Sentences with phrase «scale research initiatives»

He has also been a successful leader of large - scale research initiatives within the psychology and neuroscience communities.

Read how unique, large - scale research initiatives and clinical programs are driving discoveries and bringing a new kind of precision care to our patients.

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The money will go to «initiatives with proven leadership and results that are poised to scale even further» and will be awarded based on more than a year's worth of due diligence and field research.

A new initiative to research and scale cutting - edge strategies that enable consumers to choose more sustainable foods

The initiative, which sees a total joint investment of # 10.25 million over five years, will establish a single research centre, focused on key third sector issues including the sector's scale, dynamics, and effectiveness.

Despite the pressures, Johnson is committed to his mission as chair — to «effect change,» something that all scientists have the power to do whether it is with large - scale scientific initiatives or with simple, sound, significant research.

Described by European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes as a «daring venture», the «Future and emerging technologies» (FET) flagships are visionary, large - scale, science - driven research initiatives which tackle scientific and technological challenges across scientific disciplines.

Michael Huerta, associate director of the National Institute of Mental Health, was instrumental in starting, in 1993, the Human Brain Project (HBP), a large - scale, multi-institute initiative that combined informatics with basic research and clinical studies in neuroscience.

The group of scientists who issued the call for a «Unified Microbiome Project» proposed a large - scale, public and private initiative to advance the science of microbiomes through the development of new research tools and interdisciplinary collaborations.

The aim of the initiative is to support and advance large - scale genomic research in Sweden within both health and biodiversity by providing sequencing support to scientists through open calls.

Assistant Professor Johan Bengtsson - Palme (University of Gothenburg) heads a biodiversity research project recently granted financing of large - scale sequencing via the SciLifeLab National Sequencing Projects initiative.

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.

Water research needs to get down to the management scale; for basic research that means they need to scale up and for global research that means they need to scale down, because we need to get to a scale where things are relevant to people and to management — the regional, national and global scenarios of this initiative will help with this if they concentrate on not just sticking to the global scale, but really getting down to the people.»

FET Flagships represent a new model for research and innovation in Europe: they are large scale, long term, science - driven and roadmap - based initiatives that are supposed to have the potential to bring transformational impact on science and technology, as well on economy and society at large.

The center is also engaged in a research and development initiative called Frontiers of Innovation, which is designed to accelerate the generation and adoption of science - based innovations at scale.

Although I immersed myself in as much of the arts - related research as possible while planning this program (and explored the many large - and small - scale art initiatives), I knew I'd eventually have to tackle — and really understand — my deeply rooted assumptions about teaching and learning if I wanted to form a truly well - rounded program.

His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large - scale educational improvement initiatives, policy formulation and analysis, and leadership in educational innovation.

He leads the the READS Lab (Research Enhances Adaptations Designed for Scale in Literacy), a research - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and oResearch Enhances Adaptations Designed for Scale in Literacy), a research - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and outcScale in Literacy), a research - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and oresearch - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and outcscale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and outcomes.

We are just finishing our research and evaluation for the programs from our 2013/14 school year and in two of our major initiatives, we are seeing statistically significant gains in Mathematics - it's in Math that these two schools have focused their blended methods on (often we pick a specific subject area to do a small scale pilot).

Building on the success of a similar initiative in London, the project gave me an unprecedented opportunity to put into practice on a grand scale ideas and strategies that had emerged from research I had carried out with colleagues over many years.

E3 Alliance facilitates Pathways of Promise (PoP), a research and implementation initiative in Central Texas designed to identify and scale -LSB-...]

This initiative focused on furthering the understanding of the scale - up (adoption, sustainability, expansion) of research - validated educational interventions in K - 12 settings.

Related, the NCTQ advance a set of non-at-all-research-based claims that «there has been some good progress on connecting the dots in the states, [but] unless pay scales change [to increase merit pay initiatives, abort traditional salary schedules, and abandon traditional bonus pay systems, which research also does not support], evaluation is only going to be a feedback tool [also currently false] when it could be so much more [also currently false]» (p. vi).

Pathways of Promise (PoP) is a research and implementation initiative in Central Texas designed to identify and scale strong college -LSB-...]

This money will be spent on scaling - up existing initiatives and funding more research into character education.

Leveraging Public Dollars to Support Community School Outcomes: An example from Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority of Oakland, CA Josephina Alvarado Mena, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority - PowerPoint Presentation - Safe Passage Joint Powers Authority One - pager - Elev8 Oakland One - pager - Stanford Social Innovation Review - Integrating Youth Services Preparing High School Students for Post-Secondary Success Jimmy Casas, Principal, Bettendorf High School Joy Kelly, Associate Principalt, Bettendorf High School Tim Carlson, Principal, Sycamore Community School District 427 - Creating Career Academies PowerPoint Presentation Project - based Learning Jaime Stephanidis, Consultant, American Institute for Research Fausto Lopez, Consultant, American Institute for Research - PowerPoint Presentation - Essential Elements of Project Based Learning - Project Planning Form - Tips for Effective Facilitation - Things to Consider When Developing a Project Ensuring a Continuum of Care and Support for Students: How one community is developing a strategic collaboration between their middle schools and high schools Fanny Diego, Contracts Administrator, Enlace Chicago P - 20 Council: A systems - level scale - up of education initiatives across Illinois Miguel del Valle, Chair, Illinois P - 20 Council - Illinois P - 20 Council Executive Report - Illinois P - 20 Council Full Report - Illinois P - 20 Org.

This study presents findings from the third year of research of the implementation, scale - up, and sustainability of the LDC and MDC (Math Design Collaborative) initiatives.

Sen. Jack Reed (D - R.I.) also took issue with Duncan's competitions, calling such initiatives «untested, large - scale competitive grant programs» employed «at the expense of some proven research - based programs.»

Nationally recognized researchers at Research for Action (RFA) have been studying the early adoption of LDC tools, focusing on teachers» response to and use of the tools in 2010 — 2011, expanding to include an analysis of the scale - up of the initiative in 2011 — 2012 and, in 2012 — 2013, evaluating the status of the initiative and how conditions that support robust implementation are related to scale - up and sustainability of this intensive instructional work.

An overview of (1) key research findings on the Research for Action (RFA) scale - up and sustainablity study and case studies of the LDC and MDC initiatives; and (2) the UCLA National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) evaluation of LDC research findings on the Research for Action (RFA) scale - up and sustainablity study and case studies of the LDC and MDC initiatives; and (2) the UCLA National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) evaluation of LDC Research for Action (RFA) scale - up and sustainablity study and case studies of the LDC and MDC initiatives; and (2) the UCLA National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) evaluation of LDC Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) evaluation of LDC and MDC.

Her research interests include assessment of pain in cats, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of opiods in cats and the development of injectable anesthetic protocols for large scale spay and neuter programs and for feral cat trap - neuter - return initiatives.

-- Launch a major research initiative on the earth system and global sustainability, at a scale similar to those devoted to areas such as space, defense and health, to tap all sources of ingenuity across disciplines and across the globe.

As someone who has run a basic research and applied implementation laboratory and who has worked in Africa, Latin America, and Asia for almost two decades, I think the ECPA program is a wonderful innovation and partnership that moves to regional scale, initiatives I have long thought were needed.»

Led by Dr. James E. Hansen from 1981 to 2013, research at GISS emphasized a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man - made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal / annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.

As announced by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week as part of his Climate Jobs initiative, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) have issued requests for proposals (RFP) to renewable energy developers as they seek to develop up to 2.5 million megawatt - hours (MWh) of large scale renewable energy for New York State.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced the availability of $ 3.8 million for the launch of a statewide Geothermal Clean Energy Challenge, an initiative designed to help stimulate financing and installation of large - scale geothermal systems at state and local governmental entities, public and private schools and healthcare facilities.

CFCJ has just completed what it calls The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project (ALSMP), which was a large - scale, collaborative research initiative designed to gain a better understanding of what legal needs Albertans have, the extent to which these needs are currently being met, and how access to legal services can be improved.

LONDON, July 26, 2017 — On July 24 and 25, blockchain research and development pioneer nChain conducted its previously - announced workshop with members of Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) to jointly support bitcoin scaling initiatives.

Genospace is the platform helping research institutes, molecular diagnostics labs & pharmaceutical companies run precision medicine initiatives, at scale.

In these roles she oversees professional learning, conducts research, and consults for local and state initiatives on the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES), the Program Administration Scale (PAS), the Business Administration for Family Child Care (BAS) and leadership topics in early care and education.