0 a person or an organization that provides money to pay for an activity, event, or group:
1 a person or organization that provides money for something:
The National Institute on Aging is the primary funder of the study.
The trust is seeking other funders interested in supporting its new long-term mental health programme.
The National Institutes of Health is a major funder of AIDS research.
The funder then allocates a budget to the purchaser who has responsibility for obtaining specific outcomes or 'deliverables' at the best available price.
Does the article indicate that there is no potential conflict of interest of study researcher(s) and funder(s)?
The central idea of the model is to separate the funder and the purchaser of the service from the service provision.
The funder (the minister and his or her advisers) establishes the broad directions and framework for the service.
Costs for recipients and their families are included only insofar as they are related to the funder/service provider perspective.
