The National Institutes of Health needs to better balance funding distributions among US institutions

The NIH is the federal steward of biomedical research in the United States. Taxpayers fund the NIH; the NIH supports research into the underlying biology, etiology, and treatment of diseases; and benefits of that research are returned to taxpayers. This is a large and complex enterprise, but at its core are two fundamental principles. The NIH is obligated to distribute its research grants and grant dollars in a fair and impartial manner among...