"The NIH grabbed $10 billion of taxpayers’ funds funneled through the stimulus bill, and NIH chief Francis Collins says the money was used to save or create 50,000 research jobs. In many cases, he adds, the extra funds have kept America’s scientists in American labs."
– here’s the story from Bloomberg
From FierceBiotech Research [editors@fiercebioresearcher.com] 1/5/10, by John Carroll
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"National networking provides opportunities for scientists to collaborate in new, exciting ways to improve abilities to uncover underlying pathways and mechanisms of biology and to develop new diagnostics, treatments and prevention strategies," said NCRR Director Barbara Alving, M.D. "The infrastructure created and implemented through these awards has the potential to greatly facilitate the pace of biomedical research nationwide."
– here’s the NIH release
– check out a list of project partner institutions here — besides Harvard and U of Florida
Also from FierceBiotech Research [editors@fiercebioresearcher.com] 11/2/09, by John Carroll