91 % are controlled by those with more than $ 1 billion in assets.

Almost six in 10 adults (57 %) say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to increase federal funding for the scientific research into the causes and treatment of pain.

«Institute research finds about 1 in 3 employer - sponsored pensions have a funding status of 80 percent or more.

«Equities are the «five - years - plus» part of your portfolio,» he added, meaning that funds in your 401 (k) plan, IRA and other retirement accounts that you don't need for five years or more should be invested in stocks, since research has shown that over a period of five years or longer, stocks generally perform better over other assets.

Additional Travel Funds - The Yuen Pau Woo Travel Award Established in 2015 through a donation from former Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada President, Senator Yuen Pau Woo, the Yuen Pau Woo Travel Award is awarded annually in the amount of up to $ 2,000 to one or more outstanding Post-Graduate Research Fellows.

MFS, the Boston - based mutual fund company, explained in a research piece this week, «To sum up, it looks as though the UK's decision to leave the EU could be the beginning of a large, protracted process in which dissatisfaction with the effects of three decades of globalization is being expressed in ever more impactful ways.»

Since the fund was created, more than $ 350 million has been granted to community organizations supporting veterans, poverty alleviation, medical research and other significant areas of need.

With the final numbers for the second quarter of 2015 now available, the research firm ETFGI today brought some long - anticipated news: the size of the exchange traded funds market has finally exceeded that of its older, more well - to - do cousins.

Nevertheless, the evidence from more than fifty years of research is conclusive: for a large majority of fund managers, the selection of stocks is more like rolling dice than like playing poker.

Head of fund research at Brewin Dolphin, Ben Gutteridge said the market's response to the sector, for now at least, is not the signal of something more worrying, but equally it is not a good time to be adding to existing holdings.

The purpose of the Competition is to be part of an overall program aimed at systematically generating more tech start - up enterprises in Atlanta by (i) facilitating applied research and development and enhancing mentoring and other supports for aspiring entrepreneurs, (ii) supporting early - stage firm growth and (iii) attracting more venture funding.

That reinvestment may be used to fund acquisitions, build new factories, increase inventory levels, establish larger cash reserves, reduce long - term debt, hire more employees, start a new division, research and develop new products, buy common stock in other businesses, purchase equipment to increase productivity, or a host of other potential uses.

Over time, MFS has been a leading innovator in the asset management industry, including creating one of the first in - house research departments in the mutual fund industry in 1932, launching the first high - yield municipal bond fund and the first global balanced fund, and more recently creating «outcome - oriented» products, such as its line of target - risk, target - date, and other asset allocation strategies.

In essence, the dominance of Morningstar's research created a situation where it was more profitable for fund managers to pursue a course that hurt investors returns.

In the past we've posted up copious amounts of hedge fund research on gold so definitely check that out if you're looking for more insight on the subject.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published very robust research involving more than 140 countries around the world which demonstrates that countries with extreme levels of inequality (1) tend to experience much slower rates of economic growth; and (2) are far more susceptible to the kind of severe financial / banking / credit crisis that America just went through five years ago.

Vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, cited below).

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

After two years of planning and fund — raising, and two more of field research and analysis, the results were announced on April 16, 1984, at a meeting of the participants and the press at the Graduate Center of City University, in New York City.

Since 1976, Blue Diamond has been funding research in more than 70 projects focused on the health of bees, pollination and colony health.

Attendance at the Crawford fund conference largely revived my faith in international agricultural research and allowed me to harvest more inspiration, wisdom and knowledge — three key ingredients needed to survive the daily grind of a PhD.

What: Project to make antenatal services more father - friendly Agencies: St Michael's Fellowship / University of Bristol / Fathers Direct When: Research funded from 2003 - 05 by DH / DfES Where: Tulse Hill, south London

Kids are eating more healthfully than they used to, according to a research study funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

«Our partnership with the March of Dimes is also important to us to help fund important research programs to enable more families to have strong, happy babies.»

In March 2017, our blog «The Legacy of Leo» was nominated for a Tommy's Mums Voice Awards, and we couldn't be prouder to help such an amazing charity raise more awareness, and fund critical research.

The Environmental Defense Fund report notes that more research on the sources of contamination is needed.

1995 — Thanks to funding from the Carnegie Corporation, NCPCA convenes the first meeting of the HFA Research Network with more than 50 HFA researchers in attendance.

The NOCSAE action to move forward the development of a more comprehensive helmet standard was taken on the heels of new NOCSAE - funded research which identified brain tissue response from a concussive event and the development of a new method to test helmets which replicates some of the rotational forces involved in a concussion.

ESS, whose fieldwork in the UK has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), has collected data from more than 250,000 interviews in 30 countries over the last decade on a wide range of topics that tap into key issues facing contemporary Europe.

A team of researchers, led by Professor Sotaro Kita from the University of Warwick and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, found that empathic people made larger and more gestures that encouraged interaction with the listener.

More broadly, why devote time, funding, and research to the study of specific «areas» of the world?

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said such courses will be «starved of funds» and warned that higher education was about to enter an era «in which many arts - based and teaching - focused institutions, which rely on public funding far more than the larger research - intensive universities, will face an uncertain future».

The state invested more than $ 12.2 million to finance the Doe Fund's development of Webster Green Apartments, including: a $ 1.2 million allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and a $ 4.5 million Medicaid Redesign Team program loan through HCR; $ 6.5 million in Homeless Housing Assistance Program funds through OTDA; and a $ 159,000 New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) energy efficiency grant.

The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), supports other findings that interventions aimed at improving individuals» wellbeing and quality of life can be far more effective if they are carried out among groups of people in ways that generate a strong sense of group identity.

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.

Supporters of organic farming acknowledge that production methods are currently more expensive, but point to the subsidies paid to conventional agriculture and funding provided for research in contrast to organic farming as making the comparison unfair.