Cort,
Early in the article you write,
"Pathogens - The first project, which will look for both novel and known viruses will take advantage of Dr. Ian Lipkins technological expertise in pathogen detection and will be lead by Dr. Mady Hornig. Well designed pathogen studies, of course, have been at the top of both patients and researchers wish lists for years and the CFI will bring a rigor to the field of pathogen detection that we have not seen before."
Then later you mention
"The CFI is taking a methodical approach towards this complex illness. Over the next year or so the scientific advisory board will develop the hypotheses they wish to test. Once thats done theyll issue requests for proposals, decide on which ones they wish to fund and then fund them. "
I'm trying to gain a sense of the timeline here. Does this mean the pathogen studies will be the first project and will commence in about a year's time?