noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ adequate , proper , sufficient
▪ generous , significant , substantial
▪ full
▪
The President has promised full ~ for the plans.
▪ inadequate , insufficient
▪ additional , extra , increased
▪ limited
▪ direct
▪ initial
▪ long-term
▪ annual , three-year , etc.
▪
the industry's annual ~ requirement
▪ emergency , short-term
▪ official
▪ core
▪ central ( esp. BrE )
▪ internal
▪ external , outside
▪
Half of the research posts depend on outside ~.
▪ international , local , national
▪ foreign
▪ federal , government , public , public-sector ( esp. BrE ), state
▪ private , private-sector ( esp. BrE )
▪ corporate
▪ grant , lottery ( esp. BrE )
▪ development , education , research , science
▪ start-up , venture
▪ library , school , university , etc.
VERB + FUNDING
▪ award sb/sth , give sb/sth , provide (sb/sth with)
▪
The refusal to provide extra ~ for schools caused a storm.
▪ allocate
▪ request , seek
▪ raise
▪
It gave us more time to raise the necessary ~.
▪ attract , get , obtain , receive , secure , win
▪ lose
▪ boost , increase
▪ cut , reduce , slash
▪ freeze
▪ cut off , stop , withdraw , withhold
▪ deny sb/sth , refuse (sb/sth)
▪ restore
▪ approve , authorize
FUNDING + VERB
▪ come from sb/sth
▪
Most of our ~ comes from private sources.
▪ go
▪
We need to make sure that the ~ goes to areas where its most needed.
▪
About 70% of current ~ has gone on schools.
▪ increase , rise
▪ fall
▪ dry up , run out
▪
Much of the ~ dried up in the 1980s.
FUNDING + NOUN
▪ shortfall
▪ crisis
▪ cut
▪ increase
▪ levels
▪ package ( esp. BrE )
▪ arrangement , formula
▪
We're hoping they will change the ~ formula.
▪ agency , body
▪ bill ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ … in ~ , … of ~
▪
£25 million in ~
▪ ~ from
▪
The school has attracted ~ from a number of sources.
▪ ~ to
▪
an increase in ~ to drug rehabilitation clinics
PHRASES
▪ a cut in ~ , an increase in ~
▪ a lack of ~
▪ a level of ~
▪
Present levels of ~ have forced the school to close.
▪ a source of ~