The article discusses the concerning decline in NIH training grants, which directly impacts the support available for graduate and postdoctoral research. Kimberly Cooper from UCSD highlights the negative implications for students entering science, as limited funding may restrict equality in access to research opportunities, particularly affecting those without independent finances. Jeremy Berg emphasizes the troubling halt of grant disbursements, noting that this sends a discouraging message to budding scientists. Together, these issues point to systemic challenges facing the next generation of researchers in biomedical science.
If we went on business-as-usual and admitted a normal class size, then we'd have students we couldn't support in the program.
It's a terrible signal to send to students who decided they want a career in science and have been waiting their whole life to go to graduate school.
The lack of NIH training grants is in line with trends from the NSF, where awards from the Directorate for STEM Education appear to have slowed to a near-complete stop.
That's another concern I have-that we may be moving back to a place where research was really only for people that have independent finances to be able to do it.
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