Twice, the Government awarded multimillion-dollar grants to Molten Metal within days of large political gifts from the firm or its executives.

Today, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies regularly give universities multimillion-dollar grants.

An agronomist, he won multimillion-dollar grants from Taiwan to begin farming cooperatives and to open small factories that produce orange juice and bamboo furniture.

The Government of Margaret Thatcher is promoting tourist development and providing multimillion-dollar grants to help depressed former industrial cities like Liverpool, Bradford, Newcastle and Manchester find a post-industrial economic future.

Although the Challenge made multimillion-dollar grants, nearly every site reached out to hundreds of schools.

They've been encouraged by multimillion-dollar grants from major companies like the International Business Machines Corporation and scholarships from scores of leading manufacturers.

Ecological organizations abound, and money to finance conservation projects is surprisingly easy to come by, most of it in the form of multimillion-dollar grants from American and European foundations and governments, plus frequent smaller donations from individuals.

But Mr. Chretien remains a firm believer in patronage and economic interventionism, and he has announced multimillion-dollar grants to build bridges in Montreal and the creation of a state-run Internet portal.

Multimillion-Dollar Grants In 1983 Dr. Polk began the Study to Help AIDS Research Efforts, which has since received multimillion-dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health.

A recent multimillion-dollar grant will enable the division to have a newly designed center and an endowed professorship in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes.