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 2012 - $5 million
 * Fiscal Year 2013 - $5 million
 * Fiscal Year 2014 - $5 million
 * Fiscal Year 2015 - $6 million
 * Fiscal Year 2016 - $7 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