Already, the Department of Homeland Security, the funder of the project Brown was working on, has tightened safety requirements for similar projects.
The Senior Investigator and funder of the project is Dr. Martin Shubik, professor in the Yale School of Management and Economics Department.
In South Africa, Google is joining SolarReserve, Intikon Energy and the Kensani Group as the main funders for this project, which is also backed by Rand Merchant Bank, the Public Investment Corporation , Development Bankof South Africa and the PEACE Humansrus Trust.
Among them are to thoroughly answer the questions asked by the funder, follow the application's format, and to make sure that the funder is the best target for the project that is proposed.
Of 49 projects that documented either a funder or an organization responsible for the project, 31 (63%) had reported funding from at least one North American organization – Canada and/or United States of America (USA) - and 20 (41%) had at least one European donor.
The analysis was undertaken at the same time as a parallel analysis to identify research priorities for the project funders (reported elsewhere).
It was these institutions that contracted with the funder, the Wellcome Trust by providing sponsorship for the project through the funding agreement, which established the legal obligations and responsibilities of all members of the consortium.
Letters of support for the project were obtained from the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional Health Bureauu to implement the project in Sidama zone, as required by the project funders.
Second, a judicial inquiry is needed into the funders' supervision of the project.
