Sentences with phrase «raising grant money»

Once that was resolved, the school started raising grant money from both local and national funders.

Wells spends a lot of time indoors these days, manipulating computer data and raising grant money.

She raises grant money for research projects, writes reports on issues including food allergens and acrylamide in foods, and informs Hawaiian food producers about new regulations and other developments in the food industry.

A group of involved parents raised grant money to fund the adoption of a research based social and emotional learning curriculum called Lions - Quest.

Not exact matches

They are currently trying to raise $ 20 million for the project; the money will go to one - time capital grants for 15 new centres (to build kitchens, gardens and activity rooms) as well as annual $ 350,000 operating grants.

While the Stop had started out raising money through conventional means such as grants, foundations and direct - mail campaigns, and continues to rely on these methods for the bulk of its funding, it saw opportunity in the wealthier constituency that lived near the Green Barn.

Indolfi's team has raised about $ 800,000 in grant money for the research so far, working out of MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital labs.

Trump's decision was certainly a positive step in raising awareness and could potentially free up grant money from various federal agencies.

The 14 - person company has raised a total of $ 3.4 million in seed and Series A financing, as well as received a $ 2 million grant from the Department of Energy's SunShot Incubator Program, which funds up to $ 12 million in grant money to small businesses and entrepreneurs working on both hardware and software technology that makes solar more accessible for Americans.

For purchasing equipment, as long as you've provided some investment into your business you should be able to acquire financing, although there are plenty of ways to raise money, like grants, loans, line - of - credits from your bank, etc. (I prefer to use a line of credit)

Schachter recently created a foundation called Safe Schools for Alex, which is raising money at SafeSchoolsForAlex.org for grants to assist schools in updating their safety programs.

GFI is entirely supported by grants and donations.79 Their three largest donors provided a total of around 25 - 40 % of their funding in 2016, and we would expect those donors to provide a similar, perhaps slightly larger, amount of funding in 2017 — though GFI's intention is to raise significantly more money overall.80, 81 GFI's fiscal management strategy is to spend each year what it raised the prior year; this enables them to budget on a rolling 12 - month timeframe.82, 83 Overall, we think that while their funding sources are not especially diverse, they do rely on a relatively broad donor base and take a responsible and sustainable approach to their finances.

Monogram Loves Kids, Monogram Foods» charity organization, raises money and awards grants to organizations that help kids in the communities where its plants are located.

100 % of money raised, as well as private donations and grants received from foundations goes directly to the families, not to overhead.»

Handall raised the idea with Jon Clark, executive director of the James S. Bower Foundation, and before he knew it, the Santa Barbara school district had obtained grant money to send a contingency down to San Antonio to learn about the program.

But I very much hope that Ann succeeds in raising the money and getting the matching grant.

In the fall of each year, the Luncheon raises the money needed to fund the Eleanor's Legacy Campaign Grant program.

Antonacci has to convince 2,000 people to donate small amounts of money to his campaign by September 10, and raise $ 200,000 from them, in order to qualify for a grant that will give him six times the amount of money he raises by that date.

If a candidate raises a certain amount of money from small donors, he would get a matching grant.

Antonacci has to convince 2000 people to donate small amounts of money to his campaign, by September 10th, and raise $ 200,000 from them, in order to qualify for a grant that will give him six times the amount of money that he raises by that date.

At a town board session on Tuesday, the East Hampton Group for Wildlife offered to raise money and help the town secure grants to pay for a...

Columbia University can't fire Dr. Robert Taub — who funneled cancer patients to disgraced politician Sheldon Silver in exchange for funding — so they've stripped the tenured professor of his grant money, title and staff raises.

Under the state's Citizens» Election Program, gubernatorial candidates need to raise a quarter of a million dollars in donations of $ 100 or less with 90 percent of the money coming from Connecticut residents to receive millions in taxpayer - financed election grants.

Taxpayer groups have responded that district cash surpluses have to be carefully monitored, lest the money be used to grant employee unions unreasonable raises.

The email raised a few thousand dollars for Collins» 2018 re-election effort, said Grant, who noted the lawmaker has to raise money aggressively because Democrats are targeting him.

Galante said the library had done well with raising money through its Buy - A-Book Drive, but Peralta's grant was the largest and a boon at a time when the library has had to cut 70 percent of its book budget.

The concert will raise money for the New Direction for Ramapo slate made up of Bill Weber (Republican), Shani Bechhofer (independent), and Grant Valentine (Democrat) running for Ramapo Town Council in the November 7 election.

But there is one advantage to raising cash at home: The city has one of the most generous public matching programs in the country, with $ 6 of free public money granted for every $ 1 a candidate raises from New York City residents, up to maximum of $ 1,050 in matching grants per donor.

But securing a grant is often just the first step, requiring Synapse to raise more money, collaborate with partners and enlist community support.

Postdocs often receive grant money to raise their salaries to an acceptable level, «but it is not competitive with western countries, so there is a continuous drain of Czech postdocs to the west and across the Atlantic.»

And, even if it succeeds, it includes no money to increase his $ 30,000 annual salary; the PI has not sought funds for postdoc raises since the grant began.

«I would be thrilled if I obtain an important raise» from the government, Petit says, but he also hopes to raise more money from competitive grants in France and the European Union and from industry partnerships.

The University of Alberta team raised much of the money through a combination of crowdfunding campaigns, space agency grants, university support and donations from aerospace companies, all typical ways teams currently fund these satellite projects.

Charities could raise more money from more people if they were to announce that a startup grant had been used to defray overhead expenses.

\ n \ nProbably the most important question raised by this case is: Why does the NIH give away money and not monitor the grant progress much as CIRM does?

About 25 percent of the money that will be raised in that San Diego event will support the national Komen Foundation's Award and Research Grant Program, which funds projects in breast cancer research, health education, breast cancer screening, and treatment around the world from the organization's headquarters in Texas.

He also noted that the Chapter raised its own money from foundation grants to conduct radiation monitoring at the housing site to determine if the land is safe for people to live on.

Since his early days as a Jaycee, when he sold jam to raise money for the still - young North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been eager to support his community.

Granted, Zoosk.com is dramatically larger than Are You Interested's destination site, however there's no doubt that SNAP Interactive is showing incredible strength despite never raising money.

Following the commercial success of Raising Arizona, which made $ 22 million on a $ 6 million budget, the Coens were granted the money (accounts vary, but somewhere between $ 11 million and $ 15 million) to make a substantially more ambitious film.

For example, NCB Development Corporation used its $ 6.4 million grant to create the Charter School Capital Access Program; the grant dollars comprise a «first loss reserve» - money that serves as a buffer for lenders in case payments fall through - on a $ 45 million loan pool that NCB and the Reinvestment Fund raised from large financial institutions.

GEP also helped secure money, writing a $ 25,000 grant and raising extra money for special projects, such as stipends for students who participate in VITA and in peer tutoring.

In accepting the grant, Yale announced that the money will serve as the cornerstone for a campaign to raise $ 5 million to endow the institute permanently.

Seattle school district officials say they are working to resolve concerns raised by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which recently halted the payment of grant money to the 45,000 - student system.

If a school wants to improve its environment beyond the minimum, then it is up to the school community, or Academy Trust, to raise the money for this through grants from external bodies, sponsorship, fund raising or careful management of reserves.

I can't recall all the suggestions for our 20k Parent University grant money, but I do remember raising my own Milton Friedman hand and suggesting that we give the bucks to parents, in $ 100 and $ 500 scholarship grants.

Private schools, on the other hand, can raise tuition, and they also can raise significant amounts of money from a variety of development activities, including annual appeals, cultivation of alumni and alumnae, and solicitation of grants from foundations and corporations.

Often bypassing Congress, Duncan used the money to work directly with states, persuading them to adopt favored policies by providing incentives through Race to the Top, a $ 4.35 billion competitive grant program in which states were awarded points for adopting ideas such as performance - based teacher and principal evaluations, higher academic standards, and raising charter school caps.

House Bill 1637 diverts taxpayer money to private and religious schools with no accountability or oversight, a clear violation of the New Hampshire Constitution, which states, `... no money raised by taxation shall ever be granted or applied for the use of the schools of institutions of any religious sect or denomination.»

Schachter recently created a foundation called Safe Schools for Alex, which is raising money at SafeSchoolsForAlex.org for grants to assist schools in updating their safety programs.