The U.S. just created a new agency to fund high-risk, cutting-edge biomedical research. But its director and location within the government are still to be determined, White House science adviser Francis Collins says.
President Joe Biden last week got his wish for a new agency to fund high-risk, cutting-edge biomedical research when Congress created the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and gave it a $1 billion startup investment. That’s a fraction of the $6.5 billion Biden had proposed, but advocates say it’s plenty to launch ARPA-H.
Acting White House science adviser Francis Collins, who stepped down as NIH director in December 2021, yesterday toldInsider that he favors placing ARPA-H within NIH . That placement would allow the new entity to draw on NIH’s “brain trust,” he says, as well as the practical expertise needed to quickly stand up a new agency.
ARPA-H will have 3 years to spend its initial $1 billion. “The expectation is that this is the beginning of a ramp” to higher funding, Collins says. For now, he says, the agency needs to find an interim director who can work out hiring, contracting processes, and office space. ARPA-H likely won’t make awards until it has a permanent director.
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