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Beyond overhead, talk about why grant amounts are large- what is in those budgets - almost always the biggest budget item are salary & benefits of staff & students- the people living in our communities, paying taxes, renting/buying homes, carpooling kids to school.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Research infrastructure helps build the middle class... and is especially crucial in rural communities (particularly when university infrastructure includes training hospitals, clinics, and other medical services).
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February 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Children's hospitals, rural health clinics, transformative research, rare genetic diseases, clinical trials- NIH-funding has been CRUCIAL to ALL OF THESE.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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From cancers to asthma to diabetes to heart disease to Alzheimer's to tooth decay, NIH-funded research has advanced, improved, & accelerated treatment.

While industry was getting folks INTENTIONALLY HOOKED ON OPIOIDS, health scientists were working through nights & weekends to make people safer.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM