support science !

[liontamer]

When people want to defund grants it's because the research tends to piss of fundies and is about "bad " topics, like sexual health and drug use. The Bush administration(like all republican administrations) has been slashing the NIH budget every year.



"Support Senate Appropriations Bill to Fund Biomedical Research, Protect Peer Review

The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its version of the FY06 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, which appropriates $29.4 billion to the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the Senate bill places no restrictions on peer-reviewed grants that have been funded in the current year.

By contrast, last month, the House of Representatives passed its version of the bill that that appropriates only $28.5 billion to NIH and includes an amendment to defund two grants approved through the NIH peer-review process. Clearly, the Senate bill provides more money for health research, without placing onerous, politically motivated restrictions on science.

SfN asks that you contact your Senators to urge them to support the Senate Appropriations Committee bill when it comes to the floor in September at a level of $29.4 billion for NIH, with no restrictions on specific grants.

Please visit CapWiz, an on-line legislative action center, provided to you by SfN: www.sfn.org/legalert "

************** Thank you in advance for your participation!****************

[wurzel]

1. Science is the future. We don't spend near enough on it.

[liontamer]

2. kick

science rocks! :kick:

[Coexist]

3. Done.

thanks for the heads up.

[liontamer]

5. Thank you!

:hi:

[H2O Man]

4. Investments in science today

will keep us competitive in the future.

[liontamer]

6. so true

I hate when people underestimate the importance of non commercial research

[liontamer]

7. Kick for day people