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Politicizing NIH funding: a bridge to nowhere
Jonathan A. Epstein
Jonathan A. Epstein
Published September 1, 2011
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2011;121(9):3362-3363. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI60182.
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Editorial

Politicizing NIH funding: a bridge to nowhere

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We live in a time of increased spending, mounting debt, and few remedies for balancing the federal budget that have bipartisan support. Unfortunately, one recent target for decreased allocations of the federal budget is the NIH; the discussion of the awarded grants and the grant funding process has been skewed and altered to present medical research in an unfriendly light, and this can have very damaging repercussions. Politicizing this process could ultimately challenge human health, technology, and economic growth.

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