Urge Swift Passage of FY26 NIH Funding

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

UPDATE: On January 19, House & Senate appropriators released a bipartisan, bicameral FY26 minibus package that includes NIH funding. This would provide $47.216 billion for NIH's base budget and maintain $1.5 billion for ARPA-H. In total, the bill includes an increase of $415 million for NIH. We are grateful to the leaders and members of the appropriations committees for their support and thank you for your advocacy to make this happen!

However, our work is not done. We are currently operating under a continuing resolution, and Congress must pass a final budget by January 30 to prevent another shutdown. Now is the time to reach out to your members of Congress to urge them to pass this legislation before the deadline.

The bill incorporates many of the key priorities of the biomedical research community, including efforts to:

[INCLUDED] Ensure no less than the Senate Appropriations Committee-approved level of $47.2 billion for NIH’s base budget is approved for FY26.

[INCLUDED] Provide at least $1.5 billion in funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

[INCLUDED] Pause implementation of the proposed 15% cap by halting any changes to facilities and administrative (F&A) rates.

[INCLUDED] Sustain NIH's current organizational structure; no institutes or centers are eliminated.

[INCLUDED IN MODIFIED FORM] Include the Senate’s language to hold NIH multi-year funding to FY24 levels. [Holds multi-year funding equal to FY25 levels instead]

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Urge Swift Passage of FY26 NIH Funding