Foundations, private

This expansion will require a major commitment of resources on the part of universities, government, private foundations, and industry. Can such a preferential commitment to one discipline be justified, particularly at a time of severe budgetary austerity Each agency responsible for funding chemical engineering research will have to answer this question for itself, but the committee believes that the following... 

In 1986 the International Academy of Preventive Medicine proposed to establish and support a private foundation dedicated to furthering Williams goals. Named the Roger J. Williams Nutrition Institute for Disease Prevention Research and Education, it was founded in July 1987, with me as Director. The Williams Institute will, to the extent that its resources permit, encourage research and education to advance nutrition and preventive medicine. It also will... 

Findings 2 Undergraduate research experience. Undergraduate research experiences were cited as enriching experiences that solidihed the interviewees decision to pursue science careers. Many of these opportunities resulted from programs supported various federal agencies and private foundations. 

E.g., grants from public agencies, private foundations, or industry... 

Although, through the sane intervention of Henry Ford, the Ford Foundation rejected the Hutchins-Huxley proposal for private foundation sponsorship of LSD, it appears that the project was not dropped. Beginning in 1962, the RAND Corporation of Santa Monica California began a four-year experiment in LSD, peyote, and marijuana. The RAND Corporation... 

Some countries prohibit private medical practice. Lack of private doctors would severely constrain a competitive voucher scheme (although it might still be possible to promote competition among public sector providers). Other countries prohibit public sector providers from receiving cash, which limits the use of monetary incentives. In these cases, public providers cannot receive extra payment from outside or private funding sources, which becomes an issue if, for example, a private foundation were trying to fund the subsidies. 

The funding of our innovation system is characterized by many options, from industry to government to private foundations. This variety of sources, with different emphases, creates a spectrum of opportunities—and the direction of research is never dictated solely by any one funding source. 

The wide range of funding sources for support of academic chemical research (including industry, multiple federal agencies, state initiatives, universities, and private foundations) facilitates innovative research. 

I propose a national mental health program to assist in the inauguration of a wholly new emphasis and approach to care for the mentally ill.. . . Government at every level—Federal, State, and local— private foundations and individual citizens must all face up to their responsibilities in this area. We need. .. to return mental health care to the mainstream of American medicine. ... 

Developments in the area of neglected diseases have opened up new opportunities for licensing by universities and companies. Over the past decade, private foundations and donors have provided social venture capital to launch several nonprofit companies that have now collectively raised over a billion dollars from philanthropic and government donors to support product development. 

The visibility of CUR to agencies and foundations has led to increased representation by undergraduate institution science faculty on important policy-m ng and fun ng committees. These have included advisory committees and review panels for the National Science Foundation, panel members for the National Institutes of Health, membership on the National Research Council s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, membership on advisory panels for private foundations, and service on toards of foundations and other scientific societies. The changes in these activities over the 12-year history of CUR have been enormous. 

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