"Drugs should be available on their scientific merit and not for political or business decisions."

Reasons unrelated to scientific merit often influence and perhaps determine the decision as to which project is funded.

True, but they are hardly ever in the position to judge proposals on their scientific merits.

Proposals were evaluated for scientific merit, technical, management and cost feasibility.

By this definition, research with no scientific merit is automatically considered unethical.

The staff member said a separate panel would be established to review the scientific merit of grant proposals.

But scientists and public health officials say they are alarmed by the surge of attention to an idea without scientific merit.

The scientific merits of its recommendation have been sharply questioned.

The task was an easy one, but the performance is abusive, coarse, and without scientific merit.

We think Congress's consideration of economic development in addition to scientific merit is a valid one.