NIH Outlines Plan to Address Basic Scientists’ Concerns
June 29, 2018
In response to Congressional report language (see pages 34-35), and in follow up to a recent meeting among NIH and a group of stakeholders, NIH has developed a plan to “address the shared interests of involved stakeholders” …
NICHD Commits to Five-Year Strategic Plan
May 23, 2018
Details are emerging about the process the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is pursuing to craft a new strategic plan. In 2011, former NICHD Director Alan Guttmacher led a scientific …
FABBS and Colleagues Meet with NIH to Chart Course on Clinical Trials
May 23, 2018
Since mid-2017, FABBS has interacted with NIH —and later, appropriators— about our scientific community’s concerns with NIH’s inclusion of basic science involving humans in its clinical trial policies. Given the continuing concerns earlier this year, House and …
NIH Clinical Trials Report Language: What’s Next?
March 30, 2018
The basic science community greeted with much enthusiasm report language attached to the omnibus spending bill that seeks to delay “NIH’ s more expansive interpretation of ‘interventions’ in relation to fundamental research projects involving humans” and to …
Coalition Meets to Discuss “Human Rights in STEM Education”
February 16, 2018
The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition hosted on January, 25-26, 2018, a meeting focused on “Human Rights in STEM Education.” The coalition, founded in 2009, aims to connect scientists and human rights practitioners, so that scientific …
National Science Board Briefs Congress on Science and Engineering Indicators
February 16, 2018
The National Science Board (NSB), which oversees NSF policies and serves as an independent advisory body to the President and Congress on science, released its Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators 2018 report on January 18, 2018. The …
