House Publishes Appropriations Markup, Includes $47.6 Billion for NIH, $891.186 Million for NEI
On Thursday, June 30, the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Labor, Health, and Human Services and Related Agencies (LHHS) marked up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 LHHS Funding Bill. The House bill provides an increase of 124.2 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (an increase of $15.6 billion from FY22 and $298 million […]
Vision Community Recognizes July as DRY EYE AWARENESS MONTH, Hosting Virtual Congressional Briefing about Dry Eye Disease
(Washington, D.C.) The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) are excited to announce our seventh annual Dry Eye Awareness Month Congressional Briefing this summer. Entitled “Researching the Impact of Lifestyle on Ocular Surface Disease", the briefing will be held on Wednesday, July 13th at noon […]
House Approves ARPA-H Authorizing Legislation
On June 22, the House of Representatives passed legislation that authorizes the Advanced Research Projects Agency-H (ARPA-H). The bill, HR 5585, which passed by a vote of 336 to 85, establishes ARPA-H as a separate agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). President Biden had originally proposed that ARPA-H be established as […]
House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill with $20 M for Vision Research Program
On June 22 the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Defense spending bill which includes $20 million in VRP funding, the fifth year that the program has been funded at that level. Almost none of the Congressionally-directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) received an increase in the bill. Although the Senate Appropriations Committee […]
AEVR to Host Briefing on Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network
NAEVR Announces Advocacy and Educational Opportunities at the 2022 ARVO Annual Meeting
(Washington, DC) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) announced events in which it would be engaged at the 2022 ARVO Annual Meeting, to be held May 1 – May 4, 2022, at the Colorado Convention Center (CCC) in Denver Colorado NAEVR Central Booth open Sunday-Wednesday and located in the Exhibit Hall […]
NAEVR Statement on President’s FY23 Proposed Budget for the National Eye Institute
(Washington, DC) On March 28, the Administration released the President’s FY23 budget request. The National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) supports the statement issued by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research – of which it is a member – expressing concern that the budget request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]
Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Request
On March 28, the Biden Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request. The proposal includes a total of $62.5 billion in discretionary and mandatory funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This includes discretionary spending of $50.5 billion which includes $45.3 billion for NIH ($279 million increase over FY22 enacted), and $5 […]
Congress Passes, President Signs, Final FY2022 Omnibus Appropriations Legislation
On March 11, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, a $1.5 trillion Omnibus Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bill, which combines all the FY22 spending bills into one package. The signing comes after Congress finalized the bill earlier in the week, with the House passing the package on March 9 and the Senate […]
AEVR Announces March 8 World Glaucoma Week Congressional Briefing
(Washington, D.C.) The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) is excited to continue its Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative activities by launching its first Congressional Briefing of 2022, Understanding Glaucoma Patients: Health Disparities and Unmet Needs which will be held virtually on Tuesday, March 8, from 12pm-1pm ET, during World Glaucoma Week. To […]
