Knowing Koh was returning to campus this week to perform the Beethoven violin concerto with the Duke Symphony Orchestra, Overath reserved an MRI slot at the Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC) – which funded the test -- and set out to create a research study with the violinist's brain as its subject.
If it becomes funded, the test will still have a cost associated, but patients will pay the wholesale price.
Levinson said the federal government, which funded the test, has his report but has not yet made it public.
Schott, who has a £30,000 debt after funding the tests himself, said that in the 18 months since they were done the condition of many veterans had worsened.
Despite the U-turn, the DfE has already committed to funding the tests for the 2016 school year, meaning that it will incur additional costs on top of administration and training for the first round of assessments last September.
She said the university turned down a request some years ago from a German institution to test the manuscript, but in view of Fedeli's discovery, decided to fund the tests and conservation work itself.
Medtronic, of Minneapolis, is the device manufacturer and is funding the tests.
But research carried out by You & Yours, suggests that the majority of local authorities are not funding the tests.
The department's sought grants and state assistance to help fund the testing, but still faces a $3.7m cash shortfall.
The Dutch environment minister, Sharon Dijksma, told the Guardian that her government, which part-funded the test, was fully backing the project, which will eventually cost about £230m (€300m).
