The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, a coalition of more than 500 research organizations convened by the AAMC, submitted an Oct. 27 letter (PDF) to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging them to finalize fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding with a robust investment for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Specifically, the letter urged appropriators to provide no less than the Senate Appropriations Committee-approved level of $47.2 billion for the NIH, in addition to funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. “To ensure that funding supports the work of NIH effectively,” the letter noted, “it is imperative that Congress finalize the NIH funding level as quickly as possible; the bipartisan approach in S. 2587 both helps achieve that goal and upholds key attributes essential to the NIH’s success.”
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