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FUNDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of financing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("funding" is a kind of...):
finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)
Derivation:
fund (furnish money for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Financial resources provided to make some project possible
Example:
the foundation provided support for the experiment
Synonyms:
backing; financial backing; financial support; funding; support
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("funding" is a kind of...):
resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)
Derivation:
fund (furnish money for)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fund
Context examples:
Provide a funding mechanism for developing and testing new technologies that underlie discovery in all aspects of cancer research.
(Phased Innovation Awards, NCI Thesaurus)
This would be the very best year to think big—the funding will come.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If the outcomes of these trials are successful and funding is available, Chibale says the drug could be on the market in six to eight years.
(Antimalarial candidate holds promise as a single dose, SciDev.Net)
A research project that is in an active grant funding cycle.
(Active Funded Research Project, NCI Thesaurus)
A medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.
(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
A character string that represents the six-digit number generally assigned sequentially to a funding mechanism within an institute, center, or division.
(Government Funding Serial Number, NCI Thesaurus)
A coded value specifying the unique identifier for areas of extramural research activity applied to various funding mechanisms.
(Government Funding Mechanism Code, NCI Thesaurus)
The Externally Peer-Reviewed Trial, Standard Cancer Center Information Summary for Cancer Center Support Grant Application, is R01s and P01s study funded by NIH or trial supported by other peer-reviewed funding organization.
(Externally Peer-Reviewed Trial Standard Cancer Center Information Summary, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition to funding from the NCI, which the NSABP has received since it began, the NSABP also receives support from other sources for ancillary studies, training, and educational programs.
(National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, NCI Thesaurus)
A funding mechanism of NCI to provide underrepresented minority health professionals with the opportunity to gain expertise in research.
(Minority Clinical Oncology Awards, NCI Thesaurus)
