As the FY2010 federal budget readies for Congressional battles and public debate, science advocacy groups are upping their recommendations for funding increases at the National Institutes of Health. But are their calls realistic? The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, which is composed of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), the linkurl:Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology;http://opa.faseb.org/pdf/2009/Funding_Recommendation.3.18.09.pdf (FASEB), the Campaign for Medical Research, the National Health Council, and Research!America, has called for a 7% increase in NIH's FY2010 budget. The consortium recommended a 6.6% NIH budget increase in the FY2009 budget. Advocacy groups, it seems, have been emboldened by President Barack Obama's recent assurances that science will play a more important role in his administration than it has in years past. "We are very grateful for the support that the President has voiced for research, and are heartened by the fact that science figures so prominently in his...
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