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APS Science Policy Update
September 28, 2007
In this issue:
- Congress Passes Continuing Resolution
- Peer Review Notes from CSR
- UCU Abandons Proposed Boycott of Israeli Scientists
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution
With the end of the fiscal year approaching, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through November, 16, 2007. http://public.cq.com/docs/cqm/cqmidday110-000002593685.html
Peer Review Notes from CSR
This month’s newsletter from NIH’s Center for Scientific Review touches on many of the peer review initiatives that are currently underway, including allowing appointed members of chartered study sections to submit R01 grant applications at any time.
http://cms.csr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8E310A92-
FA88-400C-8D3F-8553810A2A5C/14395/PRNSept2007FINALWeb.pdf
UCU Abandons Proposed Boycott of Israeli Scientists
From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Back to UpdatesBritish Faculty Union Cites Legal Advice in Abandoning Proposed Boycott of Israel
The British faculty union that stoked international controversy this year when delegates to its annual meeting voted to consider whether to boycott Israeli universities and refuse to cooperate with Israeli academics has now told its members that such a move would be illegal and could not be carried out.