April 1, 2005
Research Council Calls on NIH to Improve Support for Postdoctoral Students
The National Institutes of Health should work to provide more research-grant money and independence to postdoctoral scientific researchers, says a report released in March by the National Research Council. The NIH's director, Elias A. Zerhouni, responded by saying that improving career prospects for younger scientists was his top priority, but that the agency would need to consider which of the recommendations to carry out.
Dr. Zerhouni requested the report to examine a longstanding
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