Obama’s Order on Stem Cells Leaves Key Questions to NIH

The Washington Post, by Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, March 10, 2009; Page A01

President Obama’s open-ended order lifting limits on federal funding for stem cell research raises the prospect that taxpayer money could be used for a much broader, much more controversial array of studies than many scientists, officials and activists anticipated.

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NIH may start policing conflicts

The Scientist.com, Entry posted at 5th February 2009 03:49 PM GMT

Two US Senators have introduced an amendment to the economic stimulus bill currently being debated in Congress that they say would better protect federally-funded biomedical research from potential bias. Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) said in a statement that the amendment centers on how the National Institutes of Health polices financial conflicts among its researcher-grantees. The amendment states that the NIH is to “actively enforce its conflict of interest policies and respond in a timely manner when those policies have been violated by grantees.”

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NIH research funding drying up?

Source: National Institutes of Health
Monday, February 2, 2009 3:14 AM, THE PLAIN DEALER VIA AP
Medical research centers fretting as grants dry up
Federal funds for Cleveland hospitals have dropped by 17% in three years

CLEVELAND — Federal grants to Cleveland’s big hospitals and biomedical institutions have dropped steadily since 2005. That worries executives and research directors, who warn that regional health-care jobs will fade if the Obama administration doesn’t place a priority on National Institutes of Health funding.

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