Maximizing the return on taxpayers' investments in fundamental biomedical research
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Maximizing the return on taxpayers' investments in fundamental biomedical research
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health has an annual budget of more than $2.3 billion. The institute uses these funds to support fundamental biomedical research and training at universities, medical schools, and other institutions across the country. My job as director of NIGMS is to work to maximize the scientific returns on the tax...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology of the Cell
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1059-1524,1939-4586
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-06-1163