Facing Budget Pressure, NIH Sees Opportunity to Favor Younger Researchers

After years of talking about the need to help younger scientists, budget stresses may be finally forcing the National Institutes of Health to do more about it.

As part of its budget plan for the 2013 fiscal year, the NIH is taking steps designed to make it tougher for older and more experienced medical researchers to keep their current share of the agency's $31-billion budget.

Chief among the changes is a policy that will create additional reviews for

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