+$20 million for brain imaging institute
By Bob Grant +$20 million for brain imaging institute © tim tomkinson Some earmarks have had a lasting effect. A $10 million earmark in the 1997 energy appropriations bill helped launch a project that was then called the National Foundation for Functional Brain Imaging—later known as the MIND Institute, and now the Mind Research Network (MRN)—headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The nonprofit organization comprised a collaborative effor


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Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer.View full profile