© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 5, 410-412,
March 3, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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How to Divvy Up NIH's Research Pie Sparks Debate
In a perfect world, there would be few complaints about how the National Institutes of Health disburses its annual budget at its current $15.6 billion level, by far, the largest of any civilian science-driven agency in the federal government.
The reality, however, is that there has been and continues to be considerable controversy about how the pie is sliced. Could it somehow be apportioned differently to the greater satisfaction of most if not all concerned; without compromising the quality of what many regard as the world's foremost institution of its kind?
These questions were the focus of a recent meeting held in Washington, D.C., by the
Hastings Center of Garrison, N.Y., a think
New Council
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