title: Biomedicine in Canada. Virtual institutes gear up to do real research.
abstract: As president of the new Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)--a collection of 13 virtual institutes based here that the government hopes will change the face of Canadian biomedical research--Alan Bernstein is in the enviable position of shaping an entire national research program from scratch. His goal is to strengthen Canadian biomedical research by earmarking as much as 30% of CIHR's overall budget for targeted research, rather than by creating a massive new infrastructure.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kondro
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002017:Budgets; D002170:Canada; D012106:Research