And so more seriously the classics - literature, history, some of the basic sciences - have become poor stepchildren.
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Promotes policies and strengthens human and institutional capacities in science, technology and innovation, with special emphasis on the basic sciences.
By transferring and sharing scientific information, providing scientific expertise and networking researchers, the HVP shares most of the main objectives of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP).
The Programme focuses on fostering major region-specific actions that involve a network of national, regional and international centres of excellence or benchmark centres in the basic sciences.
Background and details are given in an informal 12-page document dated 16 October 2007 made available by UNESCO's International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP) to the UNESCO General Conference.
Currently, opportunities for a limited number of new major IBSP initiatives are being explored through continuing dialogue and consultation with Member States and partner organizations within the basic sciences programme.
These will each be responsible for developing a quality programme at their institution for education, research, innovation and the commercialization of new products involving converging technologies and the basic sciences associated with these technologies.
When the director of basic sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle received a call at half past two in the morning from a Swedish professor, he assumed the caller was looking for a job.
The International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP) is an international multidisciplinary programme established by UNESCO Member States in order to reinforce intergovernmental cooperation and cooperation between partner organizations in science to strengthen national capacities in the basic sciences and science education.
The meeting will open with welcome addresses by Vassya Bankova, chair of RSC, Mario Scalet, Head of Science unit - UNESCO Venice Office, and Berhanu Abegaz, Executive Director - African Academy of Sciences and vice chair of the Consultative Board - International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP).
Highlighting the need to sustain hope amongst Arab young men and women following the Arab Spring, Princess Sumaya highlighted her personal commitment as President of the Royal Scientific Society to sustain talented youth and entrepreneurship in the areas of science, underscoring the importance of stimulating innovation through basic sciences.
The International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP) of UNESCO and the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are leading this Mathematics of Planet Earth Day and the international exhibition which is an important component of the year of scientific and outreach activities, Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 (MPE2013), under the patronage of UNESCO.
Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
From basic and environmental sciences to science policy and ethics, UNESCO acts as an advocate for science globally.
Nalecz, Director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences ( m.nalecz(at)unesco.org) or the Director of the Kingston Office ( Kingston(at)unesco.org).
Social sciences have a vital role to play in understanding planetary pressures and in establishing the basis for sustainable development, as do basic and environmental sciences.
This policy brief is based on the UNESCO workshop on geoengineering organized by its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Basic and Engineering Sciences Division and the Ecological and Earth Sciences Division (Paris, November 2010).
So I ask the Congress to double Federal support for critical basic research in the physical sciences and ensure America remains the most dynamic nation on earth.
The Department of Energy is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
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The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Bolstering that new identity, on Dec. 7 an NIH advisory panel approved a new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences that will attempt to "translate" basic research findings into pharmaceuticals.
Now there still may be a case for the government investment of dollars into truly basic, risky research, as the government does in the sciences.
The basic concept of ESTABLISH is focused around the creation of authentic environmental research learning for natural sciences, involving all of the interested stakeholders.
These projects focused on capacity building in selected key areas of the physical and biological sciences and on promoting experimentation in science education by using Microscience kits for teaching of different basic science disciplines in schools and higher education institutions.
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