“A U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee today approved a spending bill that calls for giving the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, a $2 billion, 5.4% increase to $39.1 billion in the 2019 fiscal year that begins 1 October.”
“The bill, which will be voted on by the full Senate appropriations panel later this week, arrives just weeks after a House of Representatives spending panel proposed a $1.25 billion raise…”
“According to an appropriations panel fact sheet, the bill also calls for:
- $500 million for research on opioid addiction, development of opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction treatment;
- $429.4 million for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative to map the human brain, a $29 million increase;
- $376 million for the All of Us precision medicine study, an $86 million increase;
- $550 million for the National Strategy to…” Read the full article here.
Source: Senate panel proposes $2 billion, 5.4% increase for NIH – June 26, 2018. Science.
