Dear Chair Collins, Vice Chair Murray, Chair Cole, and Ranking Member DeLauro,

On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to prioritize robust funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill and, in that legislation, preserve existing protections against cuts to reimbursement for NIH grantee Facilities and Administrative costs. As a recent survey commissioned by Research!America shows, the American people overwhelmingly support medical research funding. We hope you can continue to prioritize this engine of health and economic growth in your appropriations bills.

With the March 14 deadline for FY25 appropriations quickly approaching, we ask that you ensure NIH receives at least the $1.77 billion increase proposed in the bipartisan Senate FY25 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. A full-year continuing resolution (CR) would plateau NIH funding at a time when scientific opportunity and global competition demand stronger investment. Should a full-year CR be enacted, we urge you to include a $500 million anomaly for NIH to sustain biomedical research and innovation.

Additionally, we strongly support the continuation of Section 224 of the FY24 Appropriations Act in the final FY25 Appropriations bill since it prohibits changes to NIH Facilities & Administrative cost reimbursements. The Administration’s proposed policy to drastically reduce NIH funding by at least $4 billion would have immediate and harmful consequences—slowing scientific progress, delaying treatments and cures, and weakening the U.S. research ecosystem. NIH funding is a key driver of economic growth, job creation, and medical breakthroughs, and this policy change would hinder our ability to remain globally competitive.
We urge you to finalize FY25 appropriations with strong NIH funding and prevent a sudden and sweeping change in Facilities and Administrative payments. Thank you for your leadership in ensuring continued investment in scientific discovery and innovation.

CC: The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, Chair, Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-EducationThe Honorable Tammy Baldwin, Ranking Member, Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-EducationThe Honorable Robert Aderholt, Chair, House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education

Sincerely,

Organizations

OrganizationsResearch!America#MEAction Maryland#MEAction North Carolina 5p- SocietyAcademic Data Science AllianceAcademy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging ResearchAcademyHealthAccessia HealthACT for NIHAdenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research FoundationAdvaMedAdvancing Science and Policy (ASAP)AiArthritis AKARI FoundationAlliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM)Alliance for Aging ResearchAlliance for Gout AwarenessAlliance for Headache Disorders AdvocacyAlliance to Cure Cavernous MalformationALS AssociationAlzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Impact MovementAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineAmerican Academy of NursingAmerican Academy of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Anthropological AssociationAmerican Association for AnatomyAmerican Association for Cancer Research American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesAmerican Association of Colleges of NursingAmerican Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)American Association of ImmunologistsAmerican Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic MedicineAmerican Association of Physicists in MedicineAmerican Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists American Association of Veterinary Medical CollegesAmerican Brain Coalition American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network American College of CardiologyAmerican College of Clinical PharmacyAmerican College of NeuropsychopharmacologyAmerican College of Osteopathic InternistsAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican College of Radiology American College of SurgeonsAmerican Council on Education American Dental Education AssociationAmerican Federation for Aging ResearchAmerican Federation for Medical ResearchAmerican Foundation for Suicide PreventionAmerican Gastroenterological Association American Geophysical Union American Heart AssociationAmerican Industrial Hygiene Association American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)American Institute of Biological SciencesAmerican Kidney FundAmerican Liver FoundationAmerican Lung Association American Nephrology Nurses AssociationAmerican Pediatric Society (APS)American Pharmacists Association American Physiological SocietyAmerican Phytopathological SocietyAmerican Psychological Association Services Inc. American Roentgen Ray SocietyAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAmerican Society for Clinical Pharmacology & TherapeuticsAmerican Society for Gastrointestinal EndoscopyAmerican Society for Investigative PathologyAmerican Society for MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)American Society for Reproductive Medicine American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)American Society of HematologyAmerican Society of Human GeneticsAmerican Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of NeuroradiologyAmerican Society of Pediatric NephrologyAmerican Society of TransplantationAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneAmerican Sociological AssociationAmerican Statistical AssociationAmerican Thoracic SocietyAmerican Urogynecologic Society Americans for Medical ProgressAmyloidosis FoundationAplastic Anemia & MDS International FoundationAPS Type 1 FoundationARPKD/CHF AllianceArthritis FoundationAssociation for Clinical and Translational Science Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia DisordersAssociation for Psychological ScienceAssociation for Women in ScienceAssociation of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)Association of Academic PhysiatristsAssociation of Academic Radiology (AAR)Association of American Cancer InstitutesAssociation of American Medical Colleges Association of Bioethics Program DirectorsAssociation of Biomolecular Resource FacilitiesAssociation of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO)Association of Independent Research InstitutionsAssociation of Maternal & Child Health ProgramsAssociation of Minority Health Professions SchoolsAssociation of Population Centers Association of Schools and Programs of Public HealthAssociation of University AnesthesiologistsAsthma and Allergy Foundation of AmericaASXL Rare Research Endowment FoundationAutoimmune Association AVACBDSRA FoundationBedford VA Research Corporation, Inc.Beyond CeliacBigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesBioMojo LLCBioNJBiophysical SocietyBone Health and Osteoporosis FoundationBoston Children's HospitalBoston Medical Center Health SystemBrandeis UniversityBreakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF)Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityCalifornia Biomedical Research AssociationCalifornia Life SciencesCancer Support CommunityCarnegie ScienceCarolina Music TherapyCedars-SinaiCenter for Endometriosis CareCenter for Patient Advocacy Leaders (CPALs)CEPI U.S.CHAMP1 Research Foundation Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance

Children’s Cancer CauseChildren's Hospital Association 
Childrens Hospital Colorado Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaChildren's National HospitalChoose Healthy LifeChristianaCareClearCure Biosciences, Inc. Clinical Immunology SocietyCoalition for Clinical and Translational Science Coalition to Cure CHD2Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCollege of the Holy CrossCollege on the Problems of Drug DependenceConference of Boston Teaching HospitalsCongenital Hyperinsulinism InternationalConsortium of Social Science AssociationsCOPD FoundationCornell UniversityCouncil of Medical Specialty SocietiesCouncil of Professional Associations on Federal StatisticsCouncil on Undergraduate ResearchCovalent Solutions, LLCCSNK2B FoundationCure Alzheimer's FundCure CLCN6, Inc.Cure CMDCURE EpilepsyCure HHTCure KCNH1 FoundationCure MucolipidosiscureCADASILCures Within ReachCureSHANKCutaneous Lymphoma FoundationCystic Fibrosis Foundation Cystinosis Research FoundationDecoding Developmental EpilepsiesDEFEAT MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY (MSA) ALLIANCE & MSA UNITED GLOBAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUMDetroit Parent Network Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies Project (DEE-P Connections)Downstate Health Sciences UniversityDravet Syndrome FoundationDrexel University
Duke HealthDYNC1H1 AssociationDysautonomia InternationalECAN Esophageal Cancer Action NetworkEcological Society of AmericaECU HealthEisai Inc.Emily's EntourageEmory UniversityEndocrine SocietyEntomological Society of AmericaEpilepsies Action NetworkEpilepsy Foundation of America EveryLife Foundation for Rare DiseasesFamilial Dysautonomia FoundationFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain SciencesFight Colorectal CancerFlorence HealthcareFocused Ultrasound Foundation FOD Family Support GroupFORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer EmpoweredFoundation Fighting BlindnessFoundation for Prader Willi ResearchFoundation for Sarcoidosis Research Fountain HouseFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterFriedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)Friends of FSH Research Friends of NIDA
Friends of the National Institute of Nursing ResearchFuture Leaders in Sight (FLIS)GA4GH Inc.GABA-A AllianceGBS|CIDP Foundation InternationalGenetic Alliance Genetics Society of AmericaGerontological Society of AmericaGlobal Alzheimer's Platform Foundation Global GenesGlobal Liver InstituteGNB1 Advocacy Group, Inc.GO2 for CancerGood DaysGout Support Group of AmericaGrayscale LLCGRIN2B FoundationHannah’s Hope for Giant Axonal Neuropathy IncHarvard UniversityHaystack ProjectHCU Network AmericaHD ReachHead for the CureHealth Care Without HarmHealthyWomenHeart Failure Society of AmericaHeart Valve Voice USHepatitis B Foundation Hereditary Angioedema Association Hereditary Disease FoundationHermansky-Pudlak Syndrome NetworkHide & Seek FoundationHIV Medicine Association Hope CharitiesHope for HIEHope for ULDHudsonAlpha Institute for BiotechnologyHuntington Medical Research Institutes Hydrocephalus Association Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration Association icahn school of medicine at mount sinaiIEEE SA Neuroethics Subcommittee Immune Deficiency FoundationInfectious Diseases Society of AmericaInflammatory Breast Cancer Research FoundationInfusion Access Foundation International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM)International Bipolar FoundationInternational Essential Tremor Foundation International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) AssociationInternational Foundation for Gastrointestinal DisordersInternational Myeloma FoundationInternational SCN8A AllianceInternational Society for Environmental Epidemiology, North America ChapterInternational Society for Stem Cell ResearchInternational Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)Interstitial Cystitis AssociationJ. Craig Venter InstituteJ. David Gladstone InstitutesJoanna Sophia FoundationJohns Hopkins University & MedicineJuju and Friends CLN2 Warrior Foundation Keck School of MedicineKidneyCAN 

Kids With Heart National Assn for Children's Heart Disorders, Inc.Krishnan Family FoundationLa Jolla Institute for ImmunologyLasker FoundationLEAD Coalition (Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease)Les Turner ALS FoundationLet's Talk UTI, INCLIVESTRONGLoma Linda University 
LUNGevity FoundationLupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.Lupus Foundation of AmericaLymphatic Education & Research NetworkMaestro Games SPCMagee-Womens Research Institute and FoundationMarch of DimesMarymount UniversityMass General BrighamMassachusetts Society for Medical Research M-CM Network MdDS Balance Disorder FoundationMEActionMedical College of WisconsinMedical Library AssociationMeharry Medical College School of Global HealthMelanoma Research Foundation Men's Health NetworkMicrobiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola ChicagoMilken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington UniversityMission MSAMississippi Metabolics FoundationMorehouse School of MedicineMount Sinai Health SystemMSUD Family Support Group National Alliance for Eye and Vision ResearchNational Alliance of State Prostate Cancer CoalitionsNational Alliance on Mental IllnessNational Alopecia Areata FoundationNational Association for Biomedical Research National Association of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies National Association of Veterans Research and Education Foundations (NAVREF)National Ataxia FoundationNational Bleeding Disorders FoundationNational Foundation for Ectodermal DysplasiasNational Health Council National Hispanic Health Foundation National Infusion Center AssociationNational Kidney FoundationNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNational Organization for Rare DisordersNational Postdoctoral Association National Psoriasis FoundationNational Urea Cycle Disorders FoundationNBIA Disorders AssociationNDRINDRI-USA Inc.Nebraska CuresNeev Kolte & Brave Ronil Foundation NephCureNeuroCoresNevada Cancer CoalitionNew America's Future of Work and Innovation Economy initiativeNew Jersey Association for Biomedical ResearchNoah's HopeHope4BridgetNorth American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionNorth American Vascular Biology OrganizationNorth Carolina Association for Biomedical Research Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityNorthern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc., NCIRENorthern Nevada Genetic CounselingNorthwestern University Nutrition and Medical Foods Coalition Nyamira County media & Emergency Volunteers Researchers NYU Langone Health Oakland UniversityOncoSpherix, IncOregon Health & Science UniversityOrganic Acidemia AssociationOrthopaedic Research and Education FoundationOvarian Cancer Research AlliancePacific Health Research & Education InstitutePancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)Patient-Led Research CollaborativePediatric Endocrinology Nursing SocietyPenn State Health and Penn State College of MedicinePennsylvania Prostate Cancer CoalitionPennsylvania Society for Biomedical ResearchPhelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation Pheo Para AlliancePINK ConcussionsPKD FoundationPlatelet Disorder Support AssociationPopulation Association of America Prevent BlindnessProject 8p FoundationProject SleepPSC Partners Seeking a CurePsychonomic SocietyPublic Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)Pulmonary Fibrosis FoundationPulmonary Hypertension Association PXE International
Radiological Society of North AmericaRare Epilepsy NetworkRASopathies NetworkRedenlab / The University of MelbourneRegenerative Medicine FoundationResearch!AmericaRestless Legs Syndrome FoundationRett Syndrome Research TrustRock CF FoundationRubinger Associates Running On AirRUNX1 Research ProgramRutgers UniversityRutgers University Medical SchoolSafe Kids WorldwideSaint Louis UniversitySamtek Inc.Santa Cruz Strategies, LLCSATB2 Gene Foundation School of Dentistry, University of UtahScience Policy Initiative at Notre DameScience Policy Network -DetroitShepherd University Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome FoundationSjogren's FoundationSleep Consortium, Inc. Sleep Research Society Society for Birth Defects Research and PreventionSociety for Imaging Informatics in MedicineSociety for Immunotherapy of Cancer Society for MaternalFetal MedicineSociety for NeuroscienceSociety for Pediatric RadiologySociety for Pediatric Research (SPR)Society for the Psychological Study of Social IssuesSociety for Women's Health Research
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry(SETAC)Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.Society of General Internal MedicineSociety of Gynecologic OncologySociety of Interventional RadiologySociety of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingSociety of Skeletal RadiologySociety of ToxicologySociety of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative Solve M.E.SOUTH SHORE HOSPITALSPIE -the International Society for Optics and PhotonicsSpina Bifida AssociationSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stanford UniversityStaten Island Multiple Myeloma Support GroupSTEMedia IncorporatedStony Brook University Susan G. KomenTB AllianceTED Community OrganizationTexas Biomedical Research InstituteTexas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute Texas Society for Biomedical ResearchThe Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research The AIDS InstituteThe Alliance for Longevity InitiativesThe American Society for Cell BiologyThe Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)The Bonnell Foundation: Living with cystic fibrosisThe George Washington UniversityThe Headache and Migraine Policy ForumThe Inchstone ProjectThe Judy Nicholson FoundationThe LCC FoundationThe Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyThe Louisa Adelynn Johnson Fund for Complex DiseaseThe Lundquist Institute for Biomedical InnovationThe Marfan FoundationThe Medical Image Perception SocietyThe Myositis AssociationThe National Foundation to End Child Abuse and NeglectThe National Pancreas FoundationThe Rory Belle FoundationThe Society of Thoracic SurgeonsThe STARR CoalitionThe University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTorrey Pines Philanthropy AssociatesTQIntelligenceTreatment Action Group (TAG)Tufts MedicineTufts UniversityTuskegee University College of Veterinary MedicineUCLAUCSF Center for Health EquityUMass Chan Medical School Undiagnosed Diseases Network FoundationUnited MSD FoundationUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of California RiversideUniversity of California SystemUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Davis University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, MercedUniversity of California, San FranciscoUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Colorado Colorado SpringsUniversity of DelawareUniversity of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of MedicineUniversity of Illinois Cancer CenterUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of RochesterUniversity of Utah HealthUniversity of WashingtonUNLVUsher 1F CollaborativeUsher Syndrome CoalitionUVA HealthVanderbilt Universityv-ATPase AllianceVeterans Education and Research Association of MichiganVeterans Health FoundationVHL AllianceVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia TechVision Health Advocacy CoalitionVisionServe AlliancewAIHA WarriorsWake Forest University, School of MedicineWake up(k) orgWashington State UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWhitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchWilliams College
Wilson Disease AssociationWiskott-Aldrich FoundationWomen’s Health AdvocatesWomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with HeartDiseaseYale UniversityYoon Laboratory at Oklahoma Medical Research FoundationYour Prostate Cancer.help, IncYWHAG Research FoundationZERO Prostate Cancer

PRIM&R Joins Coalition to Defend NIH Funding

Organizations