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Biomedical research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and performed at research universities helps assure U.S. leadership in the life sciences revolution of the 21st Century. Putting NIH on a sustained pathway to restore its purchasing power after a decade worth of loss to inflation and budget cuts is critical to sustaining the extraordinary progress in the improvement of human health of the past decades. Investment in NIH will continue to create jobs and strengthen the workforce, improve the lives—and quality of life—of millions of current and future patients, and help assure continuing U.S. economic and national security.

Sustained investment in biotechnology and genomics is crucial to the development of novel therapies for diseases, including: cancer, Alzheimer's, autism, and diabetes. The NIH also responds rapidly to public health emergencies and in support of biodefense, such as in the case of Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19.

 

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Submits NIH Funding Recommendations to Biden-Harris Transition Team

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, of which AAU is a Steering Committee member, sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden to request the administration prioritize “increased and sustainable funding growth” for the National Institutes of Health in the administration’s “Build Back Better” plan.
Letters | National Institutes of Health

Ad Hoc Group Calls for Emergency Funding for NIH Medical Research

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research issued a statement calling on negotiators to include emergency funding for medical research in the potential COVID-19 relief measure and to complete the FY1 appropriations process as quickly as possible.
COVID-19 | Federal Budget | Statements | National Institutes of Health

Ad Hoc Group Praises Inclusion of $15.5 Billion for NIH in Senate COVID-19 Relief Bill

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, which includes AAU, issued a statement supportive of the $15.5 billion include in Senate Republicans’ pandemic relief plan.
COVID-19 | Statements | National Institutes of Health

UMR Urges House, Senate to Include $15.5 Billion for NIH in "Phase Four" COVID-19 Bill

United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, released a statement praising Senate Republicans for including $15.5 for NIH in their COVID-19 relief proposal.
COVID-19 | Statements | National Institutes of Health

Coalition Letter Urges NIH Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board to Carefully Evaluate Studies

The letter urges the board to consider the importance of human fetal tissue research to develop new tests, treatments, and cures to “reduce suffering from human diseases” during their evaluation of the ethics of research proposals using human fetal tissue
Letters | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health

United for Medical Research Supports $5.5 Billion Increase to FY21 NIH Funding

United for Medical Research, which includes AAU, released a statement thanking the House Appropriations Committee Labor-Health and Human Services-Education subcommittee for approving a $5.5. billion increase for the NIH.
Statements | National Institutes of Health

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Requests Supplemental Appropriations for NIH

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research released a statement thanking the House Appropriations Committee Labor-Health and Human Services-Education subcommittee for recognizing that the NIH remains a “key national priority despite the restrictive subcommittee funding allocation imposed by the impractical pre-pandemic discretionary spending caps.”
Statements | National Institutes of Health

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Requests At Least $44.7 Billion for NIH in FY21

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research sent a letter to congressional appropriations leaders urging them to “significantly boost” the FY21 302(b) allocations for the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education spending bill.
Letters | FY21 | National Institutes of Health

AAU, COGR Submit Comments in NLM ClinicalTrials.Gov Modernization RFI

AAU joined the Council on Governmental Relations to submit a letter to the National Library of Medicine regarding its request for information on the modernization of “ClinicalTrials.gov.”
Letters | National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health AAU FY21 Funding Brief

Biomedical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and performed at research universities helps ensure U.S. leadership in the life sciences revolution of the 21st Century.
Federal Budget | FY21 | Issue Brief | National Institutes of Health