NIH Announces FY 2008 Policy for Grant Awards

January 29, 2008 – In response to the final FY 2008 funding levels passed by Congress in December, NIH has issued a notice concerning its Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2008.

According to the notice, the NIH will continue to manage its portfolio of investments in biomedical research as described in the FY 2007 Fiscal Policy Notice; this includes continuing to address the need for a highly productive pool of researchers by providing support for new investigators and sustaining established investigators, who have little or no additional research support.

President Bush will release his FY 2009 budget proposal on February 4, including proposed funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Please continue to visit the ASH Web site and ASH Advocacy Center for updates and information about how members can contact their Senators and Representative to generate interest in increasing NIH funding in FY 2009.