Sentences with phrase «research initiative launched»

The Adolescent Problem Gambling Index project, a joint research initiative launched this fall by several provinces, will propose a validated survey instrument for assessing gambling behaviour and identifying problem gambling among teens.

A major new # 692,000 research initiative launches today with the aim of informing government policy and practice and finding solutions to bring vulnerable homeless people in from the margins of our society.

One of the research initiatives launched by the company is a project to study the possible application of Blockchain in the wholesale insurance industry.

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Technology consultancy Cambridge IP states that developers and manufacturers have filed 13,000 graphene - related patents in the past five years alone, and in late 2013 the European Commission launched a billion - euro, 10 - year graphene research initiative that brings together academic institutions and industrial groups from 17 nations.

In 2013, under the leadership of then - Chair Paul Desmarais, Jr., the Business Council launched a multi-year research and advocacy initiative called «Taking Action for Canada: Jobs and Skills for the 21st Century.»

The Directorate - General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs together with the European Commission's Joint Research Center have announced the launching of the #Blockchain4EU initiative to develop industrial use cases for blockchain and DLT.

Six years after the launch of SAVE FOOD at interpack 2011 the initiative has grown into a broad - based alliance of over 850 international members from industry, associations, NGOs and research institutes.

Ewa Hudson, head of health and wellness research, Euromonitor, explains, «These combined initiatives are likely to result in sugar reduction in beverages or launches of new, containing less added sugar beverages, as well portion size restrictions for snacks (for example, Magnum at 250 kcal).»

«Cancer research is a high priority for both countries — just witness the launch of a new National Cancer Moonshot initiative in the United States early this year,» said Tom Wang, chief international officer at AAAS and director of the AAAS center, referring to the plan President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year to direct $ 1 billion toward battling cancer.

Mui was recruited by the head of UCSF's Office of Industry and Research Development to assist in launching a series of entrepreneurial initiatives at UCSF and to help imbue UCSF's new Mission Bay Research Campus with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominresearch and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominResearch for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over cominresearch into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over coming years.

Bozon, an applied mathematician at the Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Cemagref) in Montpellier, France, is part of a new initiative launched by the French government in the summer of 2007 to broaden career avenues for academic researchers.

Just as scientists begin to unmask the microbiome — they're even working with the White House to launch a national microbiome research initiative — they're realizing that many microbiomes are threatened.

Quite unexpectedly, he launched into a discussion about my progress and initiative in my research.

But the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), part of a 10 - year, half - billion - dollar initiative launched in 2014 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance the diversity of the biomedical workforce, has gotten off to a rocky start.

Normally, new research initiatives announced in the State of the Union address, such as the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Technologies) neuroscience effort or the Precision Medicine Initiative launched last year, are part of the president's budget request to Congress released a couple weekresearch initiatives announced in the State of the Union address, such as the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Technologies) neuroscience effort or the Precision Medicine Initiative launched last year, are part of the president's budget request to Congress released a couple weekResearch through Advancing Innovative Technologies) neuroscience effort or the Precision Medicine Initiative launched last year, are part of the president's budget request to Congress released a couple weeks later.

Commissioner Busquin has now launched a policy initiative to set up a common European Research Area (ERA) for the following reasons.

The initiative comes along with an additional 170 million DM cash injection that will help make research programs and university curricula more international, create a more friendly and customer - oriented working environment for foreign scientists, and launch a professional international marketing of Germany's universities and research institutions.

And Obama announced today his administration intends to launch the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA - E)-- a new Energy Department initiative modeled after the Defense Department's DARPA initiative.

In that capacity, he was the Parliament's lead negotiator during the launch of the prestigious European Research Council, as well as a series of partnerships between public and private research bodies, called Joint Technology InitiativesResearch Council, as well as a series of partnerships between public and private research bodies, called Joint Technology Initiativesresearch bodies, called Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs).

Amid continuing economic and political threats to fundamental research, seven foundations have launched an initiative to «renew and reinvigorate America's support of basic science.»

A new research project called MATISSE has been launched to build on the success of IMDEA Networks» former research initiative in the area of Pervasive Mobile Localization.

The National Institutes of Health has launched a five - year, $ 120 million program called 4D Nucleome that is sure to build momentum in the nuclear - architecture research community, and a similar initiative is being launched in Europe.

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This year, the DFG will receive a hefty portion of the windfall from the government's sale of frequency bands to launch an initiative that could make a big difference to a few universities: a fund to establish or expand large research centers and help pay for their buildings, equipment, and salaries.

My institute and St. Louis Children's Hospital also launched a new initiative this year, called the Pediatric Genomics Board (PGB), to perform research exome sequencing for infants with severe (but undiagnosed) genetic disorders.

THE BRAIN INITIATIVE, a grand challenge in science and technology launched two years ago by President Obama, is already fueling the creation of next - generation brain research tools.

In just the past year, multi-million dollar brain research initiatives have been launched in the United States, Europe and Japan.

In order to enhance complementarities and synergies of regional, national and European research programmes and initiatives, the funding organisations share information on these programmes and initiatives, identify gaps and overlaps, and can thus adapt their thematic program and launch new initiatives according to the identified needs.

In response to this need, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched on January 25, 2016 a formal initiative aimed at improving research reproducibility through an emphasis on scientific rigor and transparency.

We have launched this initiative to unite members of the BC Regenerative Medicine research community.

More recently, in a joint initiative with the BBMRI - LPC project (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure — Large Prospective Cohorts) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the CNAG - CRG launched a call to promote the use of sequencing technologies for the identification of novel causative variants and genes and to molecularly diagnose rare disease patients.

With support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation SciLifeLab has launched a national sequencing project initiative that serves to support and advance large - scale genomic research in Sweden.

New initiative called CRACK - IT launched; key aim is to develop new technologies (products, models and tools) for industry which reduce reliance on animal research.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Southern Research, a non-profit organization marking its 75th year of operation in 2016, today launched a broad - based philanthropic outreach initiative that includes a significant employee giving campaign.

The first initiative, Cell SliderTM, launched in October 2012 and allows the public to classify archived breast cancer samples, helping Cancer Research UK scientists to better understand breast cancer risk and response to treatment.

McLean Hospital has received a $ 2.5 M anonymous gift to launch a new initiative aimed at accelerating the hospital's clinical, research, and professional training activities in trauma - related disorders.

And New Zealand has also announced that it will launch a national brain research initiative.

In early 2018, the DCIHR research team was awarded a grant by Bass Connections, a university - wide initiative launched by a $ 50 million gift from Anne and Robert Bass.

Give to the Dean's Venture Fund, providing seed funding to teams of faculty to launch promising research initiatives, whether related to creating and sustaining successful schools and school systems, reshaping how students learn and teachers teach, or breaking down barriers to access and opportunity.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

The research launch marks the 20th anniversary of the Trust's Young Readers Programme — the first - ever national school based reading for enjoyment initiative.

The Education Redesign Lab is a new initiative you've launched at HGSE to jumpstart the R&D on this — to start researching and building new kinds of systems.

The world's largest education prize has been launched offering a total of HK$ 60 million, around # 5 million, to fund education research and development initiatives.

The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best practices, brokering national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant areas of expertise.

Use the research, tools, and community you'll find with MyWays to launch your school - change initiative and reimagine your learning and assessment designs.

The many calls for «evidence based» decisionmaking notwithstanding, most of our major policy and reform initiatives have either been launched without any prior research on their efficacy, and without provisions for assessing their intended and unintended effects, or have ignored or misused whatever relevant research evidence was available when...

Eight research projects have been launched as part of the initiative.

Honda will launch an Advanced Technology Demonstration Program this year to provide real - world testing of its new vehicles, as well as research into customer behavior and usability, public charging infrastructure planning and sustainability initiatives.

Publisher John Wiley has launched a content sharing initiative across its research portfolio, following a successful four - month trial run earlier this year.