publication date: Jun. 29, 2018

Senate committee proposes $2 billion raise for NIH, signaling fourth good year in a row

By Jordan Williams and Matthew Bin Han Ong

When the Senate Committee on Appropriations marked up the fiscal 2019 spending bill, NIH came out ahead—$2 billion ahead.

Under the Senate bill, which was marked up June 28, NIH would receive $39.1 billion. If the bill is enacted, federally-funded biomedical research would get its fourth consecutive increase, and a substantial one at that.

Of the proposed $2 billion, $190 million in new money would trickle down to NCI.

The House version of the Labor-HHS spending bill, published June 14, proposes a $1.25 billion increase for NIH, bringing the total to $38.3 billion.

The president’s budget proposal initially sought to cut NIH budget by 27 percent, but after Congress raised the spending caps, the White House largely reversed the cut, adding back $9 billion, thereby bringing NIH funding back to the FY 2017 level (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 16).

Here is how the numbers line up for NCI:

In the Senate bill, NCI stands to receive $6.15 billion, with $400 million in Cancer Moonshot funds coming from the NIH Innovation Account. The bill also includes $30 million for NCI’s facility in Frederick.

In the House bill, NCI would receive $6.13 billion, also with the Moonshot included.

Under the White House proposal, NCI would get $5.626 billion. This number, too, includes the Moonshot.

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