[FUN_Mail] FW from FUN Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Committee: Boost Funding for Medical Research in 2015

[Ramirez, Julio]

Important action item forwarded to you from the FUN Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Best regards,

Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D.
Chair
FUN Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Committee


[Research America]


Boost Funding for Medical Research in 2015

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The Time to Act is Now



In recent years, our research enterprise has been buffeted by deep budget cuts, a strategic mistake that compromises medical progress and the multi-faceted public health, fiscal and economic benefits such progress conveys. The latest budget provided increased funding for NIH, FDA, CDC, NSF and AHRQ, but in the case of NIH in particular, policy makers settled for a funding level that is actually lower than NIH received in FY12. Overall, funding for science in FY14 simply does not reflect the value it delivers to America and Americans. As Congress negotiates federal funding levels for FY15, we must convince policy makers that funding for medical progress must be assigned a far higher priority. We expect the appropriations process to start now, even though the president's budget blueprint will not be released until March. Send a message to Congress making the case for robust investment in NIH and the other federal agencies that support research leading to medical progress.