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The article discusses the reorganization of government funding of research in Great Britain within the agency UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Topics include grants to be offered by disciplinary councils within UKRI, the economic impacts of research funding by the agency, and the appointment of Mark Walport as head of the UKRI.

Reports that the US State Department compiled a list of 20 Russian research institutes which are suspected of helping Iran's missile program. Decision of the State Department to restrict the flow of US research funds to some of the sites on the list; Involvement of the US Civilian Research & Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF); Difficulty in imposing sanctions against the institutes on the list.

Notes that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled three new grant programs designed for clinical researchers. Announcement by NIH director Harold Varmus on February 23, 1998; Details about three programs.