NewsBlog: Buy a bond, an NIH bond Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 10th August 2007 09:06 PM GMT] The NIH needs money, and now, everyone can pitch in. If legislation proposed August 3 passes Congress, you will be able to buy a US Treasury bond and send 10% of the interest to the NIH institute of your choice. It may not seem like much, but US Rep. Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico) -- who co-sponsored the bill along with Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri) and Dan Burton (R-Illinois) -- noted that in fiscal year 2006, the Treasury Department... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: A small step for postdoc mentoring Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 9th August 2007 04:49 PM GMT] Today, President Bush is scheduled to sign the America COMPETES Act (the full title is "American Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act"). The new legislation would approximately double NSF funding over the next five years (which some say could be a bad idea for scientists). Nestled with that... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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