to be honest, this is my fear with NIH getting rid of the BESH category, i.e. that that was just the first step in getting rid of anything that *isn't* a clinical trial, i.e. the death knell for all basic science...on which all those eventual CTs are based.
Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · yesterdayA scientist who just lost her grant cuts straight to the heart of it: “Requiring that NIH only fund work leading directly to a drug or other biomedical intervention… would rule out much basic research funded by the agency.” It’s pathetic & harmful to limit our understanding of health like this
