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Update (June 9): In response to the heavy criticism of its grant cap proposal, the NIH announced yesterday that it would drop the plan during a presentation at an agency advisory panel. In its place, the NIH plans to create a special fund, the Next Generation Researchers Initiative (NGRI), which would set aside $1.1 billion over five years (enough funding for approximately 2,400 grants) to early- and mid-career investigators whose grant proposals receive high scores but fall short of receiving funds.
“The original plan was still a work in progress when we decided we didn’t have sufficient confidence in it,” NIH director Francis Collins said during a press call following the announcement (via Nature).
Where the money will come from is still unclear. “It will ...
