Outlines the present situation regarding government sponsored training grants for graduate education in the sciences. Training grants and medical ethics have become inextricably linked in the course of efforts to get a training bill passed in Congress, and at this point, the bill is still under consideration. (JR)

Discusses a report issued by a committee of the National Academy of Sciences that recommends a reduction in federal sponsorship of pre- and postdoctoral research in basic biomedical and behavioral sciences. (MLH)