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In its 2013 budget request, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) outlined an additional round of review for any researchers with $1.5 million or more in existing grant money, in an effort to support the work of less-experienced scientists. But the proposal faced criticism when the budget request came before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, reported The Chronicle of Higher Education. Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the subcommittee's top Republican, worried that the plan would “discourages success,” and argued that grant funding decisions should be made purely on scientific merit.
NIH director Francis Collins responded that only some 6 percent of NIH grant applicants would qualify for the extra level of review, and that the new regulation would be unlikely to result in denials of ...
