• Medical research funding in the United States is at an all-time low. • Diminished funding has affected kidney disease research more than other disease-defined research areas.
The President’s budget proposes cuts to laboratory reimbursement that could have a significant impact on patient health by hindering the development and implementation of new technologies, reducing the number of laboratories serving underserved populations, decreasing patient access to such vital tests as hepatitis C and cancer screenings, and diminishing the quality of testing.
For the second in a row, Rutgers leads U.S. universities in federal funding for chemistry R&D, according to a top industry publication. For the first time, Rutgers ranks #1 nationally for chemistry R&D funding from all sources. The rankings are in Chemical and Engineering News.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Research advances that have come to fruition over the past year demonstrate extraordinary progress in the fight against cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The report stresses, however, that recent budget cuts and years-long flat funding can only delay efforts to translate research into effective treatments for millions of individuals with cancer.
NIH Director Francis Collins was the keynote speaker at a conference that kicked off University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Accelerating Innovation and Discovery in Medicine (ACCEL-Med) program in which the medical school asked a panel of world-famous scientists to act as advisors and consultants on where the School’s research efforts should be.
As the House and Senate budget conference committee readies to meet November 13th, a new report shows how millions of Americans have been hurt by the reckless cuts to programs that rely on discretionary federal funding, from medical research to education and national parks.
Federal investment in social and behavioral science research has improved the health and well-being of Americans for years, but a new report published today shows how reckless discretionary federal funding cuts now threaten important work like this.
A new report by a coalition of the leading U.S. research universities focuses on the creation of new companies that bring innovations to market, create new jobs, and contribute to economic growth through federal investment in research. The University of Illinois at Chicago is a standout leader in spawning the birth of such startup enterprises.
Alexis Carulli wants to make a difference in fighting human disease. So do the thousands of bright graduate students like her. But with federal scientific research funding flat, eroded by inflation and cut by budget sequestration, Carulli worries for her generation of aspiring biomedical scientists.
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Automatic federal budget cuts, known as the sequester, which began March 1, have had minimal impact on federal regulatory agencies, finds a new report on the U.S. budget for fiscal years 2013 and 2014.
Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, according to a study available online and in the June 1, 2013, print issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
The summer sequester effect on federal employee morale could potentially leave a gaping hole in the federal workforce for years to come due to the brain-drain from federal ranks which may ironically end up costing the government more in the long run says American University's Robert Tobias.
On May 7, 2013, NCI Director Harold Varmus sent an email to all NCI grantees informing them of reductions to NCI’s budget for fiscal year 2013. The reductions, due in large part to sequestration, are spread across NCI’s portfolio to protect NCI’s ability to issue new and competing research project grants.
ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA – Innovative and potentially game-changing clinical trials to develop new drug regimens to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB), the second leading global infectious disease killer, are in jeopardy due to federal "sequestration" funding cuts.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, one of the nation’s top cancer research and prevention centers and pioneer of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation, today called on Congress to support restoring full funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which supports pioneering research that saves lives. Funding was recently cut due to sequestration.
The main source of online weather training for meteorologists, emergency managers, and others is seeking donations to try to stay in business.
Drastic cuts in public spending only exacerbate turmoil in already-troubled economies.
Cuts in federal funding of nanotechnology research threaten to slow progress toward some of the field’s greatest promises, including commercialization of sustainable new energy sources that do not contribute to global warming, an international authority in the field cautioned here today.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examines the potential impact of sequestration on community health centers and their patients and communities.
A group of Seattle’s leading health research institutions have sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to take action to prevent sequestration funding cuts from taking effect on Friday, March 1.
Results from a survey suggest that a large majority of Americans are more concerned about jobs and unemployment than they are about the budget deficit. And not surprisingly, Republicans and Democrats have somewhat different budget priorities, yet a clear majority of Americans their representatives to work with others to get things done.
Science and engineering students have hand-delivered a petition to the local offices of all U.S. senators and House leaders, requesting that sequestration be halted because it would harm their future as innovators and hurt economic growth in the United States. The students represent numerous scientific societies across the United States, including the American Physical Society.
Despite their diversity, U.S. nonprofits are in basic agreement that seven core values—being productive, effective, enriching, empowering, responsive, reliable, and caring—set the nonprofit sector apart from government and for-profit businesses, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies' Listening Post Project.
The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) today directed a letter to the New York State Congressional Delegation calling on them to reject a nearly 10-percent cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Medicare and Title VII health professions programs, that will take effect January 2, 2013.
In a commentary to be published in the Dec. 12 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, two Johns Hopkins faculty members predict an ever-diminishing role for government and drug company funding of basic biomedical research and suggest scientists look to “innovative” kinds of private investment for future resources. Current negotiations in Washington over sequestration and the so-called “fiscal cliff” provide an opportunity to fundamentally rethink the funding of biomedical research, they say.
Patient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the U.S. government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most from these dollars, according to a new study.
The U.S. seems poised to make one of the largest cuts ever in research funding – a decision that could have long-lasting and far-reaching implications for our collective future.
For the sixth straight year, city revenues around the country dropped in 2011, as costs of health care, pensions and infrastructure rose, says a public administration and infrastructure expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Michael Wilkerson is available to discuss the labor and financial difficulties arts organizations, such as orchestras, are currently facing.
arXiv, the free repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information, is adopting a new governance and business model that will allow it to grow thanks to new funding.
Medical research saves lives, suffering and dollars – while also creating jobs and economic activity. The United States has long led the world -- but risks losing out to Asia as the hub of medical discovery, a research team warns.
The budget for issuing and enforcing federal regulation is expected to decline in the 2013 fiscal year, finds a new report from Washington University in St. Louis and George Washington University.
The Vermont legislature passed a bill that directs researchers at the University of Vermont to develop a new way of measuring the health of the state economy. Policymakers will use the Vermont Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) to account for factors like environmental impact, human rights, and volunteer work that are not measured in traditional GDP. Governor Shumlin has indicated he will sign the bill, making it the first such law in the United States.
Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University professor of astronomy, adviser to NASA, and principal investigator for a mission to sail one of the three great seas of Titan, comments on the proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President Obama.
University of Virginia officials have introduced new programs designed to enhance the activities of the University's researchers and entrepreneurs and maximize the impact of innovative U.Va. discoveries on the global population and economy.
In fiscal year 2010, 50 new companies were formed as a result of Canadian university research, according to a survey report published Nov. 21 by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM
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