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Role of the Persian Gulf Veterans' Coordinating Board in Scientific Evaluation of Research Proposals and the Funding Recommendations Made by its Research Working Group

NSIAD-98-170R Published: Aug 10, 1998. Publicly Released: Aug 10, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the: (1) role of the Persian Gulf Veterans' Coordinating Board's (PGVCB) Research Working Group (RWG) in assessing the scientific merit of applications for grants to conduct Persian Gulf War illness-related research; and (2) proposals that RWG recommended for funding, those it did not recommend, and the proposals for which funding was eventually announced.

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