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Golden Goose Award created to highlight odd works that led to major discoveries

Gary Axelrod — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:59:51 GMT

The AAAS and several other university, business and public policy organizations have created the “Golden Goose Award” to highlight federally funded researchers whose work may have been viewed as odd or obscure but has contributed to a major discovery benefiting

Oppose Legislation to Ban All Research on Great Apes and Chimpanzees

Gary Axelrod — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:58:14 GMT

Research!America Report Shows Impact of Cuts to Federal Agencies from Sequestration

Gary Axelrod — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:29:24 GMT

Request for Information Regarding the NIH-Industry Program to Discover New Therapeutics for Existing Molecules

Gary Axelrod — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:57:45 GMT

The NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences on Friday is seeking information regarding the new "NIH Industry Pilot Program Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules." The Program "will match drug candidates and associated data from participating companies with

FASEB: Sequestration Would Deal A Devastating Blow To Medical Research

Gary Axelrod — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:22:55 GMT

April 16, 2012 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Office of Public Affairs l 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814

Legislative Update: April 15, 2012

Gary Axelrod — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:26:56 GMT

How Would Sequestration Hurt Biomedical Research The Budget Control Act passed last summer requires a trigger for $1.2 trillion in spending cuts if Congress cannot find those savings for FY 2013. If implemented, automatic cuts would begin in January 2013.

Legislative Update: April 1, 2012

Gary Axelrod — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:52:11 GMT

What next for the NIH?With the President submitting a flat FY 2013 NIH budget proposal, key House and Senate Congressional Committees have started to look into programmatic funding decisions for the 2013 fiscal year that begins October 1.The House Budget

NCATS Seeks Public Comments for Enhancing the CTSA Program

Jim Bernstein — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:01:52 GMT

The NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) on March 6 released a Request for Information (RFI) on ways to strengthen or enhance the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program. Specifically, public comment is sought on how NCATS can

Legislative Update: March 1, 2012

Jim Bernstein — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:40:29 GMT

ASPET is preparing its annual written testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees responsible for funding the NIH. Our “ask” for FY 2013 will be a budget of at least $32 billion, a 4.5% increase above

NIGMS 2012-2013 Budget Update

Jim Bernstein — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:46:46 GMT

https loop.nigms.nih.gov index.php 2012 02 28 budget update for fiscal years 2012 and 2013

Legislative Update: February 15, 2012

Jim Bernstein — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:14 GMT

The President’s recently released FY 2013 budget proposal includes a freeze to the NIH budget at $30.9 billion, the same level as in FY 2012.

2011 NIGMS Stategic Plan Blueprint for Implementation

Jim Bernstein — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:48:23 GMT

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has issued a "Blueprint for Implementation," as part of the institute's 2011 Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training http www.nigms.nih.gov Training OptimizingtheResearchTrainingPartnership

NIH RFI on new Institute of Substance Use and Addiction Disorders

Jim Bernstein — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:04:56 GMT

The National Institutes of Health is moving forward with creating a new Institute, resulting from the reorganization of substance use, abuse, and addiction related research, with the working name, National Institute of Substance Use and Addiction Disorders. A time sensitive

Making the Case for Sustained Support for Biomedical Research

Jim Bernstein — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:35:38 GMT

Several opinion pieces have appeared in local media outlets that make an effective case to support federally funded biomedical research and how such support provides the foundation for medical discovery. Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, executive

Legislative Update: January 17, 2012

Jessica Hammett — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:48:37 GMT

After another difficult political season, Congress completed their FY 2012 spending bills in December. Most science agencies fared relatively well to other non science discretionary programs, although the nominal increases do nothing to increase the spending power of NIH

Commerce Report: Investing in Innovation is Crucial to Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Jessica Hammett — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:30:23 GMT

The White House and the Department of Commerce released a report that examines federal support of research and provides the economic justification for a federal role in research. The report highlights some of the medical advances at NIH and its

NIH to Adopt the 8th Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Jessica Hammett — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:30:56 GMT

NIH recently announced that it plans to adopt the 8th Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals NIH’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has also developed Position Statements in response to public concerns. The

Legislative Update: December 15, 2011

Jessica Hammett — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:15:57 GMT

Government funding runs out Friday night, December 16, when the latest in a series of stopgap spending measures (continuing resolutions or CRs) is due to expire.At this writing, it was hoped for, and expected that a larger omnibus legislation bundling

Legislative Update - November 15, 2011

Jessica Hammett — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:43:09 GMT

There are many moving parts but no final funding decisions for NIH or other federal science agencies have been made. Here is a brief status update.

NABR Releases New Crisis Management Guide

Jessica Hammett — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:37:11 GMT

The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) has released its most recent edition of the NABR Crisis Management Guide™. (10/27/11)