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Coalition Applauds Enactment of NIH Funding Bill Into Law
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research applauds today’s signing into law of legislation to fund the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) research and public health functions for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2026. “The Coalition celebrates today’s bill signing and House vote and last week’s Senate…
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research welcomed today’s release of the National Academies’ Strategies to Enhance NIH-Funded Research: Optimizing Child Health report and recommendations. The Coalition took this idea to Congress and worked to secure its inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2024 spending bill. “The Coalition thanks the National Academies leadership and staff and the study…
Coalition Urges Appropriators to Include Provision Addressing Concerns About Multi-Year Funding In Final Bill
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research is urging the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to address concerns about reduced funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants by including a provision to address the lump-sum payout of multi-year awards. Specifically, the Coalition is urging lawmakers to include Sec. 239 from the…
Coalition Urges Congress to Reuthorize Small Business Research Programs
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research is urging Congress to act promptly to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) programs, which enable federal departments and agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help small businesses advance research breakthroughs. The longstanding programs lapsed when their most recent authorization expired at…
Coalition Applauds NIH Funding and Policy Provisions in FY 26 Senate Labor, HHS Bill
The Coalition issued the following statement following the Senate Appropriations Committee’s vote to advance the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, HHS spending bill: The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research commends the Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing a bipartisan Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill. We strongly support the…
Coalition Statement on the FY 2026 Proposed NIH Budget
Following is the Coalition’s statement on the Fiscal Year 2026 proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health, submitted today to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Prepared for the Senate Committee on Appropriation Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Regarding the Fiscal Year 2026 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Budget June…
Coalition, Other Pediatric Research Leaders, Urge Congress to Protect Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Rates
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research today sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging that Congress include the longstanding prohibition on any unilateral changes to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Facilities & Administrative (F&A) rates in the Fiscal Year 2025 spending package currently being developed and debated on…
Coalition Statement on Proposed Change to NIH Indirect Cost Rates
WASHINGTON (February 8, 2025) – The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research steering committee issued the following statement on yesterday’s National Institute of Health (NIH) announcement regarding indirect rates. The Coalition consists of the nation’s leading research-intensive children’s hospitals, academic institutions and supporting organizations. “The new indirect cost guidelines fail to recognize the critical role facilities…
Coalition Applauds National Academies for Moving Forward with NIH Assessment
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research applauds the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for constituting a study committee to assess how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can strengthen its support for pediatric medical research. The Coalition advocated for inclusion of the assessment as part of the final Fiscal Year 2024 spending package…
Coalition, CHA Respond to NIH Reform Framework
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research – joined by the Children’s Hospital Association, submitted a detailed set of comments in response to the framework for reforming the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that was put forward in June by Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). The letter responds to several proposals included…