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NIH Turned Down Investigators Who Provoked Ire From Alcohol Industry
Shawna Williams | Apr 3, 2018 | 2 min read
An email exchange and an unusual meeting suggest a connection between an institute’s pursuit of industry support and the rejection of a grant application.
Proposed US Spending Bill Boosts Science Funding
Shawna Williams | Mar 22, 2018 | 2 min read
NIH, NSF, and the DOE’s Office of Science will be among the agencies with budget increases if the omnibus bill is passed.
Proposed Federal Budget Slashes Funds to EPA, CDC
Diana Kwon | Feb 12, 2018 | 2 min read
Funds for the NIH and NSF would stay flat, while some agencies, including the FDA and NASA, would see increases.
NIH’s New Rules Governing Human Research Go Into Effect
Jim Daley | Jan 25, 2018 | 2 min read
More than 3,500 scientists had signed an open letter to NIH Director Francis Collins opposing the rules change.
Ten-Minute Sabbatical
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2017 | 2 min read
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
Drug Development Could Suffer from Proposed NIH Budget Cuts
Jef Akst | Nov 17, 2017 | 2 min read
An analysis of President Trump’s proposed $7.2 billion slash to the National Institutes of Health budget points to dire consequences for the development of novel drugs.
Trump Nominates Alex Azar as Health and Human Services Secretary
Catherine Offord | Nov 13, 2017 | 2 min read
The former chief of Eli Lilly USA is picked to replace Tom Price, who stepped down in September amid a controversy over the abuse of taxpayer-funded travel.
House Passes 2018 Spending Bills
Jef Akst | Sep 15, 2017 | 2 min read
The $1.23 trillion budget includes an increase in NIH funding, but the package is unlikely to make it unscathed through the Senate.
NIH Funding Boost Clears Senate Committee
Shawna Williams | Sep 6, 2017 | 1 min read
The proposed spending increase in the draft bill is more generous than that in the House version.
Climate Change Language Deleted from NIH Site
Bob Grant | Aug 23, 2017 | 2 min read
The communications director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences says news reports of the changes are overblown.
Researchers Petition to Bring Back Grant Caps
Bob Grant | Aug 9, 2017 | 2 min read
Nearly 1,000 signatories are asking the National Institutes of Health to reinstitute the Grant Support Index proposal.
Most of NFL Brain Trauma Research Donation to NIH to Go Unspent
Shawna Williams | Jul 28, 2017 | 1 min read
The football league and the government agency part ways over how the money should be used.
Image of the Day: Itty Bitty Cell Sucker
The Scientist | Jul 21, 2017 | 1 min read
With a diameter smaller than 100 nanometers, this nanopipette’s indiscernible tip is tiny enough to suck up minute contents of a single cell. 
Demonstrating Discontent, May 21, 1990
Andrea Anderson | Jul 16, 2017 | 3 min read
Activists demanded greater access to and involvement in clinical research for AIDS treatments—and their protests were heard.
Notable Science Quotes
The Scientist | Jul 16, 2017 | 2 min read
The NIH budget, the nature of science, paternal age, and more
Lawmakers Propose Increasing NIH Budget
Shawna Williams | Jul 12, 2017 | 2 min read
A House bill would also bar funding for research with fetal tissues.
Smallpox Kerfuffle Reveals Biosecurity Problems
Kerry Grens | Jul 12, 2017 | 2 min read
A review of a 2014 incident in which mystery vials of smallpox were found at the NIH reveals security weaknesses, but also concludes the response was appropriate. 
Senators Bemoan Science Funding Cuts
Kerry Grens | Jun 23, 2017 | 1 min read
At appropriations subcommittee hearings, President Trump’s budget proposal gets dissed by Republicans and Democrats.
Proposed NIH Grant Cap Criticized
Diana Kwon | Jun 8, 2017 | 2 min read
Update: The agency announced it will ditch the proposal, and set up a fund for early- to mid-career scientists instead.
Age-Related Bias in NIH Awards
Diana Kwon | Jun 5, 2017 | 2 min read
The number of young investigators with NIH grants has declined since 1982, but recent efforts by the agency to increase funding for early-stage investigators are working, a study finds.
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