Why is the NIH investing money in a new program when budgets are tight and R01 funding levels are poor?
In spite of a challenging budget climate, the NIH must ensure that diverse pools of highly trained, new independent investigators are available to address the Nation’s future biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research challenges and needs. New investigators bring fresh ideas and innovative perspectives to the research enterprise, which are critical to sustaining our ability to push the frontiers of science. We must maintain our momentum of scientific discovery in order to continue to improve the Nation’s health.
