Not exact matches
The bill specifically requires NIH director Francis Collins to spend 90 % of the agency's
budget on
extramural activities, 10 % on intramural activities and at least 55 % on basic science, and instructs the agency to maintain at least 16,670 training
research awards (a category intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows).
Although ISRO has an annual
budget of $ 600 million, it spends only about $ 2.5 million a year on
extramural research.
The policies governing NIH grants, contained in a document called Office of Management and
Budget Circular A-21, do not include a broader impacts criterion, although PIs and postdocs each have a «dual role» as persons who are simultaneously both working on a specific
research project and giving or receiving training, says Walter Schaffer, NIH senior scientific adviser for
extramural research, in an interview with Science Careers.
«Regardless of departmental
budget constraints, under no circumstances may compensation be less than the amount specified for trainees with «Zero (0) Years Postdoctoral Experience,» by the National Institutes of Health, Office of
Extramural Research, Guide to Grants and Contracts / Recent Notices.»