Guest Blog by Luke Bouvier, PhD On January 7, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Sherley vs. Sebelius, which effectively ends the legal challenge to the 2009 NIH Stem Cell Funding Guidelines. The Guidelines, which allow funding of most stem cell research, were challenged by two researchers who work with adult stem cells, […]
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I love the NIH RePORTER website. One could spend hours on this site, looking at funding trends, levels, priorities, and percentages. If you are considering writing a grant application or contract proposal to NIH, it is well worth spending time on this website to see what NIH is already funding in your topic area. If
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In January 2009, NIH instituted a policy to sunset A2 applications, i.e. to eliminate a second resubmission. Since, investigators submit a grant application (A0) and if the application is unfunded they may submit one revised application (A1), and no more (previously, one could resubmit twice). This policy has been detested among research scientists since its
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