Healthy Funding: Ensuring a Growing and Predictable Budget for National Institutes of Health
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
1105 Longworth House Office Building9 Independence Ave SEWashington District Of Columbia, 20515
Event Summary
New Location: 1105 Longworth House Office Building
Despite the important role federally funded biomedical research plays in supporting the U.S. biomedical industry and advancing the discovery of cures for disease, funding for the National Institutes of Health declined by 22 percent in real terms between 2003 and 2013. Join the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and United for Medical Research (UMR) to discuss a new report, Healthy Funding: Ensuring a Growing and Predictable Budget for NIH, offering suggestions for how Congress can use current budget practices to improve the stability and size of the NIH budget.
Speakers


Robert D. Atkinson@RobAtkinsonITIF
President
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Moderator



