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NIH Funding Press Kit

Medical schools and teaching hospitals receive funding for research from federal and state agencies, private industry, and philanthropic efforts. By far the largest source of federal research funding comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—the federal government's medical research agency. In fact, more than 50 percent of all extramural research (grants to outside scientists) sponsored by the NIH is conducted by AAMC-member medical schools and teaching hospitals.

On the Issue

Bush Budget Cuts Will Cripple U.S. Teaching Hospitals and Erode Medical Progress (News Release - Feb. 4, 2008)

AAMC Says Lack of NIH Funding Growth Threatens Research Progress (News Release - Dec. 18, 2007)

National Institutes of Health FY 2009 Funding (Legislative Update)

Related Resources

How the NIH Supports Medical Research (PDF, 2 pages)

Discoveries and Innovations in Patient Care and Research Datbase

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research—A coalition of organizations in support of increased funding for the NIH

NIH Resource Guide—Created by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research (April 2005)

Within Our Grasp—Or Slipping Away? Assuring a New Era of Scientific and Medical Progress (PDF, 24 pages)

Fulfilling the Promise

The teamwork between the NIH and America's medical schools and major teaching hospitals serves as the nation's driving force in the search for cures, new treatments, and better ways to improve health and save lives. At the core of the collaboration is the investment the NIH makes in research conducted at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals. The AAMC launched the Fulfilling the Promise campaign to build awareness of this collaboration, and to report on the progress academic medicine is making in research efforts to improve the nation's health.

The Nation's Medical Research Team (PDF, 2 pages - Fact Sheet)
A 60-year collaboration between the NIH and academic medicine has funded many of the most important medical advances.

Medical Research: Saving Lives Through New Cures and Treatments (PDF, 3 pages - Fact Sheet)
There are different forms of medical research, each of them a building block toward developing new treatments and cures.

Working Together to Transform Medical Research (PDF, 2 pages - Fact Sheet)
Research involves not just expertly trained scientists and technological innovations, but new ways of working together and sharing research to speed the pace of discovery.

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