May 19, 2006

NIH Proposes Caps on Training Grants

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The National Institutes of Health has proposed capping its reimbursements to colleges for tuition and other costs for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers supported by its training grants. The agency has said the controversial change is intended to avert large cuts in the number of trainees to control growing costs.

In its announcement, the NIH invited comments before the proposal goes into effect in the 2007 fiscal year, which begins on October 1. The agency had solicited

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