FY 2027 Funding Recommendation: NIH

THE AD HOC GROUP FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

The Ad Hoc Group Fiscal Year 2027 Recommendation

The 552 undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, which includes organizations representing patients, scientists, health professionals, research and academic institutions, educators, and industry, recommends at least $51.303 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year (FY) 2027, which would represent a $4.087 billion or 8.7% increase over the enacted funding level for NIH in FY 2026.

Our community is deeply grateful for the longstanding bipartisan support for NIH, including the federal investment in FY 2026. Robust support for medical research makes Americans healthier. Patients across the country — from urban centers to rural communities — benefit from medical research supported by the NIH, which serves as the foundation for nearly every preventive intervention, diagnostic, treatment, and cure in practice today. Each year, more than 300,000 researchers across labs and other settings in nearly every congressional district nationwide^0Fi,1Fii conduct research on the most promising ideas to overcome existing and emerging health threats. This research leads to medical breakthroughs that deliver proven benefits for patients, including advances in the prevention and treatment of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, chronic conditions, autoimmune diseases, and many other diagnoses affecting children, adults, seniors, families, and communities every day, robbing them of their potential.

Our community is committed to advancing the highest quality science that earns the public’s confidence and to ensuring strong research capacity across a wide array of settings and communities. Optimizing this work requires sustained, reliable growth in NIH funding; a fully staffed agency; and ensuring any potential policy changes do not result in dramatic decreases in funded proposals. The federal investment in NIH fosters collaboration among institutions across states, maximizing the reach of each taxpayer dollar to respond effectively to public health needs and leveraging talent nationwide in ways that could be limited if states or industry alone drove decision-making.

Beyond the direct health benefits to patients, federal investment in medical research has a powerful multiplier effect: it stimulates local and regional economies, spurs new industries, strengthens the United States’ global competitiveness, supports national security, creates viable career paths for the next generation of scientists, and generates additional high-quality jobs in communities across the country. While U.S. investment faces uncertainty, China and other global competitors are expanding incentives for domestic biomedical innovation to strengthen their competitive advantage.^2Fiii To avoid shifting the scientific, economic, and commercial returns of new discoveries and treatments overseas, we must resume a trajectory of strong growth in NIH funding.

We urge lawmakers to continue to support patients, discovery, and economic growth, to ensure a funding allocation for the Labor-HHS Subcommittee that allows for the necessary investment in NIH and other agencies that promotes the health of all Americans, and to work expeditiously to complete FY 2027 appropriations in a timely manner. The health of our nation and our national security are at stake.

552 Signatories as of March 3, 2026

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges)

Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health

Academic Pediatric Association

Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research

Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM)

Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research

AcademyHealth

Accessia Health

ACT for NIH

Akari Foundation

Allergy & Asthma Network

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM)

Alliance for Aging Research

Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy

Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers

Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation

Alpha-1 Foundation

Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Association (ACDA)

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

American Academy of Neurology

American Academy of Nursing

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

American Association for Anatomy

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

American Association for Women in Radiology

American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry(AACDP)

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research FY 2025 Recommendation

American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training

American Association of Immunologists

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges

American Brain Coalition

American Burn Association

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society

American College of Academic Addiction Medicine

American College of Cardiology

American College of Clinical Pharmacology

American College of Clinical Pharmacy

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

American College of Osteopathic Internists

American College of Physicians

American College of Radiology

American College of Rheumatology

American College of Surgeons

American Council on Education

American Diabetes Association

American Educational Research Association

American Epilepsy Society

American Federation for Aging Research

American Gastroenterological Association

American Geriatrics Society

American Heart Association

American Industrial Hygiene Association

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

American Institute of Biological Sciences

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

American Lung Association

American Massage Therapy Association

American Medical Women’s Association

American Neurological Association

American Osteopathic Association

American Pancreatic Association

American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA)

American Pediatric Society (APS)

American Pharmacists Association

American Physiological Society

American Psychological Association Services

American Roentgen Ray Society

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research FY 2025 Recommendation

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American Society for Investigative Pathobiology

American Society for Microbiology

American Society for Nutrition

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

American Society for Radiation Oncology

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

American Society of Biomechanics

American Society of Echocardiography

American Society of Functional Neuroradiology

American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy

American Society of Hematology

American Society of Human Genetics

American Society of Nephrology

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

American Society of Radiologic Technologists

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American Society of Transplantation

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

American Statistical Association

American Surgical Association

American Thoracic Society

American Urogynecologic Society

American Urological Association (AUA)

Angelman Syndrome Foundation

Angels of Epilepsy Inc

Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

Arthritis Foundation

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

Associated Medical Schools of New York

Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath)

Association for Clinical and Translational Science

Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Association for Creatine Deficiencies

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Association for Psychological Science

Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB)

Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

Association of Academic Physiatrists

Association of Academic Radiology (AAR)

Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges

Association of American Cancer Institutes

Association of American Universities

Association of Bioethics Program Directors

Association of Departments of Family Medicine

Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors

Association of Independent Research Institutes

Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs

Association of Minority Health Professions Schools

Association of Population Centers

Association of Professors of Dermatology

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics

Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)

Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology

Association of University Programs in Health Administration

Autism Speaks

AVAC

Axis Advocates

Barth Syndrome Foundation

Benaroya Research Institute

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Biocom

Biophysical Society

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston Medical Center Health System

Boston University

Breakthrough T1D (Formerly JDRF)

CACNA1A Foundation

California Psychological Association

Cancer and Careers

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland

CDH Research International

Cedars-Sinai

Celiac Disease Foundation

Center for Endometriosis Care

Cerebral Palsy Research Network

Child Neurology Foundation

Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Children’s Hospital Association

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Clinical Research Forum

Coalition for Clinical and Translational Science

Coalition for National Trauma Research

Coalition of Skin Diseases

Coalition to Cure Calpain 3

Coalition to Cure CHD2

Collaborative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research (CAPER)

College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses

Colorado Psychological Association

Colorado State University

Columbia University

Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals

Congenital Adrenal hyperplasia Research, Education & Support Foundation (CARES Foundation)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Connecticut Psychological Association

Consortium of Social Science Associations

Cooley’s Anemia Foundation

COPD Foundation

Cornell University

Council of Graduate Schools

Council on Social Work Education

Cribs for Kids, Inc.

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

CSNK2A1 Foundation

CSNK2B Foundation

CTNNB1 Connect and Cure

CURE Epilepsy

CURE GABA-A Variants

Cure GM1 Foundation

Cure HHT

Cure NDD

Cure SMA

CureGRIN Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Danny Did Epilepsy Foundation

Dartmouth Health

Deadliest Cancers Coalition

Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer (DDF)

Delaware Psychological Association

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies Project (DEE-P Connections)

Doheny Eye Institute

Dravet Syndrome Foundation

Duke Health

Duke University

DYNC1H1 Association

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Emory

Endocrine Society

Endometriosis Association

EndPreeclampsia

Entomological Society of America

Epilepsies Action Network (EAN)

Epilepsy Alliance America

Epilepsy Foundation of America

Esophageal Cancer Action Network

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research FY 2025 Recommendation

Familial Dysautonomia Foundation

FamilieSCN2A Foundation

Fanconi Cancer Foundation

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Fight Colorectal Cancer

First Candle

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics

Foundation for Prader-Willi Research

Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)

Friends of NIDA

Friends of NIMH

Friends of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

FSHD Society

GABA-A Alliance

GBS|CIDP Foundation International

GE HealthCare

Genetic Alliance

Gerontological Society of America

Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)

Global Liver Institute

GNB1 Advocacy Group Inc

GO2 for Lung Cancer

GRIN2B Foundation

Harvard University

Hawai’i Psychological Association

HealthyWomen

Heart Failure Society of America

HERhealthEQ Corp

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network

HIV Medicine Association

Hope for HIE

Hope for Stomach Cancer

Hope for ULD

Hope Charities

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

IITC Inc.

Immune Deficiency Foundation

Indiana University

Infectious Diseases Society of America

International Bipolar Foundation

International Complement Society

International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders

International Myeloma Foundation

International SCN8A Alliance

Interstitial Cystitis Association

Iowa Psychological Association

John & Amy Mewhiney Cancer Foundation

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation

Kaiser Permanente

KARES Foundation

KCNQ2 Cure Alliance

Kentucky Psychological Association

KidneyCAN

Kids for Saving Earth

KrabbeConnect

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Lasker Foundation

LEAD Coalition (Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease)

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) Foundation

Let’s Talk UTI

Lewy Body Dementia Association

LGMD Awareness Foundation, Inc

LGMD1D DNAJB6 Foundation

Loma Linda University Health

Look. Foundation

Lung Transplant Foundation

LUNGevity Foundation

Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.

Lupus Foundation of America

Lymphatic Education & Research Network

M-CM Network

March of Dimes

Mass General Brigham

MEAction North Carolina

Medical College of Wisconsin

Medical Library Association

Memorial Sloan Kettering

MemorialCare Health System

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation

METAvivor: Metastatic Breast Cancer Research, Advocacy, and Support

Michigan Medicine

Michigan State University

Mission MSA

Missouri Psychological Association

MitoAction

MLD Foundation

Monell Chemical Senses Center

Mount Sinai Health System

MSUD Family Support Group

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation

NAPCRG

National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations (NAVREF)

National Bleeding Disorders Foundation

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

National Eczema Association

National Fragile X Foundation

National Headache Foundation

National Health Council

National Kidney Foundation

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Postdoctoral Association

National Scleroderma Foundation

National Society of Genetic Counselors

NCATS Alliance

NDRI

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society

Neurofibromatosis Midwest

Neurofibromatosis Network

New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New York Genome Center

New York State Academic Dental Centers

New York State Psychological Association

NF North Central

NF Northeast

NORSE Institute

North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

North American Vascular Biology Organization

North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research

Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc., NCIRE

Northern Virginia Aging Network (NVAN)

Northwestern University

Nutrition and Medical Foods Coalition

NW Association for Biomedical Research

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Oncology Nursing Society

Oregon Health & Science University

Organic Acidemia Association

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Parkinson’s Foundation

Patient-Led Research Collaborative

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Pediatric Policy Council

Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine

Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research

Personalized Medicine Coalition

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation

PINK Concussions

PKD Foundation

Platelet Disorder Support Association

Population Association of America

Population Health Leaders in Academic Medicine (PHLAM)

Preeclampsia Foundation

PREEMIEWORLD FOUNDATION

Prevent Blindness

Prevent Cancer Foundation

Propionic Acidemia Foundation

Prostate Cancer Foundation

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Pulmonary Hypertension Association

PURA Syndrome Foundation

PXE International

Radiological Society of North America

Rare Epilepsy Network (REN) Coordinating Committee

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association (RPLA)

Research!America

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

Ring 20 USA

Ring14 USA INC

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

RTI International

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Safe Kids Worldwide

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

SATB2 Gene Foundation

Sjögren’s Foundation, Inc.

Sleep Research Society

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine

Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine

Society for Investigative Dermatology

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Society for Neuroscience

Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)

Society for Pediatric Radiology

Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)

Society for Public Health Education

Society for Reproductive Investigation

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Society for Social Work and Research

Society for Vascular Surgery

Society for Women’s Health Research

Society of Abdominal Radiology

Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SAAAPM)

Society of Behavioral Medicine

Society of Breast Imaging

Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments

Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of APA

Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education

Society of Experimental Psychologists

Society of General Internal Medicine

Society of Gynecologic Oncology

Society of Interventional Radiology

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Society of Skeletal Radiology

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR)

Society of Toxicology

Society of University Surgeons

SSADH Association

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Stanford University

Stoelting Co.

Stony Brook Medicine

Stony Brook University

STXBP1 Foundation

Susan G. Komen

Teaching Kitchen Collaborative

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute

The American Society for Cell Biology

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

The Coalition Against Pediatric Pain

The Cute Syndrome Foundation

The Gould Syndrome Foundation

The Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation

The Louisa Adelynn Johnson Fund for Complex Disease

The Lundquist Institute

The Marfan Foundation

the MED13L Foundation

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

The National Pancreas Foundation

The Obesity Society

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

The School of Theoretical Modeling

The Shock Society

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

The STARR Coalition

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)

Tigerlily Foundation

Triage Cancer

TSC Alliance

Tulane University

UCLA

UCSF

UMass Chan Medical School

UNC Health

Unique (Rare Chromosome and Gene Disorder Support Group)

Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

United for Medical Research

United MSD Foundation

University of California San Diego

University of California System

University of Chicago Medical Center

University of Cincinnati

University of Colorado

University of Colorado Anschutz

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

University of Colorado Denver

University of Illinois College of Medicine

University of Iowa

University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

University of New Mexico

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Virginia

University of Washington

USAgainstAlzheimer’s

US Hereditary Angioedema Association

Usher 1F Collaborative

Usher Syndrome Coalition

UT Southwestern Medical Center

UVA Health

Vanderbilt Health

Vanderbilt University

VentureWell

Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness Inc.

VHL Alliance

Virginia Commonwealth University

wAIHA Warriors

Washington State University

Washington University in St. Louis

Wayne State University

West Virginia University

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

Wilson Disease Association

Wiskott-Aldrich Foundation

Women’s Health Advocates

WomenHeart

World Molecular Imaging Society

Yale University

YWHAG Research Foundation

ZERO Prostate Cancer

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The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research is a coalition of over 500 patient and voluntary health groups, medical and scientific societies, academic and research organizations, and industry. The Ad Hoc Group has one mission: to enhance the federal investment in biomedical, behavioral, social, and population-based research by increasing the funding for the National Institutes of Health.

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