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. 2008 May;9(5):409-12.

doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.52.

The grand impact of the Gates Foundation. Sixty billion dollars and one famous person can affect the spending and research focus of public agencies

Kirstin Rw Matthews¹, Vivian Ho

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PMID: 18451763
PMCID: PMC2373372
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.52

The grand impact of the Gates Foundation. Sixty billion dollars and one famous person can affect the spending and research focus of public agencies

Kirstin Rw Matthews et al. EMBO Rep. 2008 May.

. 2008 May;9(5):409-12.

doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.52.

Authors

Kirstin Rw Matthews¹, Vivian Ho

Affiliation

¹ James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. krwm@rice.edu

PMID: 18451763
PMCID: PMC2373372
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.52

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Figure 1
National Institutes of Health funding: percentage change from previous year, financial years 1999–2008. Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science; NIH budgets by institute and funding mechanism, financial years 1998–2008 (www.aaas.org/spp/rd). Estimated budgets are given for 2007 and 2008.

Figure 2
Estimates of funding for specific diseases and research: percentage change between 2003 and 2008, by research area. Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH); estimates of funding for various diseases, conditions, research areas (www.nih.gov). Estimated budgets are given for 2007 and 2008. NIAID, National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases.

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