There has been some fear, real or not, that the researchers who actively
campaign for additional NIH funds - public statements, congressional
testimony - encounter more problems with their NIH grant proposals than
those who do not actively campaign. Something like "biting the hand that
feeds you."
Bob Dolezal
At 9:38 AM 7/29/98, Bruce Anderson wrote:
>I, for one, am curious as to whether there is going to be a response here
>from the research/ PD professionals who are members of this list & who have
>commented on other matters in the past. Ida seems to be asking if the cure
>is going to be so easy that we can say with some certainty that it is only
>five years away and all that is missing is the $, then why aren't all the
>individual reseachers who would be getting the grants, and the professional
>rewards, out there fighting for it? Or are they and we just haven't had
>about them?
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>>Parkinson researchers, who would find a cure, would secure an upgrading of
>>their status, (which is very important to most of them), like that doctor
>>whose research object changed from influenza to AIDS.
>>>This makes me wonder why we are not flooded by solid and competing plans
>>from eager researchers, that map the route to a cure. Might it be that
>those
>>solid plans simply do not yet exist?
>>>
>>>Ida Kamphuis
>>>
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>>>Vriendelijke Groeten / Kind regards,
>>>
>>>Ida Kamphuis mailto: [log in to unmask]
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