Sentence examples for doubling research from inspiring English sources

Farthing created another strategic plan in 2013, which includes goals such being ranked within the top 20 of UK universities, doubling research income to £54m and building stronger partnerships with external organisations.

All but one of the targets – doubling research grant contract income – of the 2009 plan have been achieved, and the university's accounts are now firmly in the black, with a surplus of £14m for the year 2012-13.

That would pretty much undo the America Competes Act, which aimed at doubling research funds for a number of government agencies over five years; it was first passed in 2007 and reauthorized by the House of Representatives last summer but is still awaiting a vote in the Senate.

In 1992, he helped create a research program for breast cancer at the Department of Defense, doubling research funding for the disease.

The hopes are tempered, however, by two concerns: First, a pending battle over the size of the European Union's whole budget may scupper the grand plans for doubling research spending.

To get there, Mr Immelt has promised to double research spending on clean products, from $700m per year to $1.5 billion, by 2010.

During his tenure, the cancer center's faculty doubled, research financing increased six-fold and the cancer complex at Johns Hopkins expanded to nearly one million square feet of treatment and research space.

He's a resolute campaigner, leading Gordon's Fightback – shortlisted already for an award – to double research funding, shorten the waiting time for benefits, and have publicly provided MND nurses.

Mr. Hourihan said Mr. Obama's support for science and technology research "has been fairly strong," although he was not able to fulfill campaign promises from 2008 to double research financing at many agencies.

Last spring in America the Obama administration launched a national plan to combat Alzheimer's (much the most common form of the disorder), making available a chunk of extra money for research; and Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, issued a "national challenge on dementia", promising to double research funding by 2015.

Cancer research across NIH, however, would receive a 5% bump to $6 billion as part of an effort to double research on this disease over 8 years.