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For Research Grants, 2005 Budget Request May Be Signpost of Future Declines
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Following an extraordinary period of growth from 1998 through 2003, in which Congress doubled the budget of the National Institutes of Health by increasing its funding almost 15% per year on average, NIH budget growth decelerated in fiscal year (FY) 2004, increasing by only 3.2%. If the Presidents request for a 2.6% increase for FY 2005 sets the mark and advances this trend, advocates worry that gains made by the doubling could be lost.
Nearly 4 months after the start of the current fiscal year, Congress settled on a total program level (counting appropriations from all sources and all rescissions and across-the-board cuts) of $28.04
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