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An advisory committee urges the federal funding agency to take steps to counter racial bias in the granting process.
The Senate approves an increase of about 0.3 percent for the 2013 NIH budget, but the Department of Energy doesn’t fare as well.
A Texas cancer institute is taking a second look at the largest grant it ever awarded after concerns were raised that the proposal never received proper scientific review.
A petition asking for online, readable publication of all government-funded research is making its way to the White House.
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