Council News Vol. 7, no. 2

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/une 1998 Council

Vol. 7No. 2

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Chair
Anthony S. Fauci
Jorge L Benach
Robert B. Couch
Martin E. Delaney
JerroldJ. Elner
Janis V. Giorgi
Laurie H. Glimcher
Louise M. Jacobbi
Warren D. Johnson, Jr.
Thomas]. Lawley
Stephan E. Lawton
Garry T. Lyle
Paula M. Pitha-Rowe
Samuel C Silverstein
Emily J. Spitter
W. Gay Taipley
Emil R. Unanue
Mildred F. Williamson
Lowell S. Young
Ex Officio Members
Lawrence Deyton
Theodore M. Freeman
James M. Hughes
Executive Secretary
JohnJ. McGowan

NIH BUDGET WENDS ITs WAY THROUGH CONGRESS

Through a new 21t Century Research
Fund, President Clinton wants to
increase the NIH budget by $1.15
billion, more than 50 percent, during
the next five years.
The President's FY 1999 budget requests an
8.6 percent hike for NIAID, bringing the
level to $1.47 billion; NIH's budget goes up
8.4 percent to $14.79 billion under the
request.
NIAID director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci told
Council "how pleased we are that the Clinton
Administration has shown such a commitment to biomedical research."
Nevertheless, the fate of the new monies is
still unclear. Most hinge on a tobacco settlement, and the President will likely veto the
House budget bill, putting the government
under a continuing resolution this fall.
In March and April, Dr. Fauci testified before
the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees. Both chambers of Congress
continue to be very "supportive of our
efforts," he told Council.
Dr. Fauci also said that Congress showed "an
extraordinary interest in global health, particularly diseases like malaria and others that have
a strong public health and economic impact
in other countries."
Global health was brought to the forefront as
a national goal by a task force on NIH priority-setting led by Congressman George
Nethercutt of Washington last year.

Other areas of congressional interest are
bioterrorism, asthma, H5N1 flu, diabetes,
hepatitis C, antibiotic resistance, pathogen
genome sequencing, and AIDS, including the
timeline for an AIDS vaccine.
Dr. Fauci also said that NIH director
Dr. Harold Varmus moved $4.5 million of his
discretionary fund to NIAID for tolerance
research.
Inside

Initiatives & fundng
NIAID Awards SBIRs Up to $3.6
Million, Boloncing the NIAID Budget,
and Hepatitis C RFA
NIH news
Modular Grants Get Green Light, PAs
Expire After Three Years, Reentry
Supplements, New Review Scoring,
NIH Mission and Your Science
Interests, and more
Vaccine focus
New Vaccine Study Section, DNA
Rabies Vaccine, Edible Vaccines,
Vaccine Immunology Panel, and more
Institute & staff
Anti-HIV Database on Web, Staff
News, Bioterrorism, and more
Feature article
Speeding Up Grant Awards

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