11.   But NIMH is intrigued enough that it may fund research on it.

12.   By raising money to protect pandas and funding research, the plan could also build a stronger international partnership with China, Frampton said.

13.   DARPA is funding research by scientists at the University of Montana at Missoula and Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M.

14.   Delta, for its part, on Monday reaffirmed its plans to keep funding the research as long as it is independent.

15.   Dr. W. John Martin of Rosemead, Calif., set up his charity to fund research on viruses that no university or government agency would underwrite.

16.   Drugmakers say they need big profits to fund the research that discovers new drug therapies.

17.   Finance Minister Jean Arthuis said the government was determined to go ahead with the sale of Thomson, whose research has been funded by the government.

18.   For Congress, the options are to override the caps, or to spend the surplus to fund research.

19.   For the past three years, the Department of Energy has funded research on two potential sources.

20.   Friedman was encouraged that the Bush administration had proposed to fund research into nuclear propulsion systems for spacecraft.