About 100 university scientists and their advocates gathered here on Tuesday as part of an annual ritual to convince lawmakers of the value of federal spending on medical research. And this year, with the sales job perhaps as tough as any, they got some extra inside help. Along with the usual chorus on the political left, a few of Capitol Hill’s most conservative voices also have begun pressing for increased federal spending on biomedical research, raising at least a glimmer of hope that a decade of declines in budgetary support might finally be nearing an end.

April 15, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education