APA continues to pursue a systematic approach to providing research relief to scientists to recover lost funds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 3, APA and 76 other research organizations urged the congressional leadership, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), to reach an agreement on emergency COVID-19 relief and provide robust fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding. The letter (PDF, 351KB)opens in new window encouraged Congress to secure the passage of an FY 2021 appropriations package bolstering the budgets of COVID-19 relevant agencies and provide an emergency legislative package to “prevent further erosion of U.S.-driven medical progress and job-producing R&D.”
The organizations specifically asked for FY 2021 funding for the National Institutes of Health (at least $2 billion), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($380 million), the Food and Drug Administration ($250 million), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ($133 million). The groups also requested that Congress provide at least $26 billion to reboot crucial research at universities, academic medical centers, independent research institutes, and clinical trial sites.
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