The cool thing is that afterwards, you can track
the progress of the well you funded.
Not exact matches
The company is making
good progress towards a sustainable return on equity
of at least 10 % which is why the stock trades much closer to NTA today than when the
Fund purchased it.
GFI's innovation department has two primary areas
of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success
of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list
of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list
of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many
of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding
of a plant - based meat company in India,
Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to
Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making
progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist
funding is a
good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to
good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion
of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.
Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure
of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement
of progress through some kind
of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes,
better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable
funding.
Initial
good progress saw a seven per cent reduction in delays by March 31st 2004, while the acquirement
of funding worth # 22 billion over a five - year period enabled it to begin improving the network.
The phaseout
of the MSP program would be a blow to university researchers, who use NSF
funding to link up with educators from local school districts to train teachers, improve curriculum, and devise
better ways to measure student
progress in math and science.
It also aims to elucidate the links between aging, longevity and radioresistance, and the ways in which research into enhancing human radioresistance could synergistically enable human healthspan extension, ultimately highlighting how ongoing research into the very
well -
funded sphere
of aerospace research could galvinate
progress in biomedical gerontology, a massively under -
funded area
of research despite the grave economic burden posed by demographic aging» said Franco Cortese, an author
of the paper and Deputy Director
of the Biogerontology Research Foundation.
Now I am also involved in the internal business development
of Accentus and am kept busy working as part
of a team monitoring the
progress of the commercialisation process, planning how the different departments can
best exploit our technologies, approving further
funds to continue the development
of technologies, and, from time to time, closing down projects when they are associated with losses or too - small returns.
Funding, the lifeblood
of scientific
progress, is in danger as
well.
In their annual evaluation
of progress, the AAF Scientific Review Board will consider, as part
of the criteria for continued
funding, adequate
progress in sharing unique research resources developed with
funds from the Award, as
well as a demonstrated willingness to make research resources developed during the project widely available to the research community.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment
of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk
of the
funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show
progress in improving educational outcomes, the development
of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform
best practices.
However, there is consensus among three key federally
funded agencies (What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student
Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center for Reading Research), as
well as several peer - reviewed journal articles that review research on education products, that Accelerated Reader has met high standards
of scientific rigor with positive effects and no contrary evidence.
An independent evaluation
of the Welsh Government's Pupil Development Grant (PDG) has found that many schools consider the
funding to be «invaluable», with
good progress being made on identifying and addressing the needs
of disadvantaged learners.
A new way forward This will require new thinking by Music Services and new skills will have to be learned on
fund raising, approaching businesses and individuals as
well as working closely with new partners to deliver the government's vision
of «enabling all children in England from all backgrounds to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and sing and
progress to their level
of excellence.»
This special report — the first in an e-learning series from the technology team at Education Week Digital Directions — aims to highlight the
progress made in the e-learning arena, as
well as the administrative,
funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth
of this form
of education.
These special reports from the technology team at Education Week Digital Directions aim to highlight the
progress made in the e-learning arena, as
well as the administrative,
funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth
of this form
of education.
Perhaps the
best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district
progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts
of the story Russakoff leaves out (Newark students are
better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit
of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg -
funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).
#page #That's the first time Heather had heard that Indiana had replaced its
well - regarded state tests, ISTEP (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational
Progress — Plus) in favor
of a brand - new federally
funded set
of assessments keyed to Common Core.
Some
progress has been made in recent years in understanding weighted average measures, especially in the
well - known Measures
of Effective Teaching (MET) project
funded by the Gates Foundation.
Her bill would allow schools to Title IV - A block grants to collect data to
better identify the causes
of absenteeism and monitor if any
progress is being made, and would give districts the ability to tap into other
funding sources to implement programs to reduce absenteeism through school - based mentoring programs.
With the implementation
of No Child Left Behind, schools must make adequate yearly
progress on state testing and focus on
best teaching practices in order to continue receiving
funds.
With generous
funding from the Ford Foundation and in partnership with the Mayor's Office
of Education, RFA developed this Community Schools
Progress Report to track the early planning and implementation of the initiative, and to assess progress against national best pr
Progress Report to track the early planning and implementation
of the initiative, and to assess
progress against national best pr
progress against national
best practices.
But Gerard Liston, an enterprise and employability consultant, told Schools Week he had «real concerns» about a «lack
of progress and lack
of sustainability» at the CEC, and said its
funding — # 70 million over this parliament — would be
better spent on training teachers to deliver guidance in classrooms.
Along the way we added a tool for side - by - side comparisons
of individual
funds, side - by - side comparisons with ETFs, previews
of our works in
progress, a slowly - evolving piece on demographic change and the future
of the
fund world, sample screener runs (mostly recently, resilient small caps and tech
funds that might
best hold value in an extended bear) and a small discussion area you can use if something is goofed up.
The average 401 (k) balance jumped from $ 80,600 in the second quarter to $ 84,300 in the third quarter, according to Fidelity Investments, a Boston - based mutual
fund company whose quarterly reports are one
of the
best benchmarks for judging the
progress of your 401 (k) retirement plans.
This grant is generously
funded by the Coney Family and portion
of proceeds from the Chicago Artists Coalition's annual fundraiser, WORK IN
PROGRESS, as
well as a benevolent matching contribution from OtherPeoplesPixels.
It's hard to find a
better place to start than by highlighting the clinic put on by Kate Gordon
of the Center for American
Progress at a recent «debate» that was hosted by the fossil energy -
funded front group, the Cato Institute.
I believe there has been zero
progress since the Charney report in
better defining climate sensitivity, in spite
of hundreds
of billions
of dollars
of public
funding since then.
A majority
of survey respondents disagreed that the government has done a
good job
funding climate science, and a large number
of scientists warned that inadequate levels
of funding are harming the capacity
of researchers to make
progress in understanding the causes and effects
of climate change.
On the eve
of the 2017 Annual Meetings
of the World Bank Group and International Monetary
Fund, Oil Change International and E3G have launched briefings showing that while some multilateral development banks are making
good progress on climate action, many are still financing billions
of dollars in fossil fuel projects despite mounting climate impacts and global commitments like the Paris Agreement reached in December 2015.
The sustainable investment forum gathers around 300 stakeholders from national and regional governments, international finance, private industry and carbon management sectors — the perfect event where we think we can share with our peers regarding the trends, the
best practices but also participate in
progressing the dialogue on the development
of effective public - private
funding mechanisms for scaling low carbon innovation.
Their
progress has been rocky at
best, despite a government pledge
of # 1 billion in
funding.
In your opinion, given the
progress to date, do think that a total expenditure
of 30 billion dollars on so called climate science, for no results to date — no breakthroughs, no predictive ability, no benefit to mankind — was a
better use
of funds than, say, trying to find a prophylactic for Ebola, or even a cure?
Moreover, the paper gets its history wrong when it notes that «Total cancer mortality rates did not decline until 1990, 25 years after the identification
of the effect
of smoking on lung and other cancers...»
Well, actually, it was more like 50 years, because the earliest studies to connect smoking and lung cancer were conducted not by NIH -
funded scientists but by Nazi scientists in the run - up to World War II.4 By the logic
of the PNAS paper, then, ought we to be crediting the Nazi health science agenda with whatever
progress has been made on reducing lung cancer, rather than the incredibly protracted and difficult public health campaign (that, for the most part, NIH had nothing to do with) aimed at getting people to cut down on smoking?
The Texas Observer «s examination
of the
funding proposals uncovered that the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), one
of SPN's most influential members (
funded by the Koch brothers» energy giant Koch Industries as
well as Koch family foundations, as detailed in a recent report by
Progress Texas) «claims credit for blocking Medicaid expansion in the state.»
«Two years ago the White House communications shop decided this was not a
good issue to talk about,» says Joe Romm, a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress Action
Fund and a former acting assistant secretary
of energy.
However, in these circumstances, Elvis Presley Enterprises have agreed that publication was in the
best interests
of the litigation and we are delighted to have the opportunity to shine some light on the
progress of our business as it becomes one
of the leading names in large scale international commercial litigation
funding.
According to Ric Fulop, CEO and co-founder
of Desktop Metal, the
funding will help fuel the company's speed to market, expand its sales programs, as
well as
progress the development
of advanced R&D.
One
of the
best examples
of ethereum classic's upward
progress, and continued controversy, is that investment company DCG proposed an investment
fund that would support ethereum classic projects.
Managing a client base
of fund managers — this includes providing a premium service to your own clients through excellent industry and market knowledge in order to assist them in identifying suitable investors, as
well as keeping the Murano team up to date with your clients»
progress and needs.