http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/rpac_ucletters_uscongress/rss Recent eScholarship items from U.S. Congress Thu, 3 Sep 2026 03:37:39 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9bs081jb This comment letter responds to a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee letter, dated September 29, 2023, that seeks input on modernizing the NIH. UC urged Congress to modernize NIH carefully by preserving peer-driven, broad-based scientific participation while avoiding sweeping mandates that could disrupt the biomedical research enterprise. UC recommended incremental, piloted reforms that support early-career scientists, reduce administrative burden, reform IDeA eligibility, protect full F&A cost recovery, improve clinical-trial diversity, strengthen research workforce diversity, and maintain essential research methods where no adequate alternatives exist. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9bs081jb Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 UC Office of the President