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Facilitating the transfer of new scientificdevelopments to the private sector is one of theaims of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),Maniatis says...
...government agency, NIH provides grants toresearchers to advance scientific knowledge and totransfer new discoveries to private firms. Thefirms then develop drugs and treatments to helpthe public...
Biotechnology companies and universityresearchers can apply for NIH grants that supportbasic and clinical research. The process throughwhich these grants are distributed makes bothequally likely to receive the grants, Maniatissays...
Zare points to the case of neutron experiments. Neutron sources are useful to biological and biochemical scientists, who are largely funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), but the Department of Energy (DOE) builds the neutron sources and the NSF funds the use of the facilities...
...NIH has a program which they call a re-entry program," she says. "They offer women a one-year fellowship where they learn about the new discoveries in science that have occurred while they were taking a leave-of-absence...