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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.
Associated Press
Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID-19, researchers found.
The Nevada Independent
Federal funds helped spur every major advancement in life sciences in the last half century. Private foundations can’t fill the gap if it drops significantly.
NPR
Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice, according to leaders of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), which represents more than 37,000 researchers and clinicians.