NIH Announces a Pilot Program for Special Review of Research Applications from Principal Investigators with More Than $1.5 Million Total Annual Support
05/19/2012 - NIH Announces a Pilot Program for Special Review of Research Applications from Principal Investigators with More than $1.5 Million Total Annual Support Legislative Update May 19, 2012 On May 18… Read More
OMB Directs Agencies to Budget for FY2014 at Five Percent Below the President’s Proposed FY2013 Level
05/19/2012 - OMB Directs Agencies to Budget for FY2014 at Five Percent Below the Presidents Proposed FY2013 Level Legislative Update May 19, 2012 On May 18, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting D… Read More
UMR Report: Declining NIH Investment Threatens U.S. Global Competitiveness
05/17/2012 - UMR Report: Declining NIH Investment Threatens U.S. Global Competitiveness Legislative Update May 17, 2012 On May 17, United for Medical Research (UMR) released a report showing that the Unite… Read More
NAEVR Has Joined with the Advocacy Community in Urging Congress to Restore the Level Back to EL I.
05/16/2012 - NAEVR and ARVO: Restore the Extramural Salary Cap to Executive Level I Legislative Update May 16, 2012 On May 16, NAEVR and ARVO joined 160 other signatories on a letter urging the Chairmen a… Read More
NAEVR: Military Eye Injuries and Blindness Have Cost the US $25.1 Billion in the 2000-2010 Timeframe
05/10/2012 - NAEVR: Military Eye Injuries and Blindness Have Cost the US $25.1 Billion in the 2000-2010 Timeframe Legislative Update May 10, 2012 On Monday, May 7, NAEVR released top-line results of its st… Read More
House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve Subcommittee Allocations
04/26/2012 - House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve Subcommittee Allocations Legislative Update April 26, 2012 On April 25, the House Appropriations Committee approved its 302(b) allocations, w… Read More
Released Its Estimate of the Impact of Potential Budget Cuts on the NIH
04/16/2012 - FASEB Estimates Impact of Sequestration on NIH Funding Legislative Update April 16, 2012 On April 16, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) released its estima… Read More
March 28 Before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee
03/20/2012 - NIH Director Dr. Collins Testifies Before the House on FY2013 Budget, NCATS Implementation Legislative Update March 20, 2012 On March 20, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Co… Read More
Director Dr. Collins Discusses the President’s Proposed FY2013 NIH Budget
02/14/2012 - Director Dr. Collins Discusses the Presidents Proposed FY2013 NIH Budget Legislative Update February 14, 2012 NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. FY2103 NIH Budget Highlights: Funding a… Read More
Presidents FY2013 Budget Proposed Flat Funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
02/13/2012 - President Issues FY2013 Budget That Flat-Funds NIH, Reduces NEI Funding Legislative Update February 13, 2012 Today, President Obama released a proposed $3.8 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 fede… Read More
Reduced the Direct Salary in Grants from Executive Level I ($199,700) to Executive Level II ($179,700)
01/20/2012 - NIH Issues Guidance on Salary Cap Reduction, Inflationary Increases Legislative Update January 20, 2012 Salary Cap: Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued guidance on the Fiscal Y… Read More
Progress of National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Implementation
12/23/2011 - NIH Establishes NCATS, per the FY2012 Appropriations Conference Agreement Legislative Update December 23, 2011 Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a press release announcing t… Read More
Congress Finalizes FY2012 Appropriations with a Decrease in Peer Reviewed Medical Research-vision Funding
12/19/2011 - Congress Finalizes FY2012 Appropriations with a Decrease in Peer Reviewed Medical Research-Vision Funding Legislative Update December 19, 2011 On Friday, December 16 in the House, and Saturday,… Read More
Congress Finalizes FY2012 Appropriations with an NIH/NEI Increase Although a Continuing Resolution Funds the Government Through December 23
12/19/2011 - Congress Finalizes FY2012 Appropriations With an NIH/NEI Increase Although A Continuing Resolution Funds the Government through December 23 Legislative Update December 19, 2011 *Editor's Note:… Read More
Congress Passes Third FY2012 Continuing Resolution; Funds Government Through December 16
11/18/2011 - Congress Passes Third FY2012 Continuing Resolution; Funds Government Through December 16 Legislative Update November 18, 2011 Late last night, the House and Senate passed legislation that keeps… Read More
Nih’s SMRB Meets to Review Status of Recommendations
10/27/2011 - NIHs SMRB Meets to Review Status of Recommendations Legislative Update October 27, 2011 NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. speaks to the SMRB On October 26, the NIHs Scientific Manag… Read More
TATRC Begins Review of FY2011 Pre-proposal Submissions
10/18/2011 - TATRC Begins Review of FY2011 Pre-Proposal Submissions Legislative Update October 18, 2011 On October 17, the Department of Defense (DOD) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Centers (… Read More
October 10 Editions of Military Times and USA Today
10/11/2011 - Media Highlights Proposed Defense Vision Cuts Legislative Update October 11, 2011 The October 10 editions of USA Today and Military Times featured articles on the current plans by Congress to cu… Read More
House Passes Short-term CR to Fund Government; Measure Goes to the White House
10/05/2011 - House Passes Short-Term CR to Fund Government; Measure Goes to the White House Legislative Update October 5, 2011 Yesterday, the House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government … Read More
House Issues Draft FY2012 LHHS Appropriations Bill that Increases NIH Funding by $1 Billion, As Proposed in the President’s Budget
09/30/2011 - House Issues Draft FY2012 LHHS Appropriations Bill That Increases NIH Funding by $1 Billion, as Proposed in the Presidents Budget Legislative Update September 30, 2011 On September 29, the H… Read More