Sentences with phrase «often national agencies»

The investors are often national agencies that assume risk with benefits that may be tangible or not, financial or not.

Not exact matches

More often, however, mission agencies and missionaries have continued to be welcomed, as contributors to national development.

The telegenic former FBI agent repeatedly defended the National Security Agency against attacks following the avalanche of leaks by Edward Snowden, often taking a harder line than the White House.

However, even though it can raise the stipends for National Research Service Awards, which are given to individual postdocs, the agency does not have complete control over the salaries of postdocs who are paid directly from their advisor's grants — that is often up to the advisor.

Roughly 1200 of these are research labs, which are often housed at major academic centers or run by government agencies themselves, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

«This study shows that local events like forest die - offs in one part of the globe influence climate and ecology in other, often distant locations,» said Tim Kratz, program director at the funding agency, the National Science Foundation.

In my perspective, the biggest challenge to global scientific collaboration is lack of funding for global issues, as individual national agencies often tend to allocate funds for scientific endeavors aimed at their specific national interests.

Unlike governmental funding from the National Cancer Institute and other agencies — public support from tax dollars — private money is often used to advance early ideas that are considered a bit riskier to support, Pietenpol says.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, or CNCS, is a federal agency that runs and distributes grants to a variety of national and community service programs, often in partnership with nonprofits and faith - based organiNational and Community Service, or CNCS, is a federal agency that runs and distributes grants to a variety of national and community service programs, often in partnership with nonprofits and faith - based organinational and community service programs, often in partnership with nonprofits and faith - based organizations.

Recall, for example, when the Chetty et al. studies (mentioned prior as also often cited by Kane) were cited in President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address, regardless of the fact that the Chetty et al. studies had not even been internally reviewed by their sponsoring agency — the National Bureau of Education Research (NBER)-- prior to their public release?

Accreditation agencies (e.g., National Council of Teachers of Mathematics & National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2005) have begun to ask for data about prospective teachers» abilities to utilize technology in mathematics instruction, and agencies that provide funds to purchase classroom technology often want assessment data on how teachers are using the technology purchased.

To do so, CAP recommends creating a program funded through the U.S. Department of Education but administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, or CNCS, a federal agency that typically manages volunteer service programs but has often supported education - related opportunities as well.

Available through private lenders, including state agencies, national banks, local and regional credit unions, and more, Private Student Loans often have attractive interest rates and flexible repayment terms for non-traditional students.

Reputable debt service companies will often be registered with either The Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies or The National Foundation of Credit Counseling, or perhaps both.

Mike Sullivan, a personal finance consultant with Take Charge America, a national nonprofit credit counseling agency, says this scenario is often referred to as «rolling lates.»

Lenders tend to work with certain credit bureaus — and often only one or possibly two of the national agencies.

A professional and legitimate debt resolution agency will offer multiple programs to accommodate for different situations that they will often run into when offering national debt relief assistance.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said cultural approaches are often more effective...

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said cultural approaches are often more effective than structural ones in handling those fleeing natural disasters.

There, local agencies often offer tours and hotels for a fraction of the price (or the «national rates»).

British Council, British Petroleum, Broom's Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European CommunitiesCEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met.

In the case of meteorological data, national met agencies often make their data sets proprietary.

Tim also acts, often for the National Crime Agency, in civil recovery claims under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

As this Court has often remarked, courts «may not be as well qualified as a given agency to provide interpretations of that agency's constitutive statute that make sense given the broad policy context within which that agency must work» (McLean, at para. 31, quoting National Corn Growers Assn. v. Canada (Import Tribunal), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1324, at p. 1336, per Wilson J.).

The exhibition is organized by Mark S. Zaid, a comic book collector and Washington lawyer who often represents employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.

Often, this means pushing back against the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs, but as new technology becomes available, new threats emerge.