Basic Behavioral Science and NIGMS
Recent Congressional Letters
Leaders at the House and the Senate have taken NIH to task for failing to comply with Congressional requests to establish a basic behavioral research program at NIGMS.
October 2007 Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
September 2007 Letter from Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
October 2006 Letter from Representatives James Walsh (D-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), James Leach (R-IA), and Brian Baird (D-WA) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
March 2006 Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
Recent Observer Coverage
- March 2008, A Conversation with OPASI Director Alan Krensky
- September 2007, What They Would Have Said: APS Honors Patrick J. Kennedy
- September 2007, Acceptance of APS Award
- May 2006, Basic Behavioral Research in Flux at NIH
- May 2006, Basic Behavioral Science at NIH: A Chronology
- May 2006, NIMH Might Be (Partly) Right
Related Items
Senators Support Behavioral Research at NIGMS
Summary: Senators Inouye, Specter, and Harkin vow to work together to see that basic behavioral research is supported by NIGMS.
Senators Unite for Behavioral Research at NIGMS
Summary: The actual text from the Senate colloquy as it appeared in the Congressional Record on September 10, 2003, Page S11332.
Excerpts from Senate Appropriations Reports FY 1999-2008
Summary: Sidebar to the text of the Senate colloquy, featuring language from Senate Appropriations Reports from Fiscal Years 1999-2008.
Excerpts from NIGMS Authorizing Statute
Summary: Sidebar to the text of the Senate colloquy, featuring language from NIGMS authorizing the research of behavioral science.
Report of the Working Group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director on Research Opportunities in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences
Summary: In 2004 the Working Group recommended a stable and secure home for basic behavioral research at a non disease- or lifestage-oriented institute at NIH.
NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Report to Congress
Summary: NIH's May 2006 response to the Working Group's recommendation.
The Working Group's Analysis of the NIH Report
Summary: A majority of the Working Group takes issue with NIH's response.