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$10B Marked for NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Final U.S. Stimulus Bill for Full Vote
Colleagues,
As reported by GenomeWeb News...The House of Representatives will soon vote on the latest draft of a $789.5 billion stimulus package that contains $10 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health. A conference agreement between the members of the House and Senate yesterday to forward a trimmed-down draft of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $8.5 billion to fund research at NIH, and $1.5 billion to the NIH for renovations.
The $1.5 billion would be used to renovate university research facilities to help schools compete for biomedical research grants.
The committee included $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research aimed at improving the quality of healthcare and effectiveness of different treatments. Another $1 billion is marked for a "Prevention and Wellness Fund" aimed at lowering overall health care costs through preventive healthcare programs.
If this draft of the act passes, the National Science Foundation would receive $3 billion for basic research, the Department of Energy's Office of Science would net $1.6 billion for various research, including biofuels studies, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology would receive $580 million for the Technology Innovation Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Read on at: http://www.genomeweb.com/node/911772?emc=el&m=310883&l=3&am...
ENJOY!
CC
As reported by GenomeWeb News...The House of Representatives will soon vote on the latest draft of a $789.5 billion stimulus package that contains $10 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health. A conference agreement between the members of the House and Senate yesterday to forward a trimmed-down draft of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $8.5 billion to fund research at NIH, and $1.5 billion to the NIH for renovations.
The $1.5 billion would be used to renovate university research facilities to help schools compete for biomedical research grants.
The committee included $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research aimed at improving the quality of healthcare and effectiveness of different treatments. Another $1 billion is marked for a "Prevention and Wellness Fund" aimed at lowering overall health care costs through preventive healthcare programs.
If this draft of the act passes, the National Science Foundation would receive $3 billion for basic research, the Department of Energy's Office of Science would net $1.6 billion for various research, including biofuels studies, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology would receive $580 million for the Technology Innovation Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Read on at: http://www.genomeweb.com/node/911772?emc=el&m=310883&l=3&am...
ENJOY!
CC
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