Contrary to the impression given, the overwhelming bulk of grants were allocated to those organisations that provide services for all communities, not just one community.
Repeating his assertion that the report found no evidence of fraud or corruption he said: "Contrary to impression given, the overwhelmingly bulk of grants were allocated to those organisations that provide services for all communities, not just one community.
Over the past 60 years, Pioneer has made unfettered research grants to more than 60 institutions in eight countries, with the bulk of the grants going towards research into behaviour genetics, intelligence and demographics.
The vast bulk of research grants are allocated on the basis of merit.
The bulk of the grants announced on Thursday -- $675 million -- was divided among 50 cities, including New York City ($47 million), Chicago ($34 million), Washington ($29.3 million), Los Angeles ($28 million), San Francisco ($26.4 million), Philadelphia ($23 million) and Houston ($19.9 million), according to the administration.
The vast bulk of Hughes grants go to American-based research, Mr. Tjian said, but officials wanted to encourage work in other nations that are supporting high-level science and encourage collaboration between scientists in different nations.
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Sailing He denies that COER diverted any funds, and others at COER say that Leonhardt agreed up front to an arrangement in which the bulk of his grant would be administered by others.
Even in America, where 50 out of several thousand universities consume the bulk of federal research grants (see chart 4), many scientists will admit privately that the research effort is still spread too thinly.
The bulk of EPA's grants to states for projects to improve water quality would be cut by 27%, down to $2.5 billion.
The bulk of the HHMI grants will fund molecular research on basic cell biology and studies of parasites, such as Trypanosoma cruzi (which causes the lethargy-inducing Chagas' disease) and Escherichia coli (a cause of fatal childhood infections in poor countries).
