Open Question--has anyone noticed how tight budgets are?

[Richard R. Hardy]

In article <3c0fk2$bgq at ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, jb at ix.netcom.com (Jeffrey
bronchick) wrote:

> Looking for comments on the general issue of: spending is being 
> scrutinized much more severely in healthscience labs and I am under 
> continual pressure to reduce lab/experiment costs versus 5 years ago 
> when "quality" was the first thing I looked for in materials etc.
> 
> thanks
> jb at ix.netcom.com

I don't know what kind of lab you are referring to, but basic science
research funding is under a lot of pressure (decreasing or flat NIH
funding) so I know I'm paying more attention to what we're spending...

-- 
R. Hardy
Member, Institute for Cancer Research,
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
(215) 728-2463