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The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Ruchir N Karmali1, Natalie M Jones1 & Aaron D Levine1,2
1School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 2Institute of Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.e-mail: [email protected]
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Figure 1 Comparing state and NIH stem cell funding. (a) Total amount of all NIH stem cell grants and all stem cell grants awarded by the six states. (b) Total amount of all NIH and state hESC research grants. Only grants with a primary purpose of research are included. State funding is by calendar year. NIH funding is by fiscal year.
Foundation and the Georgia Research Alliance, and Georgia Tech. They thank J. Walsh at Georgia Tech for helpful comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. They also appreciate the assistance they received with data collection from officialsin various state stem cell agencies. A.D.L. would also like to thank A. Jakimo, whose comment ata meeting of the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research inspired collection of these data.
stem cell programs, as well as similar state programs supporting other areas of science, is uncertain....