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The World RePORT database, sponsored by the Heads of International Research Organizations (HIRO) and managed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides a first attempt at answering questions on the distribution of research funding by geography and research organization. In this journal ...
"The scientists and institutions exist to help revamp the soil concerns but, funding towards research work is lacking," he added. Carlos Martin-Novella, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions confirmed that pesticides and chemicals that were introduced with good i...
We investigate the relationships between the citation impacts of scientific papers and the sources of funding that are acknowledged as having supported those publications. We examine several relationships potentially associated with funding, including first citation, total citations, and the chances of beco...
In addition, loans and grants from donor agencies now account for a sizeable share of total funding for many African agricultural research systems. Many of the developments of the past decade in personnel, expenditures, and sources of support for public sector research and development (R & D) ...
In 2019 public health academics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa discovered that the psychiatry department had accepted funding from thePhilip Morris Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The department subsequently cancelled the contract. This followedoutragefrom the broader university communi...
Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change and human health Benjamin K. Sovacool Heather Clifford Gregory A. Wellenius ResearchOpen Access29 Jul 2024npj Climate Action Volume: 3, P: 64 Financial markets value skillful forecasts of seasonal climate ...
African governments should support capacity-building initiatives by prioritizing research funding and considering the needs of young researchers. These investments can result in innovations that can help to solve public health problems. Such efforts should take into consideration the direct cost of such in...
While many African governments have previously agreed to committing 1 per cent of gross domestic product to support research and development in their countries, that has not happened in reality, and the main financing and funding that is provided to African universities is for teaching and learni...
Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer, crop scientist, said demand was growing at 2.5% per year but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead."The global ...