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Nature Medicine 13, 228 - 229 (2007)
Published online: 28 February 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0307-228b

Biomedical research faces flat budget for 2008

Alan Dove1

  1. New York


The NIH faces a $500 million cut even before accounting for inflation.


With the US government's 2007 budget still in limbo, the Bush administration released its proposed 2008 budget on 5 February—and the news for biomedical research is universally bad.The administration claims to boost funding for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $232 million in the 2008 proposal, but a closer look at the latest 2007 budget numbers reveals that the institute will effectively get a $500 million cut, even before accounting for inflation.