PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK AND COMMUNITY NEWS Share your federal funding experiences: Help our advocacy efforts http://www.pancan.org/section_research/resources_for_scientists/form_funding_experiences.php Have you struggled to receive grants from the NCI or other federal institutions? Have you been successful? We’re looking for information to help us understand what is working well for pa...

This paper addresses R&D portfolio selection in social institutions, state-owned enterprises, and other nonprofit organizations which periodically launch a call for proposals and distribute funds among accepted projects. A nonlinear discontinuous bicriterion optimization model is developed in order to find a compromise between a portfolio quality measure and the number of projects selected for ...

Given the uncertain legal status of generic advertising programs for agricultural commodities, alternative voluntary funding institutions are investigated hat could provide a high level of benefits to producers. This experimental study simulates key economic and psychological factors that affect producer contributions to generic advertising. The results suggests that producer referendum play a ...

PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK AND COMMUNITY NEWS Share your federal funding experiences: Help our advocacy efforts http://www.pancan.org/section_research/resources_for_scientists/form_funding_experiences.php Have you struggled to receive grants from the NCI or other federal institutions? Have you been successful? We’re looking for information to help us understand what is working well for pa...

It is indeed a pleasure and privilege to be amidst this august gathering of eminent bankers, experts and policymakers. Over the years, the Conference has evolved as an important forum for structured information sharing among not only delegates from the banking sector, but also experts from research institutions, credit rating agencies, international institutions and other financial sector bodie...

With the increasing use of instructional designers as pedagogical experts for eLearning activities within institutions of higher education, it is important we learn as much as possible about designing and developing effective instructional design across the disciplines. When instructional designers are employed as pedagogical experts but not content experts—and the instructors are content exper...

We examined patterns of Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) funding on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research. From 1999 to 2013, CIHR funded 190 ASD grants worth $48 million. Biomedical research received 43% of grants (46% of dollars), clinical research 27% (41%), health services 10% (7%), and population health research 8% (3%). The greatest number of grants was given in 2009, but 2...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of beginning digital preservation efforts with restricted resources. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a case study approach, which is enhanced by advice from national experts in digital preservation. Findings – This paper details how Milner Library digital preservation advocates have approached the task by seeking ...

Background Over 70 million people in Europe experience tinnitus, for 7 million it creates a debilitating condition. In spite of its enormous socioeconomic relevance, research funding is somewhat limited. The European Union has approved funding for a COST Action TINNET (2014-2018) to create a pan-European tinnitus research network. One of the Working Groups will address outcome measurement; buil...