NCI Developing Plan To Replace Research Contracts At Academic Institutions With “Program Grants”
In Brief: Cancer Act Renewal Hearings Completed ; Administration Stays With Objections To More Centers, Specific Budget Figures
Investigator Loses Contract Because He Had A New Idea; Virus Working Group Incensed By Unfairness
“Comprehensive” Tag For Centers A Poor Choice, Word-Conscious NCI Staff, Committee Feel
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