At a time when NIH budgets are flat, and when the most heavily funded States will continue to be funded as they always have, why would the administration propose reducing the one pot of money that is specifically designed for States that have traditionally been underfunded?
Landrieu questions the rationale behind cutting funding for underrepresented states.
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