March 11, 2005
NIH Opening Minority Programs to Other Groups
Some scientists fear agency is compromising need to promote diversity in health professions and researchThe National Institutes of Health has been quietly overhauling several of its diversity-oriented grant programs, largely to avoid lawsuits accusing it or its grantees of discriminating against white or Asian-American researchers.
The agency still operates some programs that award grants only to members of certain racial or ethnic minorities. But NIH officials said the agency
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