concerns a group of senators has registered on the National Institutes of plane (NIH) of Health to abolish the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR ) to make way for a new center for translational science. In a letter dated February 14 to NIH Director Francis Collins, 16 senators, including three Republicans, say they are concerned about "the timing of the reorganization process and impact" Price Institutional Development Program (IDeA) of NCRR on, which supports research in states with less funding from the NIH.
the letter highlights the speed of the reorganization moves from an advisory board suggested that the new institute in early December. the "rhythm "in which decisions are taken" is worrying, "the senators wrote. They are also worried that putting several pieces of NCRR in an "interim unity" in the office of the NIH "could have negative consequences for most programs."
The signatories include two legislators who co-wrote a similar letter to NIH ago 2 weeks; it is Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman of the Senate committee that approves the budget of the NIH. NIH is moving forward with the reorganization plan in the application of the 2012 budget released by the president earlier this week. But look for a showdown with opponents next Wednesday at another meeting of the Advisory Board.
UPDATED February 18: In a reply sent on February 16 senators, the director Francis Collins NIH says the IDEA program $ 229 million increase to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). "There is a lot of similarity in the objectives of the idea and mission of NIGMS," wrote Collins.
NIGMS Director Jeremy Berg and the Institute's board expressed concern management issues of the addition of large infrastructure programs NCRR to basic research institute of $ 2 billion.
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