[qgin]

University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years

[AdieuToLogic]

> University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years

Perhaps due to its research commitment[0]?

0 - https://www.medschool.pitt.edu/research

[JeremyNT]

Several swing states have high quality research institutions doing important work.

North Carolina is another state where research was historically very important to the economy.

Even if you don't think the US should fund as much research, this austerity approach is directly impacting the economies of many communities - and not all of them are in deep blue states.

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And? What's the concern here, that they dare to do medical research?

[qgin]

Not sure why people took my mentioning that stat as some kind of criticism.

Here in Pittsburgh it’s a point of pride that Pitt has such a long running positive track record in medical research.

I posted it to note how big of a deal NIH funding is to the University. Cutting NIH funding will have an outsize effect.

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Ah, fair enough, fair enough, it's hard to know these days and evidently in between all the other comments and the general mood, I guess a lot of people are in a very defensive stance at the moment.