Grants are EERE's primary funding vehicle for businesses, industries, universities and others.

Marketing is another big slice of the budget, for example, and since box office sales alone usually aren't enough to cover even the cost of advertising, it's another reason why additional funding vehicles are so important.

Harris also announced funding vehicles such as the Ontario R&D Challenge Fund, the Ontario Innovation Trust and the Premier's Research Excellence Awards.

Instead, spending bills spanning across multiple federal agencies have all been wrapped into a single funding vehicle - commonly referred to as an "omnibus" - that inherently lacks transparency and not subject to the type of oversight Americans expect.

In addition to using repo as a funding vehicle, repo traders "make markets".

As he prepared for meetings with senior Chinese finance officials, Klaus Regling, chief executive of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), said that it was "a possibility" that his fund could create a joint funding vehicle with the IMF.

"The bank is solely a funding vehicle for an unregulated affiliate," he said.

The New Zealand Chess Federation is seeking to provide the best tournament format and funding vehicle to maximise his chances for success, which they estimate a budget of $50,000 is required.

The deal effectively makes Donner "the funding vehicle for exploration within the Matagami base metal camp".

Affinity Sutton funds its activities through both private funding vehicles and Government grants.