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UMR, ITIF Outline Strategies to Make NIH Funding More Predictable
Two advocacy groups argued in a new report for changes to how the US National Institutes of Health is funded.
Congress Proposes $30.3B in 2015 Funding for NIH
The 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill requests a $150 million increase in funding to NIH for the current fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1.
White House Budget Proposes Small Increase at NIH
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The 2015 federal budget proposal that the Obama Administration released today seeks a marginal increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health — an increase of nearly one percent — to $30.36 billion from $30.15 billion in FY 2014, according to the US Departme
Budget Cuts Hit Home; Researchers Share Stories of Staff Cuts, Delayed Science
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Advocates for federal spending on biomedical research want to put a face on the pain inflicted by the long-term budget cuts and the recent sequestration that have struck the National Institutes of Health.
Genome Project, Related Federal Investments Reap 'Massive Bang' for Buck: Report
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US investment in the Human Genome Project and the ensuing federal funding for genome science has reaped massive economic benefits, with nearly a trillion dollars having been returned on these investments, according to a new study from the R&D analysis organizat