The U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has received the funding it needs to make its mission of improving radiology research a reality. President George W. Bush this month signed the FY 2002 appropriations bill, authorizing $112 million for the NIBIB, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. The funds represent the first real operating budget for the U.S. agency, which was created in late 2000 to advance basic research in imaging and bioengineering.
The agency is proceeding with the development of research and training initiatives for funding during FY 2002, and notifying researchers whose existing grants will be transferred to the NIBIB.
NIBIB also said that it has named several members of a working group that will review new grant funding and existing grant transfers beginning this month. The group is made up of representatives from the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE), the Academy of Radiology Research (ARR), and the NIH, the agency said.
Several working-group members are well known to the radiology community, and include ARR representatives Dr. Stanley Baum from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. N. Reed Dunnick from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, and Dr. Etta Pisano from the University of North Carolina Medical School. ARR director Edward Nagy will serve the group ex-officio. Updates and information can be found at the NIBIB Web site.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
January 22, 2002
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