whereby local authorities are under a duty to operate services with regard to economy, efficiency and effectiveness. In most cases contracts have been awarded to the ‘in-house’ organization. Where they are awarded to an external organization it is common for most of the public sector workforce...
Competitive grantor “Grant” means funds which are distributedby the Departmentbased onapplications forspecific projectsrelated tolitter reduction and recycling. These grants are evaluatedaccording tothe methodlisted inChapter 5ofthis Title. Sample 1 ...
Applications submitted and grants awarded to men and women in nationwide biomedical competitive research, in 2006, in Spain. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007;61(Suppl 2):ii17-ii19.Peiro Perez, Rosana; Colomer Revuelta, Concha; Blazquez Herranz, Margarita; Gomez Lopez, Fernando. Applications ...
significant prizes (see, for example,Kaggle Community Competitions), for the sake of this report we consider only those with either monetary prizes or academic kudos. Often competitions associated with prestigious academic conferences provide winners with travel grants to allow them to attend the ...
The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the Brazilian agencies Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, grant #2018/03571-2), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, grants #301737/2017-7, 406855/2016-1, and 310...
Once a small business is awarded a Phase I SBIR/STTR grant (up to $225,000), it becomes eligible to apply for a Phase II grant (up to $750,000). Small businesses with Phase II grants are eligible to receive up to $500,000 in additional matching funds with quali...
In the social performance arena, we are active in our local communities. Whether it is through classroom visits to introduce students to the excitement of technology or serving on the board of directors of a local community-based organization, Intel employees are engaged in making our communities ...
As a research case, the Japanese research funding system has the advantage of providing both significant individual-level (chair) block funding, based on the German model, as well as a substantial share of competitive project funding (e.g., grants-in-aid for research) based on the US model...
Traditional universities are being forced to compete for students and research grants, and private companies are trying to break into a sector which they regard as "the new health care". The World Bank calculates that globa! spending on higher education amounts to $300 billion a year, or 1%...
that is responsive to workforce needs, rewards innovation, and uses explicit outcome objectives to evaluate training programs. The funding would be publicly guided and awarded through competitive funding, similar to the process of awarding National Institute of Health peer-reviewed research grants. ...