Sentences with phrase «research grants this year»

«There was an 18 % increase in demand for standard research grants this year,» he says, including 1100 first - time applicants.

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The next frontier As such, drones have quietly been making inroads in the Arctic for the past several years, mostly under clearances granted to research institutions like the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The two - year «solar soldier» project brings together 15 researchers from six universities, led by the University of Glasgow, and is funded by a $ 1 - million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Ministry of Defence.

Murdoch University's recent public profile announcements have included a WA Citizen of the Year award for chancellor Geoffrey Bolton, a high national ranking in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants, and new accreditation for the veterinary school.

Two years ago, the Huntsville - based Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation, a non-profit research and development organization, applied for an SBA grant to create a «cluster» or business network that could help business owners tap the rich vein of government contracts in the defense industry.

Only Californians received more patents last year, and Washington institutions were among the largest recipients of medical research grants.

Last year, publicly - traded companies with all - male boards lost out on a total of $ 655 billion in potential profits across India, the UK and the US, research by Chicago, Illinois - based accountancy firm Grant Thornton found.

The year - end wrap up of the initiatives and programs of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council including financial breakdowns of the Matching Grants Research Program.

Commencing in 2011, this three - year, AUD 12 M program was led by Myriota Founders, Dr Alex Grant and Dr David Haley, at UniSA's Institute for Telecommunications Research.

Released in 2010, this report details the economic impact estimates of 10 years» outcomes from the Florida High Tech Corridor Council's investments into its Matching Grant Research Program.

«This first patent grant by the European Patent Office marks a major milestone in Nchain's ambitious research and patent program, which started approximately two years ago,» Nguyen explains.

That said, I admit I was surprised when the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada agreed in late 2015 to fund the CMP with a six - year, $ 2.5 - million grant — a decision that was finalized in the final months of Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Regarding Schumer's point on enrollments, the number of computer science graduates bottomed out in the 2006 - 07 academic year, with only 8,021 students receiving bachelor's degrees in computer science at the 170 Ph.D. - granting institutions tracked by the Computer Research Association.

«The combined value of federal grants and contracts for research and related activities at Vanderbilt University, including the Medical Center, totaled $ 424 million in fiscal year 2009.»

«In 1960 the US gave Pakistan a $ 350,000 grant to help prepare Pakistan for its first research reactor which the United States agreed to supply two years later.

These questions are the same as those to which we have addressed ourselves in a five - year National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluation.)

The report follows research conducted over two years, funded by an ARC grant.

The 40 - year partnership between ADB and IRRI involves more than USD 26 million in grants for research, capacity building, as well as infrastructure development.

Healthy baked goods brand Modern Baker has received a # 763,000 grant from Innovate UK to lead a two - year research and development project into improving the nutritional quality of bread.

«Barbara Medoff - Cooper, director of the Center for Nursing Research at Penn, has been studying infant feeding patterns under a grant from the National Institutes for Health for 10 years.

Give details of any sponsorship from formula firms for study or research grants or to attend professional conferences, which will then be displayed on their institution's website for three years

Imagine there's a British professor who gets an EU research grant lasting five years.

Julie C. Suarez, Associate Dean of Cornell CALS who nominated Boor for this year's award, said, «Dean Boor's passionate commitment to New York's farm and food community, and the Cornell CALS Land Grant mission of education, research, and outreach, is unparalleled.

(The bill is separate from the medical marijuana research program launched by the governor this year, which granted permission to 20 hospitals to provide such treatment to their patients with serious illnesses.)

Over the next year, the city of Syracuse will be sharing its research department to help find grants for the town of Cicero.

Martins explained that this tactic centers around 81 - year - old Dr. Robert Taub, who told the jury he referred patients suffering from asbestos - related health problems to Silver's law firm in exchange for favors, including state - funded research grants.

The state announced a total of $ 5.7 million to be distributed in two - and three - year grants for nine spinal cord research projects statewide, with the bulk going to downstate institutions.

Last year, Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, approved a $ 38.5 million grant to help pay the debt on its NanoFab X building and get the building ready for new tenants after a major research program there involving SUNY Poly and several large computer chip makers ended in 2016.

That grant came from a $ 207 million SUNY Poly fund that was included in last year's state budget, and this year's budget proposal includes a $ 300 million high - tech innovation fund that could be used in part to fund SUNY Poly research programs, although state officials have not indicated exactly how the money would be allocated.

DiNapoli said his audit will focus on employment, hiring practices and the payroll of the foundation, which handles nearly $ 1 billion a year in research grants and has 17,000 employees on its payroll.

He applauded the work of Hogan Lovells, which found numerous problems with the operations of the Research Foundation, the secretive arm of SUNY that manages revenues of about $ 1 billion a year, mostly from research grants, and a payroll ofResearch Foundation, the secretive arm of SUNY that manages revenues of about $ 1 billion a year, mostly from research grants, and a payroll ofresearch grants, and a payroll of 17,000.

In the years that followed, Dr. Taub's clinic received two $ 250,000 state grants for cancer research.

According to documents obtained from SUNY Poly though a subpoena and detailed in the complaint, Kaloyeros» compensation package between 2010 and 2015 included a bonus of up to $ 500,000 a year from the Research Foundation of the State of New York for his «stewardship of SUNY Polytechnic Institute's portfolio of externally sponsored grants.»

After almost 3 years, when things seemed as dark as they could possibly be, I found a potential escape: a 3 - year international career grant from the Swedish Research Council.

As the ERC and research institutions around Europe celebrate the funding body's 10th anniversary, Science Careers talked to three winners, from 10, five, and less than a year ago, to discuss the impact the grant has had on their professional and personal lives.

Over the years, several pan-European programs have sprung up — such as the European Research Council's Starting Grants, the E.U. Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants, and EMBO Installation Grants from the European Molecular Biology Organization — that allow select scientists to set up well - equipped laboratories close to home.

He says it will take about a year to catch up on the research literature he missed while working on the book, but the grant he rewrote five times is now in hand, so the lab is bigger than it's ever been.

Putting a 3 - year cap on how long PIs» research grants can support a postdoc's salary to encourage the postdoc to graduate to a tenure - track or permanent staff position, or else seek employment outside academia.

Five early - career female scientists were honored Thursday evening as this year's recipients of the L'Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship awards that grant each winner $ 60,000 to further their postdoctoral research.

Last year, he received a prize from the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience for the best scientific article in 2007, an Aging Research Prize from the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience and Pfizer, and an Installation Grant from the European Molecular Biology Organization.

After securing a 3 - year grant from the French ministry, he decided to pursue this research for a Ph.D..

Within 5 years, quintupling the number of NIH individual research fellowship and career development awards, such as the NIH F and K grant mechanisms, awarded to young scientists to give them more autonomy in their training.

In addition to paying to equip the new labs, the university gave the Dunns funding for at least a year's worth of supplies for their research — a luxury in Turkey, where researchers usually rely on grants for all of their funds, including start - up.

The AAAS Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project was awarded a two - year grant of $ 199,876 from the United States National Science Foundation (NSF, Award No: 1439549) as a part of a collaborative research grant with the University of Pennsylvania and the Smithsonian Institution.

AAAS Programs Work in Middle East to Strengthen Science Capacity Saudi Arabia's national science program and AAAS» Research Competitiveness Program (RCP) have expanded their five - year partnership with a new agreement to analyze the impact of grants made under the country's strategic science plan.

Saudi Arabia's national science program and AAAS» Research Competitiveness Program (RCP) have expanded their five - year partnership with a new agreement to analyze the impact of grants made under the country's strategic science plan.

Indeed, both brothers may apply for 5 - year starting grants from the European Research Council.

For the majority of postdocs, however — those supported by professors» research grants and working in university laboratories — the postdoc years generally do not provide high - quality mentoring, movement toward scientific independence, adequate compensation and recognition, or guidance toward establishing a permanent career.

She says a large, 1 - year raise for postdocs «could have adverse consequences for research grant budgets» coming so soon after a boost in 2014.

In 2011, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Menczer, the director of IU's Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, a 4 - year, $ 920,000 grant to study how so - called memes — ideas, issues, and events — are spread across the Internet.