Medical Research Funding: Summary of a CRS Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities of Proposed Large Increases for the National Institutes of Health (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
March 15, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RL30483 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
John K. Iglehart, Contractor; and Pamela W. Smith, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
This report summarizes the proceedings of a CRS seminar for congressional staff on appropriations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Topics discussed included the recent funding history of NIH and current proposals to double its budget in 5 years, ideas on what NIH could do with substantial new resources, cautions and questions about NIH's ability to make maximum efficient use of such resources, the desire of patient advocacy groups to be more involved in NIH research priority-setting, and current NIH activities responding to these various issues.
