Research and Development Funding for FY 2013 and FY 2014

The ASM Office of Public Affairs has developed this page to keep ASM members up to date on the appropriations process for Fiscal Years 2013 and FY 2014.

July 29, 2013 - The Economic Impact of the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry
The Battelle Technology Partnership Practice has released a report, "The Economic Impact of the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry" which reports that highlights the economic importance of the biopharmaceutical industry in the innovation ecosystem. The industry supported approximately 3.4 million U.S. jobs in 2011, including more than 810,000 directly, playing a vital role in our nation’s economy and accounting for $789 billion in economic output in 2011.

July 29, 2013 - Profiles of Prosperity:  How NIH-Supported Research is Fueling Private Sector Growth and Innovation
United for Medical Research has released the report, "Profiles of Prosperity:  How NIH-Supported Research is Fueling Private Sector Growth and Innovation" that explores the role NIH-funded research plays in spurring new businesses and critical medical discoveries.

July 24, 2013 - Legislative Alert: Contact Congress to Increase Research and Public Health Funding
The ASM has posted a legislative alert encouraging members to contact Congress to increase research and public health funding.

July 19, 2013 - Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards
The National Science Foundation has produced a fact sheet on the impact of sequestration on their programs and its ability to fund awards. 

June 25, 2013 - Fact Sheet: Impact of Sequestration and other Budget Changes on the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Fact Sheet on the impact of sequestration on the Agency.  Sequestration requires CDC to cut 5 percent, or $285 million of its fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget. CDC must apply the cut evenly across all programs, projects, and activities (PPAs). This means every area of public health action is being affected.

June 25, 2013 - Ad Hoc Group Applauds Senate Spending Allocations
The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research thanks the Senate Appropriations Committee for the allocation it has provided to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) for its FY 2014 spending bill. The Labor-HHS subcommittee funds the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest public source of funding for medical research in the world.  The ASM is a member of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research.

June 17, 2013 - The Impact of Genomics on the U.S. Economy
The Battell Technology Partnership Practice for United for Medical Research (UMR) has prepared a report, "The Impact of Genomics on the U.S. Economy."  It reports that, "Federal research investment contributed to medical science, improved public health, created American jobs and helped generate nearly $1 trillion in economic impacts to date." 

June 6, 2013 - NIH Fact Sheet on the Impact of Sequestration
The National Institutes of Health has posted a fact sheet on the impact of sequestration on the NIH. The summary includes a set of FAQs on the impact of the cuts on grantees. NIH reported that due to sequestration approximately 700 fewer competitive research project grants will be issued this fiscal year.

April 17, 2013 - ASM Sends Letter to Congress Regarding FY 2014 Funding
The ASM signed onto a letter as a member of the Informal Coalition on Biodefense and Public Health Preparedness to support funding for programs critical to the nation’s preparedness against threats, whether naturally occurring or deliberate, such as a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) event.

April 17, 2013 - ASM Signs onto Coalition CLFS Letter
The ASM signed onto a letter from the Clinical Laboratory Coalition outlining serious concern and opposition to further reducing the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) as proposed in the President’s 2014 Budget.  It was sent to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee.

April 12, 2013 - President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Research Budget Requests
On April 10, the President released the Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request to Congress. The ASM has prepared an overview of federal agency research and development and public health funding levels. 

April 12, 2013 - Federal Funding for FY 2014 - Biomedical and Life Sciences Research (.pdf file)
A compilation of the ASM recommendations to Congress for FY 2014 funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and science funding in the the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

April 12, 2013 - Sequestration/Research Budget Update

March 22, 2013 - ASM Appropriation Statements for FY 2014
The ASM has submitted appropriation recommendations for federal agencies that support biomedical and public health research.

March 19, 2013 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Concerning AFRI
The ASM joined with the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition to send a letter to Congress regarding funding for AFRI.

February 11, 2013 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Concerning the Impact of Continued Cuts to the NIH Budget
The ASM signed onto an Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research-led community sign-on letter expressing concern about the impact of continued cuts to NIH. The letter was sent to all Members of Congress, with a total of 273 signatories.

February 6, 2013 - Legislative Alert: Sequestration Cuts to Research
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) encourages its members to contact their representative and senators about the negative impact the upcoming sequestration would have on science and public health. Go to the ASM’s Legislative Action Center to e-mail your members of Congress and ask them to oppose these automatic cuts.

December 13, 2012 -ASM Signs onto AFRI Coalition Sequestration Letter
The AFRI Coalition sent a letter to the White House and Congressional Leadership, urging them to find a bipartisan solution to the so called “fiscal cliff” before the end of the year to avoid devastating cuts to R&D. 

December 11, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Sequestration Letter
The ASM signed onto a letter from the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition that was sent to all members of the House of Representatives.  The letter outlined the coalition's concerns about the impact of continued cuts, including sequestration, on medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the subsequent negative consequences for the health of all Americans.

December 7, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Regarding Sequestration
The ASM signed onto a letter regarding the importance of federal research and development (R&D) and the impact that the sequester would have on the future of the U.S. research.  The letter was sent to the President and the House and Senate Leadership.

November 21, 2012 - Impact of Sequestration on Research and Public Health
Research!America has produced a report titled, "Sequestration:  Health Research at the Breaking Point."  The automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January 2013 known as sequestration would slash federal investments in critical research aimed at discovering treatments, moving safe and effective new medicines to market and protecting the public’s health.  Click here for a one page summary on how the sequestration cuts would impact Federal Agencies such as the NIH, NSF, FDA and the CDC. 

November 16, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Regarding Biomedical and Health Research Cuts
The ASM Signed onto a letter regarding the inpending cuts to the biomedical research and public health programs of the NIH, NSF, FDA and CDC.

October 9, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Regarding NIH Funding for FY 2013
The ASM signed onto a letter expressing concerns with several provisions related to National Institutes of Health in the FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill passed by the House Labor-HHS Subcommittee.

September 19, 2012 - Legislative Alert: Contact Congress Regarding Sequestration Risks to Science and Public Health Programs
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) encourages its members to contact their representative and senators about the negative impact the upcoming sequestration would have on science and public health. Go to the ASM’s Legislative Action Center to e-mail your members of Congress and ask them to take action to avoid the dire consequences of sequestration, or arbitrary across the board cuts, before January 1.

September 17, 20012 - Science Funding Update
On September 10, the House Appropriations Committee introduced a six-month continuing resolution (CR), H.J.R. 117 that would avoid a government shutdown and fund all federal agencies, with few exceptions, at the FY 2012 levels until March 27, 2013. H.J.R. 117 includes an across-the-board increase of .6 percent to account for a higher discretionary spending cap as well as a new requirement that each federal agency provide spending plans to Congress.  

On September 14, the White House, as required by The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012, released a report on sequestration outlining the Administration’s plan to implement the broad across-the-board cuts to federal agencies. The report indicated that science and research programs, as “non-exempt nondefense discretionary funding” would receive an 8.2 percent reduction in 2013. A copy of the report can be found here.  As a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and failure by the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reduce the Nation’s debt by $1.2 trillion, automatic across-the-board cuts to both defense and non-defense discretionary spending, known as sequestration, are set to be enacted on January 2, 2013.

July 12, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Regarding the Budget Control Act and Sequestration
The ASM signed onto an Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter sent to all Members of Congress, the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) expressing grave concern about the impact of the pending sequestration mandated by the Budget Control Act on medical research supported by the NIH and the subsequent negative consequences this funding cut will have on the health of all Americans by slowing scientific progress against disease and disability.

June 13, 2012 - ASM Supports National Science Foundation Funding
The ASM, joined by more than one hundred universities and scientific societies, signed a letter sent to the Senate urging them to resist attempts to reduce funding for the NSF in the FY 2013 Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS) appropriations bill. 

June 8, 2012 - ASM Supports Funding for BARDA
The ASM signed onto a letter sent to Congress supporting Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) funding.  The letter requested at least $547 million for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, the level requested by the Administration.

April 13, 2012 - Federal Funding for FY 2013 - Biomedical and Life Sciences Research (.pdf file)
A compilation of the ASM recommendations to Congress for FY 2013 funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

March 30, 2012 - ASM Appropriation Statements for FY 2013
The ASM has submitted appropriation recommendations for federal agencies that support biomedical and public health research.

March 16, 2012 - ASM Signs onto Coalition Letter Supporting NIH Funding in FY 2013
The ASM signed onto a letter as a member of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research urging Congress to provide the largest possible 302(b) allocation to the FY 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee within the discretionary cap established by the Budget Control Act (BCA).

February 27, 2012 - ASM Signs Coalition Letter Supporting Funding for AFRI in FY 2013
The ASM worked with the AFRI Coalition to write and distribute to Congress a letter supporting the President’s proposed budget of $325 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in FY 2013. 

February 14, 2012 - Summary of the President’s FY 2013 Budget Request
On February 13, the President released the Administration’s FY 2013 budget request to Congress.  Highlights of research and development and public health funding proposed for federal agencies are included in this summary.

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