NIH Starts More Recovery Act Programs

Mar 20, 2009

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institutes of Health has released three new funding programs supported under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus program, including one to give researchers administrative support, revision grants to expand support for ongoing studies, and funds for summer research programs.

The funding for these programs will come from a pool of $1 billion from the funding NIH received under the ARRA, and which are to be spent by Sept. 30, 2010.

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