Entries by Rishbha Bhagi

Cancer a Top Priority in FY19 for Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding

Last month, the specific funding amounts for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) were released, which are not part of the President’s budget request for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E). CDMRP funding is usually inserted as “Undistributed Medical Research” in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) RDT&E account in budget proposals. The CDMRP provides […]

NIH and DoE Budgets Get a Boost in FY19

Over the past few weeks, the US Senate Appropriations Committee has released FY2019 appropriation packages for various departments, including the Department of Energy (DoE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The information below illustrates funding for selected institutes and programs that affect life sciences R&D, and has been extracted from various federal documents, including […]

NIH Disease Categories Receive Significant Funding Boosts

In May, the NIH released data regarding the annual funding levels classified by disease and condition research based on funding mechanisms, such as grants and contracts. The information came as part of the NIH’s efforts to provide more transparency and improved consistency when reporting its funded research. The new transparency process was implemented in 2008 […]