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[[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) funding of research and treatment of [[ME/CFS]] has been historically low. | [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) funding of research and treatment of [[ME/CFS]] has been historically low. | ||
Revision as of 17:15, July 12, 2021
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 and ME/CFS for previous years is as follows:[1]
- 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[2]
- Fiscal Year 2006 - $ 5 million[3]
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.[4]
NIH Research Funding[edit | edit source]
- Gender Disparity in the Funding of Diseases by the U.S. National Institutes of Health by Arthur A. Mirin, Ph.D. | Journal of Women’s Health, Published Online: 27 November 2020
- Research update: The relation between ME/CFS disease burden and research funding in the USA by Arthur A Mirin, Mary E Dimmock, Leonard A Jason. Work. 2020;66(2):277-282.
- Estimating the disease burden of ME/CFS in the United States and its relation to research funding by Mary. E. Dimmock, Arthur A. Mirin, Leonard A. Jason. J Med Therap, 2016
- Nov 2015, [1]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
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx
- ↑ "Biennial Report of the Director, NIH, FY 2006 & 2007 -NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)". report.nih.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Biennial Report of the Director, NIH, FY 2006 & 2007 -NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)". report.nih.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/nih-double-funding-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-patient-distrust-remains