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Its interesting (to me) that some of the funding for this work was provided by the Department of Defense. Is this common for the DoD to fund this type of resea
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Its interesting (to me) that some of the funding for this work was provided by the Department of Defense. Is this common for the DoD to fund this type of research?
- carbocation 17y agoA couple of authors are at Brookhaven; 1% of Brookhaven's funding is from the DoD. But also, yes, the DoD appears to offer plenty of grants funding medicine. Example: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=pfpnLNPHLSlvtqZ3h2G0zdLyzJCpQd2x8nXJQGTZ2sCvgtx8TVwW!-1125204145?oppId=51374&mode=VIEW http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=pfpnLNPH... You can find more at grants.gov: http://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do http://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do
- troystribling 17y agoThe US DoD health care systems supports approximately 10 million beneficiaries and has a budget of approximately 40 billion dollars, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Health_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Health_System.
- berntb 17y agoAbout the size of Sweden's population -- which also has a state medical system. :-) So there is as much socialism in the US as in Sweden? :-) This gave me a sense of wonder insight into how large the large countries are.
- bedris 17y agoThe DoD also funds the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, which funds (among other areas) biomedical research being carried out by graduate students. More about the fellowship: http://ndseg.asee.org/ http://ndseg.asee.org/