Current
AAMC Comments on CTSA Request For Applications
The AAMC has responded to the NIH's request for comments on the
upcoming reissue of the Clinical and Translational Science Award
(CTSA) request for applications (RFA). While supportive of the overall
goals of the CTSA initiative, namely to strengthen clinical and
translational research by providing an "academic home" for such
research, AAMC made a number of suggestions to improve and strengthen
the RFA. More >>
Stem Cell Legislation
On March 9, 2009, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order
lifting restrictions on the federal funding of human embryonic stem
cell research. The Order directs the National Institutes of Health
to issue guidelines to permit such funding within 120 days (July
7, 2009). President Obama's action is the first significant change
in federal stem cell policy since August 9, 2001, when President
George W. Bush announced a policy that federal funds could only
be used to support research using human embryonic stem cells lines
that were derived before that date. The NIH Human Embryonic Stem
Cell Registry currently lists 21 human embryonic stem cell lines
that meet the eligibility criteria set by President Bush. Legislative
efforts to lift the policy restrictions passed Congress several
times, but were blocked by the Bush Administration. The AAMC strongly
supports the Obama Executive Order and supported earlier legislative
efforts to expanded federal support for stem cell research. More >>
Effort Reporting Q's and A's
This set of questions and answers
summarizes the contents of the AAMC's February 10, 2005, teleconfernce
on current issues in effort reporting. During the teleconference,
Joe Ellis, the Director of NIH's Office of Policy on Extramural
Grants Administration, and Susan Ehringhaus, AAMC Associate General
Counsel, provided answers to questions submitted by representatives
of AAMC member institutions. The text of the questions and the answers
they provided appear in this summary.
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