RealFeedApp AAI council votes to keep Proposition 38 endorsement
The American Association of Immunologists reversed its endorsement of Proposition 38 after discovering the measure would primarily benefit a private research center rather than the scientific field.
- Field
- business and funding
- What they did
- Internal emails reveal sharp divisions within the American Association of Immunologists regarding a California ballot measure that would allocate $8.4 billion in taxpayer funds for immunology research.
- Why it matters
- The association's leadership faced a conflict between supporting the funding and the fear that a large portion of the money would benefit the personal foundation of the society's primary backer rather than the scientific field itself.
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