A strategy tinged with chauvinism

Article Abstract:

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) draft of a strategic plan for the future of US biomedical research betrays a failure to appreciate the desirability of cooperating with other countries' research efforts. The plan, being drawn up at the behest of NIH director Bernadine Healy, is meant to spell out goals for NIH-funded research on basic human biology and medicine. However, the plan's vagueness about how those goals will be realized and commitment to NIH's self-sufficiency are serious deficiencies.

Science policy, Biological research, Federal aid to biology, Federal aid to medical research, Medical research assistance

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His father's Oldsmobile

Article Abstract:

National Science Foundation (NSF) director Walter Massey and National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Bernadine Healy have pursued markedly different strategies in planning their agencies' futures. Healy stirred up considerable debate in devising the 'Advantage: America' blueprint for reforming the NIH's support for biomedical research. Massey agrees with an advisory commission that no fundamental changes in the NSF are needed to improve relations with industry.

Management, United States. National Science Foundation, Healy, Bernadine P., Massey, Walter

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NIH 'should help sharing of research tools'

Article Abstract:

The US National Institute of Health (NIH) is being called on by an expert panel, to enable scientists to freely share research tools. NIH is legally allowed to use an patented research tool arising from its funded research, but grant recipients often refuse to provide the tools. It is recommended that a Research Tools Forum is set up to developed guidelines for the sharing of tools.

Equipment and supplies, Research

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