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Science 3 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5702, p. 1665
DOI: 10.1126/science.306.5702.1665b
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Intramural scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) remain upset about a proposed ban on university honoraria after meeting this week with NIH Director Elias Zerhouni. "This meeting did not really explain what the rules are," says Alexander Wlodawer, a cancer institute lab chief.

Zerhouni and his deputy Raynard Kington held a closed-door meeting with lab chiefs and many institute directors after more than 170 senior scientists endorsed a letter protesting a proposed ban on honoraria from institutions receiving NIH grants (Science, 19 November, p. 1276). Participants said that NIH has yet to clarify its policies on matters such as teaching and whether speaking, even on official duty, could pose a conflict. But some were encouraged by Zerhouni's promise to carve out "exceptions" for some activities, such as bona fide awards, and to set up a "mechanism" for collecting staff input.




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