NIH Courts Younger Researchers, Even as It Debates How Far to Go.

Information discussed at a conference focused on providing advice to junior scholars and young professors at U.S. research universities on how to submit grant proposals is presented, which was sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and held at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York state. Issues related to decreased federal funding for scientific research grants, specifically those offered by the NIH, are discussed.