Talk:National Institutes of Health

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[edit] Grammar: Number agreement

Does anyone else feel that the subject/verb agreement in the first sentence needs revision? Or does "National InstituteS of Health" take the singular?

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I believe it is correct as it is. The National Institutes, collectively, comprise the agency reffered to in the first sentence. "Institutes" is plural only nominally; grammatically, "The National Institutes" acts as a single entity and is thus treated with a singular verb. It's kind of like these sentences: "The United States is one hell of a country!" and "The Washington Redskins is a poor football team."  :P

Notice the same usage of a singular verb on the official NIH site (http://www.nih.gov/about/; emphasis added): "The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research." Subversive 11:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Grant Information

It is currently very difficult to find information on the different kinds of grants that scientists can apply for under different situations. I have added a link to the overview website (buried fairly deeply, too). Perhaps it would be useful for wikipedia to have a good overview on grants and the application process? Amasa walker III 21:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)