Advocacy & Policy

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences advisory council approved a “concept clearance” to revise the NIH flagship training program.

AAMC Jan. 19 submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in response to a request for information on strategies for NIH data management, shari

Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will continue to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for at least part of President Donald Trump’s admini

The Senate Budget Committee and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee held confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s nominee.

AAMC Chief of Scientific Officer Ross McKinney, Jr., M.D., submitted responses to the NIH, request for information.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Dec. 8 announced at the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director meeting that the implement

The AAMC joined four other higher education associations to comment on proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standar

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Dec. 8-9 met to discuss NIH’s most recent data on support for individual invest

The AAMC Dec. 9 endorsed the use of pre-publication research reports, or preprints, in research grant applications and other official reports. 

AAMC Dec. 9 submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the use of preprints and interim research products in NIH applications and reports.