Programmatic science funding goes to universities in the form of grants and contracts funding research proposals generated by the faculty.
Government money seeks the greatest good, and what could be better than funding research that contributes to the good of society?
So it is funding research into getting microorganisms to extract energy from things like metal ions abundant in the earth or solar electricity.
"Many people's lives are touched by cancer and by funding research we can increase our chances of fighting this terrible disease, " he added.
It suggests that governments should not merely encourage the supply of innovation (for example, by funding research) but also try to stimulate demand.
It barred the National Institutes of Health from funding research on embryonic stem cells beyond using 60 cell lines that existed at that time.
Much of it would go to paying off lawsuits against the tobacco companies, for anti-smoking programs and funding research to cure the diseases it causes.
Professor Baird said there had been difficulty in funding research because of this link, although the new pill uses the drug in far smaller doses.
Surely we can devise faster, more targeted ways of funding research.
Investors love to fund growth and scaling of a proven business model for entrepreneurs, and they avoid at all costs funding research and development for engineers.
It so happens that Exxon Mobil has been funding research into this problem at Stanford University for almost a decade now without a major breakthrough.
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He is co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation, chairman of the Milken Institute, and founder of medical philanthropies funding research into melanoma, cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
" Van Etten on funding research projects: "We make investments.
She said they were currently funding research into drugs that mimic the action of nerve growth factor (NGF), the name given to the gene therapy involving stimulating cell function.
He is now saying that well, he's not funding research that involves the further destruction of human embryos, but he is relying on research that involved the past destruction of human embryos.
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In August 2001, Bush barred the National Institutes of Health from funding research on embryonic stem cells other than that using 60 cell lines existing when he signed the executive order.
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Her long, hard bike ride is a fundraiser for the National Brain Tumor Society, which is funding research and awareness to try to find a cure for this terrible disease, and help patients, family, and friends cope with it in the meantime.
Cell Therapeutics said it intends to use net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including paying interest on or retiring outstanding debt and funding research and development, preclinical and clinical trials, and the preparation and filing of new drug applications.
During the six years he ran the NIH under George W. Bush, Zerhouni, a pioneering radiologist raised and educated in Algeria, set the first rules for funding research on human embryonic stem cells and banned NIH scientists from taking big industry consulting fees.
The Swedish government is funding research into the feasibility of using a wind-turbine driven oxygen pump in the Baltic, following studies carried out last year by the University of Gothenburg, which looked at the effect of pumping oxygen-rich surface water to the bottom of two Swedish fjords.
When we waste billions of dollars, in part because our technology is out of date, that's billions of dollars we're not investing in better schools for our children, in tax relief for our small businesses, in creating jobs and funding research to spur the scientific breakthroughs and economic growth of this new century.
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One alternative is a proposal that the NIMH has been developing for three years, called the Research Domain Criteria, which will move toward funding research that examines core biological features of illness shared by several disorders, such as problems in brain circuitry, rather than the current practice of focusing on symptoms specific to one disorder, according to Dr. Insel.
Participates in European association of the heads of research funding organisations and research performing organisations (EUROHORCs) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) as well as in their combined Roadmap.
"When we look at the costs of the research and development that went into these improvements, we find that funding agricultural research ranks among the cheapest ways to prevent greenhouse gas emissions, " according to Steven Davis, a co-author of the paper.
One possible compromise is to fund only research using the embryonic stem cell lines that already exist, and refuse funding for research that relies on future destruction of embryos, even if the cells are collected in the private sector.
There will also be grants for communities to purchase electric vehicles and more research and development funding for battery research.
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As NIH funding for biomedical research continues to stagnate, non-profit funding is becoming an increasingly important part of the biomedical research eco-system.
Autism Speaks is funding similar research in India, South Africa, Mexico and Taiwan, Dawson said.
He ignored the pressure and became known as a champion of AIDS funding and research.
Rather than wait for drug companies to do it, they're funding the research themselves.
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