New NIH grants announced
The New Year is already looking pretty rosy over at the National Institutes of Health. On December 28th the agency announced a new round of grants made possible through last year's NIH stimulus boost. The $80 million program, dubbed the NIH Director's Opportunity for Research in Five Thematic Areas, will fund research projects in a handful of areas - genomics and other high throughput technologies, translational science, enabling health care reform, global health, and "Reinvigorating the Biomed
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