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Bachrach Appointed Acting Director of OBSSR(04/08)

NIMH Hosts Annual Research Progress Meeting (04/08)

NIDA Offers Candid Perspective As Budgets Tighten (03/08)

APA Comments on NIDA Strategic Plan (02/08)

NICHD Director Addresses Impact of Flat Budgets (02/08)

NINDS Budget Update (02/08)

NIMH Research and Policy Update (01/08)

National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research Update (01/08)

NICHD Plans for Tight Funding Year (01/08)

APA Submits Comments on NIMH Draft Strategic Plan (12/07)

NICHD Will Change in Name Only (12/07)

NIH Peer Review Under Attack

The National Institutes of Health continues to be questioned by Congress about funding grants related primarily to sexual behavior and HIV/AIDS. Psychologists are encouraged to show their support of NIH and scientific integrity by signing on to a petition developed by the Coalition to Protect Research, which is co-chaired by APA.

green triangleSign the Coalition to Protect Research Petition Now
green triangleLearn more about APA Activities Supporting the NlH Peer Review Process

More information:
Coalition to Protect Research Briefing Sheet [PDF]*
Letter from APA CEO Norman Anderson to House of Representatives [PDF]*
Rep. Neugebauer's attack on NIMH [PDF]*

Background:

Congress Acts to Restrict NIMH Research grantsRead Neugebauer's amendments (9/9/04) 
Read the alert sent to congressional offices on possible Neugebauer amendments
Read the Action Alert on the Neugebauer amendment
Read more about the amendment's passage
Read the House floor debate on the amendment

 On August 13, 2004, Committee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) and House Labor/HHS Subcommittee Chairman Ralph Regula (R-OH) sent a letter to all House members by House Appropriations asking them to direct any questions about research to NIH "rather than surprise us on the floor of the House with amendments pertaining to particular grants", referring to the amendment offered by Rep. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) last July during debate on the Labor/HHS appropriations bill.
Read the letter from Chairman Young and Chairman Regula [PDF 317K]
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