Sentences with phrase «stage research programs»

In an attempt to hold on to those shareholders, the company made deeper cuts in the workforce than previously planned and curtailed early - stage research programs.

Not exact matches

The Energy Department's ARPA - E program has conducted early - stage research into technologies such as advanced batteries, fusion and nanotechnology.

He continued working on Minuum through the University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) program, which acts as a pre-incubator research space for budding entrepreneurs to develop their products.

NextAI - is an accelerator program for early - stage AI - enabled ventures or individuals and teams looking to commercialize research and launch something new.

The purpose of the Competition is to be part of an overall program aimed at systematically generating more tech start - up enterprises in Atlanta by (i) facilitating applied research and development and enhancing mentoring and other supports for aspiring entrepreneurs, (ii) supporting early - stage firm growth and (iii) attracting more venture funding.

Through this research, IPI works to develop investor education and protection programs and materials that can help Americans make smart investing decisions at all life stages.

Although Anavex Life Sciences» Alzheimer's disease program should offer up plenty of data to digest this year, its research program is very early stage, and the company's balance sheet is worrisome enough for me to avoid it until placebo - controlled trial results are available.

The AAP's media kit includes extensive information about age - specific suggestions for all stages of development and empirical research on the effects of screen time and types of programming (e.g. violence).

Future research should explore the development and testing of more structured and intensive PT programs in patients with all stages of PD,» the study concludes.

In order to tackle bringing innovation into the legacy sectors, Bonvillian said multiple approaches have to be engaged simultaneously, including improvements to and spending on research and development, policy changes to eliminate pricing advantages and rules that keep the legacy sector afloat at the cost of lost innovation and reimagined governmental innovation programs that carry ideas beyond the research and development stage toward commercialization.

For example, Matt Krause, director of human resources at CV Therapeutics, says, «Our research programs include multiple, cutting - edge cardiovascular product candidates in various stages of clinical trials and preclinical programs, all of which rely heavily on the contributions from our many B.S. - and M.S. - level scientists.»

But the biggest problem with government funding for an early - stage start - up is that it is sometimes hard to completely align the goals of the government - funded research program with the commercialization goals of the company.

Extending national breast cancer screening programs to women over the age of 70 does not result in a decrease in the numbers of cancers detected at advanced stages, according to new research from The Netherlands.

Dr Gerrit - Jan Liefers (MD, PhD), a surgical oncologist and head of the geriatric oncology research group at Leiden University Medical Centre (Leiden, The Netherlands), said: «For a screening program to be effective, one would expect that the incidence of early stage breast cancer would increase while the incidence of advanced stage cancer would decrease because any cancer would have been detected at an earlier stage.

Free food is always appreciated by starving students, but the group lunch is also valued because it gives current MD / PhD students who work at different research institutes and who are at differing stages in the program a chance to catch up with each other at the beginning of a new academic year.

The program is targeting a critical stage in a young researcher's career, when they have to get their research, group, funding, and teaching going all at once, added Sparr, who is a member of the Young Academy of Sweden.

«Biological oceanographers have speculated that early life stages of marine organisms might be particularly sensitive to ocean acidification, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown for most species,» says David Garrison, program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research through an ocean acidification competition.

The curriculum is still «in a rather preliminary stage,» Gottesman said, but instruction would be mostly tutorial or in small classes, and the program would emphasize areas of NIH strength in bioinformatics, clinical research, and genomics.

NSF established the International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) «to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to research opportunities abroadResearch Fellowship Program (IRFP) «to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to research opportunities abroadresearch opportunities abroad.»

Within this total, the bill prioritizes early - stage research and development funding for the applied energy programs.

They also point to the need for additional research on the earliest stages of AMD,» said Maryann Redford, D.D.S., M.P.H., a program director for Collaborative Clinical Research at NIH's National Eye Inresearch on the earliest stages of AMD,» said Maryann Redford, D.D.S., M.P.H., a program director for Collaborative Clinical Research at NIH's National Eye InResearch at NIH's National Eye Institute.

The program supports advances in research on STEM learning and education by fostering efforts to explore all aspects of education research from foundational knowledge to improvements in STEM learning and learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, for all groups, and from the earliest developmental stages of life through participation in the workforce, resulting in increased public understanding of science and engineering.

To help Gladstone discoveries successfully cross through the valley of death, the Hellman Family Foundation Alzheimer's Research Program subsidizes the myriad of early - stage, de-risking tests necessary to make a drug candidate more attractive to pharmaceutical - industry partners, such as tests that reveal at what concentrations a drug stops being therapeutic and instead becomes toxic.

In a defining document about the future of aerosol research, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Steve Ghan teamed with Brookhaven National Laboratory's Steve Schwartz, Chief Scientist for the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Science Program, to describe a disciplined process for successfully moving aerosol research from the observational stage to model simulations.

Cecil and Linda Sewell's gifts to the UNC Lineberger Seed Grant Program have propelled forward essential, early - stage cancer research.

The Safadi Program gift will fund research pilot grants to propel early - stage translational research aimed at enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration in the neurosciences; launch an annual lecture series to bring world leaders in the neurosciences to Chicago to foster the dissemination of related research; and support recruitments of neurology and neurosurgery faculty contributing to the translational mission.

«To our knowledge this is the first novel program for SMA that has reached this stage,» said Dr. Jill Jarecki, FSMA Research Director.

Your financial support will help us fund important research programs so that we can move our basic discoveries more rapidly from the proof - of - principle stage through translational research and preclinical testing that leads to human clinical trials.

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program completes a federal suite of programs that provide support to highly qualified research personnel at all stages of their careers:

The Research Concierge Service has had a specific focus on supporting early stage investigators; interdisciplinary programs, particularly large institutional grant applications; and connecting investigators as collaborators and mentor / mentees.

The blueprint is vague on the administration's plans for the DOE's renewable energy and energy efficiency office and its Fossil Energy Research program, saying only that funding for those programs will be focused on «early - stage applied energy researchResearch program, saying only that funding for those programs will be focused on «early - stage applied energy researchresearch.»

ERC Consolidator Grants fund researchers who are at the stage of setting up their own independent research team or program, and aims to strengthen new research teams.

Rudick, who is co-principal investigator of Cleveland Clinic's CTSA program, says the CTSA movement will increase clinical and translational research capacity by drawing in researchers who have not been previously involved in clinical research and by exposing students to clinical research at an earlier stage in their careers.

Rajkovic said he was attracted to the opportunity to unify UCSF's many innovative research and clinical genetics programs into a more streamlined clinical genetics service, and by the university's dedication to building the next stage of genomic medicine.

The policy fellowship database is intended to provide physician scientist of all stages from training to late - career a listing of available programs and funding opportunities to pursue policy related research.

The purpose of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) is to attract and retain promising early - stage investigators in research careers by helping them to repay their student loans.

The Melanoma / Skin Cancer Program provides expert diagnosis and staging using advanced imaging technologies and research - based molecular testing including:

Fellows will be able to devote approximately 50 % of their time using individual mutants to develop an independent research program, which is expected to form the foundation of the next stage of their careers.

«Black women have been noted to present [at a doctor's office] with later stage cancer, which has a worse outcome — and they don't always get adequate care,» says Ruth ORegan, MD, associate professor of hematology and oncology and director of the translational breast cancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta.

Dr. Dean Ornish revolutionized medicine by directing clinical research proving — for the first time — that heart disease and early - stage prostate cancer may be stopped or even reversed by his program of comprehensive lifestyle changes, without drugs or surgery.

With these concepts in mind, the Center employs the following three - stage process: • Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community.

To this end, the Center has developed a three - stage knowledge transfer process: (1) Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community; (2) Knowledge Translation — the identification of gaps in understanding between scientists and the public, and the development of effective language to communicate accurate scientific information in a way that can inform sound public discourse; and (3) Knowledge Communication — the production and dissemination of a wide variety of publications and educational media via print, the Web, and in - person presentations.

The ScratchJr programming app and the Kibo robot are both supported by a hefty amount of research and were carefully designed to match the abilities, interests, and developmental stages of preschool and primary grade children.

With over 600 graduate students at various stages of research, our goal is to get students to and through the degree programs in a way that builds on existing capacities and talents — as students build a career that has a lasting impact on the field.

Future research should further examine the nexus points among the enhanced TPACK model and identify specific knowledge and skills associated with each stage of the cyclic implementation system in a preservice teacher preparation program.

His doctoral - dissertation research has been supported at different stages by the Temple Global Studies Program, the Wenner - Gren Foundation and the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in Vietnam.

The findings of this research resulted in the emergence of a Five - Stage Model for computer technology integration into teacher education programs: pre-integration, transition, development, expansion, and system - wide integration.

Preschool Expansion Grant Webinar — Setting the Stage for Success: Quality Improvement and Program Evaluation in State Pre-K Programs (March 2015) Hosted by CEELO, this webinar features an interactive discussion with Dr. Steve Barnett, Principal Investigator of CEELO and Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), along with senior management colleagues from CEELO.

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

(4) Conduct a program for end - stage and renal disease research, to include support of projects and demonstrations for providing special services (including transplantation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and supplies * necessary for the REHABILITATION of individuals suffering from such disease and which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings, (B) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and new approaches by individual and institutional investigators, and (C) establish and maintain close working relationships, with other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations engaged in similar efforts, in order to unify and coordinate scientific efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of data and reports among investigators in the field of end - stage renal disease.