SCIENCE POLICY
Plan to Reduce Number of New Grants Tempers Enthusiasm for NIH Budget Hike
Eliot Marshall
The Administration's proposed 2001 budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is receiving less than a standing ovation from biomedical lobbyists. But they admit that the 4.5% increase supports their campaign to double NIH's budget between 1999 and 2003, even if it doesn't come close to offering the 15% increase they want this year.