Major news out of NIH…

Story is behind the firewall at the Chronicle, here. Short version–in a time of scarcity, NIH is taking a serious look at the Howard Hughes model of funding people as opposed to projects. All well and good, but my sense is that the potential budget deal developing in Congress may ameliorate some of the suffering…either by removing the sequester for the NIH or by allowing greater flexibility about where the cuts take place. Stay tuned…