Sentence examples for foundation backing from inspiring English sources

Fouad Hamdan, the campaign manager for the activists and the executive director of the Netherlands-based Rule of Law Foundation, the foundation backing the group, told The Huffington Post his goal was not to give Republican Iran skeptics further ammunition against a Democratic administration trying to reach a deal with Iran.

There are plenty of socially motivated investors in the UK from UnLtd to Nesta, 4iP to the Young Foundation, backing early stage entrepreneurs and projects based on how much social benefit they could create rather than on whether they can sell them to a big tech firm in two years' time.

Prichard's efforts have attracted support from pharma giants such as Merck and Glaxo, as well as governmental and foundation backing from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Fonds de Recherche de la Nature et des Technologies du Quebec, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, to the tune of over $12 million in grants.

Produced on a bare-bones budget without any major corporation or foundation backing, "Go Public" has nevertheless gradually become a contender in the fight for Americans' hearts and minds regarding public schools.

(The Biennial is run by a private foundation backed by some of Turkey's leading construction companies).

At that point the foundation backed away from the arrangement, as did the family in Miami, Mr. Mas said.

And now, after the foundation backed down, pro-life supporters will have a narrative of hope and betrayal all their own.

LONDON — One scientist who advised Europe's food safety regulators about animal feed additives sits on the board of a foundation backed by the dairy industry.

It sounds fine but what if the sponsors are bonkers?In the north-east of England, a charitable foundation backed by one of Britain's richest men, the fervently religious Sir Peter Vardy, is sponsoring a bunch of new schools.

Sen's fellow economists love the way he has given the subject a friendlier image,yet he was not awarded the Nobel prize for his more accessible work in development economics, but for "social choice theory", the philosophical foundation backed by mathematics which supports all his writings.

MEST added a VC fund to its foundation backed incubator last year, as reported here at TechCrunch.