National Institutes of Health funding

Funding of research and treatment of ME/CFS has been historically low.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the budget in the United States for chronic fatigue syndrome and ME/CFS for previous years is as follows:
 * 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
 * Fiscal Year 2006 - $ 5 million

In November 2016, NIH Director Francis Collins announced that NIH spending for research for CFS disease is intended to double to roughly $15 million in 2017, compared to the estimated $7.6 million allotted for research in 2016.

Research funding

 * Nov 2015, Brian Vastag posts chart from Science Magazine on ME/CFS spending vs other diseases
 * ME Research UK - ME/CFS funding report
 * Chart showing relative funding posted by Tom Kindlon
 * Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories by the NIH - $5-7million annually
 * Rivka Solomon estimates that, based on disease prevalence and burden, NIH funding should be around $250 million
 * YouTube: Money and ME, Patient Analysis Video - An illustration of the amount of money invested in research into ME/CFS By MEAnalysis