NIH Unveils New Funding Approach to Back High-Impact Research, Keeping Peer Review Foundational
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Updated · Oncodaily · Aug 14
NIH Unveils New Funding Approach to Back High-Impact Research, Keeping Peer Review Foundational
3 articles · Updated · Oncodaily · Aug 14
Summary
Jay Bhattacharya, the 18th NIH director, said the agency is adopting a new funding approach aimed at supporting bold scientific ideas with strong public-health potential.
The change will keep peer review as the foundation of grant decisions while giving more weight to innovation, scientific opportunity and the potential to improve health outcomes.
Bhattacharya framed the shift as a way to better identify advances that may begin as unconventional or initially unpopular ideas and to strengthen the next generation of discovery.