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APS Science Policy Update
July 27, 2007
In this issue:
- Washington Post Op-Ed on NIH funding
- Nature features new NIH OPASI director
- FASEB Washington Update
- NASA and NIH to collaborate?
WA Post on NIH funding
An op-ed piece in the Washington Post describes how
a lack of funding increases in recent years will affect future
generations of scientists.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/AR2007072301364.html
Nature focuses on OPASI director
The most recent issue of Nature features a profile
of Dr. Alan Krensky, the new director of the NIH office of portfolio
analysis and strategic initiatives.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7152/full/448406a.html
FASEB Washington Update
For an update on the appropriations process, see
the latest FASEB Washington Update.
http://opa.faseb.org/pages/Washingtonupdate/July2007/
NIH experiments on the space station
NASA and NIH are considering collaborations that
would enable NIH funded research to be conducted on the International
Space Station.
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/53389/