Good news from RPM:
I just got word that the House of Representatives passed the FY2007 Budget Resolution which includes an amendment that ensures that all programs within the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill will be funded at FY2006 levels, including a 2% increase for inflation. This will mean the NIH budget will receive a $600 million increase. It is not the $7 billion proposed increase that passed in the Senate, but it's better than nothing.
To read more and to read a from the Genetics Society of America, see his latest post.
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