February 8, 2002
Bush Spending Plan Would Complete 5-Year Doubling of NIH Budget
President Bush will propose increasing spending on the National Institutes of Health by nearly 16 percent in the 2003 fiscal year, completing a push to double the agency's budget over five years, an administration official said last month. Most of the increase would go to research related to bioterrorism and cancer.
Under Mr. Bush's plan, the budget of the NIH would jump by $3.7-billion, to an all-time high of $27.3-billion, for the fiscal year beginning October 1. The increase would
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