He said he wanted northern universities to come up with "radical, transformative long-term ideas" that would qualify for funding.
Luckily for them, Taiyanggong has qualified for funding under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which enables rich countries to offset carbon emissions by paying for carbon cuts in developing ones.
The British squad, based in Bath, had almost entirely funded themselves with the help of parents, having not qualified for funding from UK Sport.
The second letter, from 18 scientists who once headed individual research directorates at the agency, also argues that many of NSF's most spectacular successes would not have qualified for funding under the terms of the legislation.
This draft lays out the safeguards (rules/standards) by which Bank loan recipients must live up to in order to qualify for funding.
Along with its annual crop of grant recipients, the agency released new guidelines for Arts in Media, which will allow video games and mobile art to qualify for funding.
Open access gained a boost this year when the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) announced that all UK research post-April 2016 must be open access in order to qualify for funding assessments.
Claire and her partner Carla Kleverlaan are ranked fourth in Australia so do not qualify for funding from their sport.
In the past, an unlimited number of European Ph.D. project students could be recruited and qualify for funding, she noted.
In order to qualify for funding organisers will have to demonstrate their event will bring extra visitors to the island.
