Sentences with phrase «university funding grant»

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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.

The university said Tuesday that the National Science Foundation has awarded $ 6 million in grants to help fund the work.

Since many or most PhD students are funded off of grants from the government and tuition is one of the few «overhead» items Universities can charge to these grants, making tuition taxable removes a costless mechanism for Universities to funnel money that could go to more research into administrative overhead.

Typically, this venture may have small amounts of funding through grants, university programs or competitions but has not taken any significant private investment.

Religion News Service: Campus atheists score big funding from Wisconsin university An organization of student nonbelievers is likely to receive $ 69,000 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, the largest grant from an institute of higher learning ever awarded to a nontheistic, student - led orguniversity An organization of student nonbelievers is likely to receive $ 69,000 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, the largest grant from an institute of higher learning ever awarded to a nontheistic, student - led orgUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison, the largest grant from an institute of higher learning ever awarded to a nontheistic, student - led organization.

Ulster University in Northern Ireland has been awarded funding of almost $ 400,000 as part of a larger $ 2.6 million research grant to develop new mixing process technologies for milk powder hydration, which aims to significantly enhance the economic competitiveness of the Irish dairy industry.

He has conducted on - farm research in cooperation with USDA and Land Grant Universities, and work on a national organic research agenda and national legislation to fund on - farm organic systems research.

Additionally, at Oregon State University, the Research and Service Grant funds connect the craft brewing community with world - class research capabilities and enable Thomas H. Shellhammer, Ph.D., Nor» Wester professor of fermentation science, to work on industry - relevant scientific and technical issues that not only advance science but answer important and practical questions faced by craft brewers.

Ten awards were made available by generous funding from BNY Mellon, with applicants being asked to demonstrate their commitment to representing the University at the highest level as well as how a grant of # 500 would help them to fulfil their sporting objectives in 2014/15.

Please note that while we are affiliated with Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, we receive no direct funding from Stanford, and the education reform efforts that we promote are often overlooked by common funding mechanisms such as foundation grants.

This year Amanda was granted both an Annual Fund and a Schwan's scholarship to help her offset the cost of her continuing education; she is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Tampa.

The funding will also support responsible investments in the nation's land - grant colleges and universities.

Prior to that, Polly provided comprehensive research and grants administration for a portfolio of externally funded projects, including a $ 3 million Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Risk Science and Public Health at The George Washington University.

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At noon, Rep. Adriano Espaillat and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announce $ 25 million in federal grant funding to the school to support the implementation of quality malaria diagnosis and treatment services in Ethiopia, Hess Auditorium, 722 West 168th St., Manhattan.

David Comerford is a Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Stirling, working with Prof David Bell, on ESRC funded grants, studying issues around the economics of constitutional change in Scotland, before and after the independence referendum in September 2014.

(White Plains, NY)-- Westchester County residents are among the state's healthiest, according to the results released today by the third annual county health ranking survey developed by The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The funding includes a $ 25 million loan from the State University of New York system as well as a $ 38.5 million grant from Empire State Development, the state's economic development agency that helped to fund much of SUNY Poly's expansion over the years.

We are talking not about grants or loans, as the regime governing them is already much tougher for returning students, but about the removal of Higher Education Funding Council teaching support for any university that takes on returning students.

The investigation found that Haldar has misappropriated $ 25,000 in grant funding to a private school foundation, leading to the university's discipline against him.

Columbia University can't fire Dr. Robert Taub — who funneled cancer patients to disgraced politician Sheldon Silver in exchange for funding — so they've stripped the tenured professor of his grant money, title and staff raises.

McKinley and Aniello Rega were among dozens of mesothelioma patients sent to Silver by Columbia University cancer doctor Robert Taub in exchange for $ 500,000 in taxpayer - funded research grants, prosecutors say.

The grant will fund the Southern Tier Innovation Hot Spot, which is a collaboration among Binghamton University, Cornell University, Corning Inc. and the Ceramics Corridor Innovation Center.

One of Rep. Chris Collins» first major legislative efforts took a big step forward, as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved his bill establishing a grant program that aims to fund innovations being created at the nation's universities, research institutes and laboratories.

In exchange, Silver, who was one of Albany's three most powerful politicians, funneled $ 500,000 in taxpayer - funded grants to Columbia University's Dr. Robert Taub.

The group, charged with distributing $ 150 million in funds as part of a community benefits agreement with West Harlem for Columbia University's Manhattanville campus expansion, had spent more on consultants than grants and was investigated by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Columbia University cancer doctor Robert Taub got $ 500,000 in taxpayer - funded research grants from Silver for steering dozens of asbestos patients to the pol's law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg.

The feds say Columbia University cancer doctor Robert Taub steered patients to Silver as part of an illegal quid pro quo in which Silver funneled Taub $ 500,000 in taxpayer - funded research grants.

Staten Island University Hospital — which had Hurricane Sandy water at its doorstep — will get $ 12 million in FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding to pay for a resiliency plan that would relocate vital infrastructure, the Cuomo administration announced Thursday.

While Silver was bringing in the patients — a total of about 25 to 50 — he authorized two state grants, each worth $ 250,000 to fund Taub's Columbia University research, focused on mesothelioma cases related to 9/11.

Universities commonly depend on NIH grant funding to pay faculty members» salaries, even some who ostensibly have tenure.

Graduate schools generally concentrate so exclusively on university - based grant - funded research that exposure to the skills and knowledge needed outside academe is often scarce to nonexistent.

Just also helped develop the University of Iowa Public Engagement Grant Program that funded partnerships focused on collaborative interactions and scholarship «for the mutually beneficial exchange, exploration, and application of knowledge, information and resources.»

Their universities also take a portion of the grant funding as overhead.

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.

NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions.

The base salary for her position in Turkish state universities fluctuates between $ 800 and $ 950 depending on the currency rates, and if it weren't for job perks and additional funding from grants, she would have a tough time surviving.

I've found out about university offices such as the Graduate Student Recruitment and Retention office and the Graduate Student Grants and Services office that offer support to all graduate students and put out information that I can use to find funds to finance my education from outside the department.

In particular, Canadian universities can leverage very large start - up grants for new faculty from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's New Opportunities Fund.

Joshua Busby is an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Texas and one of the lead researchers in the Strauss Center project on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS), a $ 7.6 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Like virtually all British universities, running costs are covered by government grants and minimal tuition fees paid by students, whereas research is supported by the government - funded research councils, foundations, and industrial contracts.

It was the largest flood of the lower Mississippi ever recorded, and University of Illinois» researchers took advantage of this «once - in - a-scientific-lifetime» occurrence to study the damage, funded by a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Grant.

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As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

The request is also likely to zero out several EPA and NOAA programs that fund competitive grants for university - based researchers.

The project, which is done in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is funded by the Sun Grant Initiative.

Collins defended the payments, noting that universities are able to accept grants from funders that reimburse at a much lower rate only because they represent a small portion of overall research funding.

The money may also indirectly help labs that don't win their own grants by freeing up university - provided bridge funding that had been sustaining winners, Stephan adds.

In the ensuing discussion, committee member John Hennessy, president of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, observed that funding postdocs through independent grants would not truly go to the heart of the problem.

The research was funded by a U.S. Department of Defense - Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grant under the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Wenzhou Medical University.