Facing a stagnant federal research budget and a reduction in the NIH’s purchasing power, new investigators face great difficulties renewing grant funding. U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, want this to change. They are introducing legislation to protect the future of research, science and innovation as sponsors of The Next Generation Researchers Act. Their act proposes creating an initiative within the NIH Office of the Director that will coordinate those NIH policies that promote opportunities for new researchers and earlier research independence.