April 3, 2026 – ACT for NIH, a non-profit advocacy organization that works with Congress to make increasing biomedical research funding a national priority, released the following statement in response to the President’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“NIH has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support in Congress, and ACT for NIH is grateful to Congress for delivering a bipartisan FY 2026 appropriations bill that strengthened NIH and included critical guardrails to protect grant success rates. We are concerned that the President’s FY 2027 budget proposal does not build on that bipartisan progress – progress that has helped drive economic growth, contain unsustainable health care costs, and protect America’s preeminence in science and medicine for millions of patients and families. Maintaining the United States’ global leadership in biomedical research — a goal shared by this Administration — will require sustained investment in the discoveries that make it possible.
“We look forward to working with Members on both sides of the aisle, and with the Administration, to build on that commitment during the FY 2027 appropriations process, maintain robust support for NIH, and advance the life-changing research that offers real hope to patients and families in every corner of this country.”
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