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funding agency [2 records]

Record 1 2023-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Pensions and Annuities
CONT

A pension fund manager is responsible for managing a pool of money that is used to pay for people's retirement. This includes investing the money in different assets, such as stocks, bonds, and property, to grow the fund. The manager also decides when and how much money is paid out to people when they retire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Pensions et rentes

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Scientific Research
  • Educational Institutions
CONT

A funding agency is any external organization, public or private, which undertakes a contractual agreement with the university to sponsor research or an entrepreneurial activity. The funding agency often dictates how their funds may be used, what deliverables are expected, and what reports are required.

OBS

Examples of funding agencies include federal agencies such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), as well as other organizations of the public and private sectors.

Key term(s)
  • funding organisation
  • research funding organisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Établissements d'enseignement
OBS

Les organismes de financement peuvent comprendre les organismes fédéraux tels que le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG), les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) et le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH), ainsi que d'autres organisations des secteurs public et privé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Investigación científica
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
CONT

El estudio también muestra que el Grupo BID se mantiene como el organismo de financiamiento multilateral más importante para los bancos de la región que buscan ampliar su cartera PyME.

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