BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following press release:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced significant accomplishments that underscore the agency's progress in strengthening the U.S. biomedical research enterprise. The agency announced that 1,648 early-stage investigators are receiving NIH support through R01-equivalent extramural research grant awards in fiscal year 2026, the most ever recorded. The agency also launched Generation Discovery, a new initiative to recruit 100 early-career Principal Investigators into NIH's Intramural Research Program.
The NIH shared these and other recent accomplishments as part of the Science: A New Gol...