A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural science research, there are also many research institutes in the social sciences as well, especially for sociological and historical research purposes.
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In the early medieval period, several astronomical observatories were built in the Islamic world. The first of these was the 9th-century Baghdad observatory built during the time of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun, though the most famous were the 13th-century Maragheh observatory, 15th-century Ulugh Beg Observatory.
Eyeing interdisciplinary, cutting edge and international research, the institute is committed to becoming a global leading source of scientific and technological innovations, contributing to Fudan's ...
The award reflects the Directorate’s direction toward fostering a culture of innovation in the workplace, supporting academic excellence, and encouraging its employees to engage in scientific research as part of institutional development.
"That funding comes to us to pay for our operations, not directly the research that we do," said Elizabeth Fedie, the Hormel Institute's chief of staff ...Fundamental research makes up the bulk of the Hormel Institute's work.
The Trump administration earlier this year announced cuts to the National Institutes of Health budget, which provides more than $35 billion a year to universities, hospitals and other research groups.
This contraction in funding comes on top of the NIH’s abrupt terminations of research grants related to COVID-19, health disparities, HIV/AIDS and other areas, which has hit OHSU and research institutions nationwide.
Most of this research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supporting thousands of dedicated Ph.D.s, MDs, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research staff.
“We are participating in a national effort with organizations representing America’s academic, medical and independent research institutions to develop a new indirect cost funding model,” Pines and Rice said in the letter.
The Polar Museum is part of the Scott Polar Research Institute, named for the famed explorer, which is itself part of the university’s department of geography ...Robert Falcon Scott/Scott Polar Research Institute.
He breathed his last at 10.43 am at his Bengaluru residence.His mortal remains will be kept at the Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, on April 27 for people to pay their respects.
The state govt has decided to set up a drivers' training and research institute in Sorkha village. Officials said the institute, to be built near Sector 115, was part of the govt's plan to reduce road ...