New partners in Society fight for federal research funding.Despite efforts of MS advocates, including a barrage of letters and telephone calls generated by the Society's MS Action Network, the NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. is facing yet another tough fiscal year. NIH investment in MS research is critical to continued progress. Currently at $110 million, the funding will drop by $1 million in 2007 and another $1 million in 2008 per terms of President Bush's budget. Meanwhile the costs of hightech MS research go up. To amplify the voices of our members, the Society has joined Research! America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. . Together this alliance represents 125 million Americans who support health-focused research programs. "We all understand that health research will create a more productive nation," said Society CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joyce Joyce - A distributed language based on Pascal and CSP, by Per Brinch Hansen. ["Joyce - A Programming Language for Distributed Systems", Per Brinch Hansen, Soft Prac & Exp 17(1):29-50 (Jan 1987)]. Nelson. At the Public Policy Conference in May, advocates visited their legislators to stress the importance of increasing, not cutting, NIH funds. |
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