# Prof. Deepak Hegde's research on the impact of lobbying on NIH funding is featured

1 Faculty News November 13, 2014 ![The Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_035942.jpg?itok=sIDv5_PG)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2014/11/13/how-lobbying-for-rare-disease-research-influences-congress-and-nih/) -- "'Remember that NIH has to pay attention to what the appropriators in Congress want, because they’re dependent on getting funding,' says [Hegde](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/deepak-hegde). 'So our conclusion about soft earmarks is a more nuanced finding, but does indicate that soft earmarks are effective. And for the most part, I don’t think people are aware of the mechanisms through which allocations are made.'"

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