Guest Blog by Luke Bouvier, PhD In a notice issued a few days ago on February 21, the NIH released some additional details about its contingency plans if sequestration goes into effect this Friday, March 1, as scheduled. In order to hit the mandated 5.1% budget cut, the NIH “likely will reduce the final FY …
Significant Budget Cuts Imminent For the National Institutes of Health Read More »
The NIH has issued a notice stating how the FY11 appropriation will affect funding. The Appropriation Act for FY11 allocates $30.9 billion to NIH, which is nearly 1% less than the amount NIH received in FY10 ($31.2B). As a result, “Modular and non-modular research grants, from all ICs, with the single exception of NCI, will be …
How Will The FY11 Appropriation Affect NIH Funding? Read More »
Why should we follow the Appropriations process? Aside from the obvious reason—to know how big the pot of extramural money will be next year and to understand the government’s commitment (or lack thereof) to science funding—there is another important reason: If you know the language worked into Appropriations testimony you can strategically design your research …
What Does the NIH FY12 Appropriations Report Actually Say? Read More »
