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. Funding for the NIH is critical for biomedical, bioengineering, behavioral, and social science research, and supplemental funding would help ensure that efforts to combat the pandemic do not displace other essential avenues of discovery, the letter says.