Perspective: Is NIH funding the "best science by the best scientists"? A critique of the NIH R01 research grant review policies

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-779

  Costello, Leslie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 77953556044     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d74256     Document Type: Review

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