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United States [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) funding of research and treatment of [[ME/CFS]] has been historically low. According to NIH, the budget in the [[United States]] for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS) for previous years is as follows:<ref name="NIH-cat-spending">https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx</ref> :Fiscal Year 2020 - $15 million :Fiscal Year 2019 - $15 million :Fiscal Year 2018 - $14 million :Fiscal Year 2017 - $15 million :Fiscal Year 2016 - $8 million :Fiscal Year 2015 - $6 million :Fiscal Year 2014 - $5 million :Fiscal Year 2013 - $5 million :Fiscal Year 2012 - $5 million :Fiscal Year 2011 - $6 million :Fiscal Year 2010 - $6 million :Fiscal Year 2009 - $5 million :Fiscal Year 2008 - $4 million :Fiscal Year 2007 - $4 million<ref name="NIH-20062007">{{Cite web|url=https://report.nih.gov/biennialreport0607/research_activities_by_disease_categories/estimates_of_funding.aspx?SID=28 | title = Biennial Report of the Director, NIH, FY 2006 & 2007 | website = [[National Institutes of Health]] | date = | last = NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) | first = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-07-12}}</ref> :Fiscal Year 2006 - $5 million<ref name="NIH-20062007" /> In November 2016, NIH Director [[Francis Collins]] announced that NIH spending for research for [[chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] disease is intended to double to roughly $15 million in 2017, compared to the estimated $7.6 million allotted for research in 2016.<ref name="sciencemag-2016">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/nih-double-funding-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-patient-distrust-remains | title = NIH to double funding for chronic fatigue syndrome, but patient distrust remains | last = Wadman | first = Meredith | authorlink = | date = Nov 12, 2016 | website = Science magazine|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-07-12}}</ref> ==NIH Research Funding== *Nov 27, 2020, [https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/jwh.2020.8682 Gender Disparity in the Funding of Diseases by the U.S. National Institutes of Health] *2020, [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32568148/ Research update: The relation between ME/CFS disease burden and research funding in the USA] *2016, [https://oatext.com/Estimating-the-disease-burden-of-MECFS-in-the-United-States-and-its-relation-to-research-funding.php Estimating the disease burden of ME/CFS in the United States and its relation to research funding] *Nov 2015, [https://twitter.com/brianvastag/status/667879507571806208|Science magazine Chart on ME/CFS spending vs other diseases *[http://www.meresearch.org.uk/news/mecfs-funding-report/ ME Research UK - ME/CFS funding report] *[https://twitter.com/TomKindlon/status/782331963835285504 Chart showing relative funding] posted by [[Tom Kindlon]] *[https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories by the NIH - $5-7 million annually] *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rivka-solomon/millionsmissing-a-hidden-_b_12183114.html Rivka Solomon estimates that, based on disease prevalence and burden, NIH funding should be around $250 million] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkoKObgvfs YouTube: Money and ME, Patient Analysis Video - An illustration of the amount of money invested in research into ME/CFS] By [[MEAnalysis]] ==Learn more == *[https://www.nih.gov/mecfs/funding ME/CFS Funding] - National Institutes of Health ==See also== *[[Research bias in ME/CFS]] *[[Stigma and discrimination]] *[[National Institutes of Health]] *[[Francis Collins]] *[[Vicky Whittemore]] *[[United States]] *[[Ethical issues]] *[[Biomedical research]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Core topics]] [[Category:Ethics]]
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