Sidebar: Advisory Panel's Recommendations to NIH
A report submitted last fall by an external advisory panel recommended "a strengthening of international activities" at NIH (see list of recommendations on page 3). The report also advised that the John C. Fogarty International Center (FIC) remain the focal point for NIH's international programs and "embark on additional activities" in collaboration with NIH's institutes, centers, and divisions (ICDs) "to advance science and promote global health." But the fiscal year 1998 budget submitted by President Clinton in early February would raise FIC's funding by only $600,000-from this year's estimated $26.6 million to next year's proposed $27.2 million.
 THINK GLOBALLY: The Fogarty International Center is housed on NIH’s Bethesda, Md., campus. |
FIC director Philip E. Schambra is optimistic that, regardless of grim budget figures, NIH's international commitment can and should expand. "There's a feeling across the government that we have tightened our belts, as related ...
