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Federal funding fills a foundational role—pursuing science that has great potential to lead to treatments and cures. Without this funding, entire fields of life-saving research may be delayed, diminished, or never pursued at all.
For less than 1% of the federal budget...we fund the science that saves lives.
From cancer and obesity to heart disease, Alzheimer’s, addiction, and mental health—federally funded research drives nearly every medical breakthrough we count on.
Yojana Rodriguez-Humbert’s baby died from a rare disorder with no cure. She’s fighting so no other family has to endure that loss.
Told he had three years to live, Mel Mann joined a clinical trial funded by NIH. Thirty years later, he’s still marching.
Ray Casey’s hands once shook so badly he couldn’t eat without help.
Three generations of breast cancer. No genetic answer—yet. Jaime Gerdes fights for the research that could save her daughter’s life.
Tammy lost her dad to Alzheimer’s. Millions have the disease and millions more will be diagnosed, yet there is no cure. She fears for the future if research funding is cut.
Judith Stone knows research can pull patients back from hospital delirium. She’s fighting to keep that progress alive.
CBS News 60-Minutes
Federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding.
The Daily Barometer
Federal funding cuts and challenges strain OSU research efforts
STAT10
He said most Americans aren’t aware of how decades of federally funded research have led to today’s lifesaving breakthroughs. To help reconnect people to that, he’s assembling a “storybook” with tales from patients whose lives have been transformed by medicine.