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San Diego supervisors back region’s biomedical institutions, urge federal reinvestment after NIH action
Summary
The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to express concern about recent federal actions affecting NIH funding and to urge Congress and federal agencies to sustain research investments that support San Diego’s life‑science cluster.
San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a resolution expressing concern about recent federal actions affecting the National Institutes of Health and to urge federal leaders to safeguard and reinvest in biomedical research funding that underpins the region’s life‑science economy.
The board’s action followed a presentation by Nikia Clark of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, who told supervisors the region receives more than $1 billion a year in NIH and NSF research funding and that proposals to cap indirect cost rates or otherwise reduce federal research support would have immediate and long‑term effects on jobs and the innovation pipeline.
“Research funding catalyzes early‑stage development and draws in close to $6 billion in venture capital annually,” Clark said during…
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