Sentences with phrase «science initiatives»

He again called for reforms to the state justice and electoral systems and promised to push for $ 650 million to fund a life sciences initiative.

Specifically, I wanted to learn more about establishing priorities for science initiatives in regions that traditionally do not receive significant science funding.

He notes that some important science initiatives are under way.

Read about corporate and science initiatives from the leader in laser therapy research and innovation.

These committees offer a means to network, influence policy, and develop new science initiatives for the Antarctic.

While the number of treatments is limited — and far from a perfect solution — «there is value in getting the proper care,» said James Hendrix, Ph.D., director of global science initiatives at the Alzheimer's Association in Chicago.

He serves as the Director of Science Initiatives as well as the Elizabeth Garrett Chair of Convergent Biosciences for the USC campuses.

Discovery Education is encouraging schools across the UK to take part in Hour of Code — a global computer science initiative which takes place between 7th and 13th December.

«This does seem to be an important study,» says James Hendrix, who was not involved in the new research and is director of Global Science Initiatives for the Alzheimer's Association, the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research.

We're excited to share news about a new project, «Earth Challenge 2020,» our global citizen science initiative with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the U.S. Department of State's Eco-Capitals Forum.

-LSB-...] I thought I'd share this as part of a great Storybook Science initiative by some of my favorite bloggers.

Katherine Pollard, PhD, director of the convergence science initiative at the Gladstone Institutes, has been selected as a Chan Zuckerberg Investigator.

So, I thought I'd share this as part of a great Storybook Science initiative by some of my favorite bloggers.

Well, your background in science is rigid and what you're doing with NuSI, the nutrition science initiative as a non-profit thing.

Understanding nanotechnology remains a top priority within the agency's regulatory science initiative and, in doing so, we will be prepared to usher science, public health, and FDA into a new, more innovative era.

Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie on Wednesday announced it was teaming up with Google - funded Calico, the life sciences initiative aimed at helping...

Politics are at the center of people's views about several of today's most hot - button scientific issues, especially those surrounding climate, energy policy, and the government's role in funding science initiatives.

In addition to broader impacts and general grantsmanship mentoring, she participates in diversity and women in science initiatives on the UMass campus.

Aside from putting in their own money, Chan and Zuckerberg also plan to help push a movement to increase the funding for science initiatives like their own.

However, researchers familiar with US science initiatives said such a move wouldn't be feasible without massive expenses or losses in capability.

Citizen science has grown exponentially in scope and popularity since our flagship citizen science initiative began 30 years ago.

Students learn about water quality indicators, tolerant and intolerant species, and citizen science initiatives while identifying preserved macroinvertebrates.

A new citizen science initiative within the EVE Online game will ask players to find distant worlds lurking in data from space observatory missions

Although citizen science initiatives encourage individuals from all walks of life to get out into nature, greater engagement is needed to bring diverse populations to national parks, argued Theodore Roosevelt IV, an investment banker and conservationist and the great - grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, who signed into law the creation of five National Parks.

The Leap into Science initiative is led by The Franklin Institute, the National Girls Collaborative Project, and the Institute for Learning Innovation, with support from the National Science Foundation.

«If someone had a putative diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, they might be on an Alzheimer's drug like Aricept or Namenda,» said James Hendrix, the Alzheimer Association's director of global science initiatives who co-presented the findings.

Participants in this Citizen Science initiative will collect data on specific locations and abundance of all turtle species found throughout the state.

ADAM COURTENAY explores a new groundbreaking science initiative aimed to reveal what opportunities lie below.

Cancer is something that people can relate to personally, so having the opportunity to develop a capability that will eventually help somebody else can be very motivating,» said Eric Stahlberg, director of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research's strategic and data science initiatives.

There was strong support in the community of Wausau for a school foundation, particularly to maintain a popular science initiative called Dream Flight that required private funding to continue.

The California State University Northridge launched the computer supported collaborative science initiative to aid science teachers in high - need schools, in the Los Angeles area, to engage students in genuine research experiences through using cloud - based tools.

The goals for the meeting are «to advance promising, near - term science initiatives and create a context for increased international scientific collaboration on the Arctic over the longer term.»

Combined with the other science initiatives, this will bring the total amount of spending on research and development up to a whopping 3 % of the entire US GPD — a great way to pave the way for progress on the clean tech front, among other things.

As part of their Try Science initiative, IBM has introduced Power Up, a web site which includes a multiplayer online game based on a cry for help from the planet Helios.

Tech companies from Apple to Zynga are supporting a nationwide computer science initiative to get 10 million students across the country to learn to code.

For example, between Monday and Friday, the amount devoted to a life sciences initiative in New York City grew from $ 300 million to $ 320 million.

The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007 - 2008 is a international science initiative to observe and research the polar regions.

Understanding nanotechnology remains a top priority within the agency's regulatory science initiative and, in doing so, we will be prepared to

When two science initiatives with acronyms that doubtless were fun to think up in the first place, the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) and Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long - term Environmental Studies (DAMOCLES) sought to cooperate, the obvious name for their bridge was «SEARCH for DAMOCLES.»

This new science initiative will be run by CSIRO and admits to being highly experimental with a unique set of characteristics.

He remains active in interdisciplinary research and serves as the Director of Science Initiatives for the USC campuses.

He's the director of global science initiatives for the Alzheimer's Association, based in Chicago.

Last month she wrapped up a post as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow focused on citizen science initiatives.