醫學研究，國內的科研競爭會更激烈嗎？

最新 05-26

時間已經到了五月下旬，本周二美國新上任總統提交了2018年的預算計劃，題目為：「A New Foundation for American Greatness」。其中，最為顯著的就是醫療口的研究經費大幅下降！！！尤其是美國國立衛生研究院 (NIH)的研究經費。

其中，NIH的預算在計劃中被縮減到269億美元，這與2017年預算相比減少了77億美元，也就是22%。超過1/5的核減！！！

以下來自：http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/what-s-trump-s-2018-budget-request-science

President Donald Trump unveiled hisfull 2018 budget requestto Congress today. The spending plan, for the fiscal year that begins 1 October, fleshes out the so-calledskinny budget that the White House released this past March.That plan called fordeep cuts to numerous research agencies. But it did not include numbers for some key research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF).ScienceInsider will be scouring today』s budget documents for fresh details. Come back to our rolling coverage for analysis and reaction.

NIH spending slashed by 22%, overhead payments squeezed

As expected, the National Institutes of Health』s (NIH』s) budget would be slashed to $26.9 billion in the full Trump 2018 budget request. That is $7.7 billion less than NIH』s final 2017 budget of $34.6 billion, or a 22% cut.

In awidely anticipated movethat has already raised alarm bells at research institutes, a White Housebudget documentstates that 「significant reductions」 will come from slashing the overhead payments that NIH now pays to universities on top of the direct research costs for a project. These so-called indirect costs, which are paid at rates now negotiated between individual institutions and the government, currently comprise about 30% of NIH』s total grant funding. The variable indirect cost rates would be replaced with a uniform rate of 10% of total research costs for all NIH grants to reduce paperwork and 「the risk for fraud and abuse,」 states abudget documentfor the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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與此同時，回頭再看一下，目前國內對科研的支持力度：NSFC對醫學部項目持續增加，科技部的重點研發計劃等各種項目，也在增加對醫學方面的經費。