Sentences with phrase «on competitive grant»

Duncan's policies, which have often relied on competitive grant programs, but he disagrees with Duncan's prescriptive turnaround plans — currently in effect in districts that have taken federal School Improvement Grants.

The main area of contention among House members of both parties is the administration's reliance on competitive grant funding instead of formula funding programs such as Title I of ESEA.

Schools were selected based on a competitive grant review process.

High schools were selected based on a competitive grant review process.

Rather than keeping its focus on competitive grant programs like RTT or TIF, the Obama administration sought to apply its ideas everywhere.

Increased reliance on competitive grants has been arguably the defining feature of the Obama administration's K - 12 education policy.

Her visit to Detroit came a day after the president announced a plan to spend at least $ 200 million annually on competitive grants so schools can broaden access to computer science education.

Not exact matches

These grants are awarded on a competitive basis, and funding is contingent on achieving measurable outcomes.

The IPT grant program is a competitive grant program focusing on innovative and effective investor education and protection programs delivered at the local, State and regional level.

With the objective of learning from the rich experiences and lessons that other countries have gained from their own programs, in early 2016, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada announced a competitive policy research grant for research on best practices by foreign SME export assistance programs.

The Act empowers the Secretary to grant leases to the highest qualified responsible bidder on the basis of sealed competitive bids and to formulate regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.

FrieslandCampina will also provide financial support in the form of granting preferential loans to farmers, as well as training and technical advice on how to produce hygienic and quality milk at competitive prices.

Hamilton Grant shed new light on our existing recipes, allowing us to refine and improve these by standardising on a smaller number of ingredients — saving money and ensuring that we could meet competitive price points.

Specifically, the PBFA has called for: Support for specialty crops; research on plant protein; removing» anti-competitive» policies to bridge the large competitive gap between commodities and specialty crops; support for organic crops; inclusion of transparency and accountability provisions; and referencing «plant - based foods that are major sources of Nutrients of Concern» in 7 USC Section 3157 under «competitive special and facilities research grants.»

Van Gaal's squad currently features 19 players aged 23 or under who he has signed, played, given competitive debuts to or otherwise sought to involve in United's first - team squad — including them in training, naming them on the bench or registering them for cup competitions, and granting them a shirt number — but which youngsters will stand the test of time and become his legacy on the pitch at Old Trafford for the next decade to come?

The USDA's Farm to School Grant Program — originally funded as part of the Healthy Huger - Free Kids Act of 2010 — provides resources on a competitive basis to schools, nonprofits, farmers and government entities to assist in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.

On an annual basis, USDA awards up to $ 5 million in competitive grants for training, supporting operations, planning, purchasing equipment, developing school gardens, developing partnerships, and implementing farm to school programs.

The budget is due Sunday, but already lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a deal that includes plans to merge gambling oversight, a new infrastructure improvement plan for the state and a 4 percent boost in education spending through competitive grants.

On Tuesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo held the districts up as models for the rest of the state, while promising them $ 12 million in competitive grants over the next three years.

But Cuomo says those grants are awarded through a «competitive process based on need,» while pork is doled out at individual legislators» discretion.

Cuomo would discount financial assistance called Bundy Aid to private colleges and reinvest the funds in a new $ 30 million competitive matching grant program for capital projects on private campuses.

As more is revealed about what really went on then that is still existing, and how the AG covered it up by refusing to indict the corruption now running the State Agencies and Authorities in Albany for massive Civil Service Law abuse and the granting of Pension System Final Average Salaries (FAS) way above the their permanent competitive status, you'll hear more excuses than a corrupt regime gives when it is about to collapse and they're in total fear.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday rolled out a sweeping plan to help revitalize the state's economy, complete with an ad campaign and competitive grant program designed to spark innovation.

The proposal also builds on Governor Cuomo's pre-K competitive grant program initiated this year, which will provide full - day programs to several thousand additional 4 - year - olds.

In response to the court decisions, the supplemental grants were removed from the state's campaign financing law; the basic grant of public money to gubernatorial candidates was doubled to make participants more competitive and a low, $ 100 limit was placed on lobbyist contributions, thus limiting their influence.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a scathing critique of teacher training colleges on Feb. 15 as he unveiled a $ 5 billion competitive grant program to encourage states to overhaul the teaching profession.

«I think we should be advocating for new money in the coming budget, and the money that is set aside for competitive grants should be repurposed for professional development,» Flanagan told Capital on Thursday.

The Polish Parliament this month began voting on legislation creating a new national agency charged with distributing competitive grants for frontier research.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on 3 Feb. that the White House will request a doubling of funding for competitive grants under the department's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in the president's FY 2017 budget, to be released next week.

But as science becomes increasingly competitive and dependent on interdisciplinary, collaborative projects, communication skills — from interacting with others to presenting data at seminars to writing papers and grants to networking — will be even more critical to a scientist's success.

She suggested that the directorate follow the example of other science agencies like the National Science Foundation in giving out grants, and «that funds be awarded on a competitive basis based on scientific peer review except in cases when that is clearly not feasible.»

In addition, Shah might be able focus USDA on funding peer - reviewed, competitive research; the Gates Foundation is known for the rigor with which it reviews its grant applications.

The allocation will be based on an institution's success in obtaining competitive research grants.

Competitive grants are catching on at two agencies — the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency — that haven't been big investors in such awards in the past.

So says Donna Dean, the senior adviser to NIH's acting director who hosted a grants seminar, «Working on Preparing a Competitive Grant Proposal,» at the annual Howard Hughes Medical Institute's fellows» meeting on 25 - 27 September in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

-- The Secretary shall award grants under paragraph (1) on a competitive basis taking into consideration the following:

The Secretary shall make grants on a competitive basis for --

The call is competitive and the final decision on granting the traineeship is made by the ESA.

It is located on the campus of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and is supported through a portfolio of philanthropic donations, competitive research grants, and commercial partnerships.

Budget limited to no more than amount of current parent award; Can be from less than $ 5,000 to more than $ 100,000 depending on career level of candidate; End with competitive cycle of parent grant

Monell's major source of funding comes from competitive government research grants, primarily through the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders at the National Institutes of Health, which provides support for both research and training.

The European Union grants for research projects, contributing to significant advances in medicine, are awarded on a competitive basis.

Synergy grants are awarded by the ERC, on the basis of scientific excellence in an intricate and highly competitive selection procedure.

Jeffrey D. Rudolf, a postdoctoral researcher on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), has been awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99 / R00), a highly competitive career transition grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

He was instrumental in securing the USDA Competitive Grants Program that brought funding and scientific rigor to plant biology, recognized early on the value of recombinant DNA technology to agricultural sciences, and provided leadership and vision during the initial international meetings on plant molecular biology.

Through a periodic competitive review of NSF - funded facilities, make existing funds available for grants or for new or improved facilities, depending on scientific priorities.

The grants were awarded through a competitive process through the state health department and based on recommendations by the Biomedical Research Advisory Council.

He has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University, on the Chemical Reviews Editorial Advisory Board, the Governor's Mathematics and Science Advisory Board for South Carolina, the Defense Science Study Group through the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Defense Science Board Chem / Nano Study Section, the Department of Commerce Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee and the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center's Competitive Grant Renewal Board.

They aim to nurture scientific talent and to enable inventive scientists to focus on their research rather than on securing grants in an increasingly competitive funding environment.

Granted I've always been on the competitive side — I know I like to win — but come on, who doesn't right?