To: The general public.
Increase NIH funding!
Please increase NIH funding to $33 billion next year. In order to make this happen, please sign this petition: http://wh.gov/81O
Why is this important?
Chronic underfunding of the NIH has resulted in evisceration of our national medical educational infrastructure, the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, severe damage to all 50 state economies, erosion of our internation edge in medical research, and the closure of hundreds of ancillary small businesses such as laboratory supply houses. The proposed flat budget for NIH next year will considerably sorsen this situation.