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The board’s decisions announced today concerned proposals by extramural investigators. Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "New U.S. ethics board rejects most human fetal tissue research proposals," 18 Aug. 2020

An overwhelming majority — 93% — of those cases involved funding from a Chinese institution, according to Michael Lauer, the deputy director for extramural research at NIH. Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, "Dozens of scientists lose jobs amid investigation into foreign ties," 15 June 2020

After her experience with the Gates Foundation grant, Christy moved out of DIR to the institute’s extramural branch. Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Female scientists allege discrimination, neglect of research on women at NIH’s child health institute," 2 Apr. 2020

But that language may have confused people, says Michael Lauer, who leads NIH’s office of extramural research. Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, "NIH clarifies meaning of ‘disadvantaged’ in bid to boost diversity in science," 13 Dec. 2019

Under the new policy, extramural researchers who submit applications that pass scientific review and score high enough to be funded will now encounter a new and time-consuming layer of review. Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research," 5 June 2019

The new policy will not affect currently funded extramural projects; there are about 200 such studies, which received about $102 million in 2018. Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research," 5 June 2019

However Henry Reichman, chair of the AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, said this doesn’t allow universities to infringe on faculty members’ extramural expression. Jennifer Day, chicagotribune.com, "He was hired to teach at Olivet Nazarene University. And then someone read his book.," 9 July 2019

The UNMC College of Medicine and extramural research grants have committed $8 million in startup funding for five years. USA TODAY, "Chicago cows, bras for turtles, gold rush: News from around our 50 states," 1 July 2019

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