Funding at $35 billion, which reflects NIH's net funding levels in both fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2010, ensures it can maintain the number of multi-year investigator-initiated research grants, the cornerstone of our Nation's biomedical research enterprise.
Collins emphasizes the importance of NIH funding for biomedical research.
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