Many Spanish companies are too small to perform R&D, says Andradas, and it doesn't make sense for public research institutions to get loans for basic research that is unlikely to make money.
The department also extends loans for energy research and development and takes a role in grid modernization, science education and environmental cleanup.
[Reuters] Under siege over the recent bankruptcy of the solar manufacturer Solyndra, the Department of Energy announces $156 million in new loans for energy research projects as the fiscal year draws to a close.
In the early years of Airbus, the governments of member countries provided program-launch aid in the form of repayable loans for the research and development work of each new aircraft.
With California in an indefinite fiscal crisis, CIRM may have to find sources of funding other than the state bonds that have allowed it to so far provide $1.25 billion in grants and loans for stem cell research, Thomas said.
In return for the loan of the pandas for research and exhibit purposes, the Smithsonian Institution, which operated the National Zoo, agreed to donate $10 million to support China's panda preservation and research projects.
Costs such as taxes, loan interest and expenses for research and experimentation are not deductible as startup costs, although they may be deductible as ordinary business costs.
The measure included emergency loans, credit guarantees, and money for research and development.
The curators of the major museums know each other well, and they rely on each other for research, exchanges, loans, assistance, and information, even about one another.
Dr. Toth received grants from National Institutes of Health and from Genentech and a loan of equipment from Bioptigen for research unrelated to this study.
