The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a strengthened partnership on Wednesday, focusing on advancing health care quality in Alabama and nationwide, supported by over $28 million in federal funds secured by Sen. Katie Britt. “You have a champion in me,” Britt said.
This announcement follows UAB administration’s request for staff to reduce spending after the federal government cut $70 million from the health care system in April. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya visited UAB, Alabama’s largest employer, to share his vision since taking over the organization earlier this year...
Full story at https://www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-nih-partnership-healthcare-katie-britt/65786631.
As we have noted in previous postings, UCLA's problem is not just restoring federal funding for current projects that were frozen. The university depends on grant renewals and new grants. Think, for example, of the new and very expensive facility being created in the old Westside Pavilion for UCLA. For that facility to pay off, there has to be ongoing funding, not just completion of old grants. It would be much harder to force new allocations through litigation than to restore existing commitments. Meanwhile, other universities that have not been targeted by the feds - such as the example above - can get new funds, particularly those in "red" states. Intentional or not, the news item above carries that hidden message.
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