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Nature 411, 511 (31 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35079254

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NIH faces double trouble over budget rise

Matthew Davis

US biomedical science is experiencing unprecedented growth, with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on course to have doubled its budget over five years by 2003. But there is rising concern that if, as is likely, budget increases then start to slow, too much of the agency's money will be locked into multi-year projects, squeezing funding for new grants.