2006-09-12 A Shocking Decrease in Funding of NIH Grants

2006-09-12 The Scientific Activist Nick Anthis \Bush-Cheney administration/anti-science\science http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2006/09/a_shocking_decrease_in_funding.php A Shocking Decrease in Funding of NIH Grants &ldquo;In a letter in last week's issue of Science, two scientists from the National Caucus of Basic Biomedical Science Chairs – H. George Mandel and Elliot S. Vesell – describe in detail the funding crisis currently plaguing American scientists.&rdquo;  In a letter in last week's issue of Science, two scientists from the National Caucus of Basic Biomedical Science Chairs – H. George Mandel and Elliot S. Vesell – describe in detail the funding crisis currently plaguing American scientists. The authors demonstrate a shocking decrease over the last seven years in the allocation of NIH (National Institutes of Health) R01 grants, the nation's keystone funding program for supporting biomedical science. Commentary:   
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