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NIH Advisory Panel Calls for Stable Home for Basic Behavioral Science
In a highly anticipated report to the director of the National Institutes of Health, a panel of leading behavioral and social science researchers, including two APS Presidents, has recommended that NIH establish a secure and
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Hitting the Bricks
Once housed primarily at the National Institute of Mental Health, some areas of basic behavioral science are being shown the door. Where will they end up? Psychologists who conduct basic behavioral research are reeling from
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Basic Research Funding: An Exercise in NIH-ilism
“You don’t need a Roadmap to know which way the wind blows.” – With apologies to B. Dylan This month’s cover story examines funding for basic behavioral research from the perspectives of National Institute of
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NIH Changes Criteria for Evaluating Grant Proposals
The National Institutes of Health, or NIH, has updated its 7-year-old Criteria for Evaluating Research Grant Applications to better accommodate clinical, interdisciplinary, and translational proposals. NIH said the changes are in response to feedback from
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Translation the Topic at NIDDK: ‘Clinic to Community’ Conference Raises Questions, Answers, Hope
Before the seats in the National Institutes of Health Natcher Conference Center were fully occupied, the coffee fully cooled, the whispers fully hushed, Roland “Red” Hiss addressed the auditorium with an inconclusive anecdote that set
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Federal Budget Pending
Behavioral Science at NIH: FY 2004 Appropriations Report Language The following report language appeared in Senate Report 108-81, which accompanied the Senate’s funding for the National Institute of Health in FY 04. National Institute of
