NIH revives proposal to limit number of concurrent research grants per scientist
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Bec Roldan, special to C&EN
Summary
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a policy proposal to cap the number of simultaneous research grants a scientist can hold. This follows a similar 2017 proposal that faced significant pushback from the scientific community and was ultimately not implemented. The new proposal would limit the number of grants per researcher, potentially impacting how biomedical research is funded and conducted in the United States.
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