Immunology research: challenges and opportunities in a time of budgetary constraint.
There have been enormous advances in the field of immunology over the past 3 decades, and those advances have had a positive effect on many subspecialties of medicine. Opportunities for even more notable advances remain. However, present and projected budget constraints for the National Institutes of Health have created formidable challenges. This commentary addresses the opportunities and challenges for the field of immunology during a period of restricted budgets.
Hackett
Charles J
CJ
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. chackett@niaid.nih.gov
Rotrosen
Daniel
D
Auchincloss
Hugh
H
Fauci
Anthony S
AS
D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D002017:Budgets; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States