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NAEVR Supports the Ad Hoc Group For Medical Research Statement on NIH Funding in Year-End Legislation

12/22/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) expressed its support for the statement issued by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research—of which it is a member— in… Read More

Congress Passes Bill with Final FY2021 Appropriations that Include NIH/NEI Funding Increases and Stimulus with NIH COVID-19 Research Funding

12/22/2020 - Late on December 21, both the House and Senate passed a massive spending bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) that includes $1.4 trillion in government funding that reflects all twel… Read More

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY2021 LHHS Appropriations Bill with Increased Funding for NIH, NEI

11/10/2020 - On November 10, the Senate Appropriations Committee released draft legislation that includes all twelve of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Servic… Read More

House of Representatives Passes Six Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations Bills, Includes Funding for National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute

07/31/2020 - On July 31, the House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations ‘minibus’ bill comprised of six individual spending bills: Labor Health and Human Services, and Education (LHH… Read More

Senate Introduces Bill with $15.5 B in Emergency Funding for the NIH, Including $10 B for Research Relief

07/28/2020 - On July 27, the Senate began to release a series of bills within its $1 trillion Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act which includes $15.5 billion in emergency s… Read More

House Appropriations Committee to Mark Up FY2021 LHHS Spending Bill with Modest Appropriated NIH/NEI Increases Plus Emergency Funding for Grantee Relief

07/13/2020 - Update: On July 13, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2021 Labor-HHS bill by a vote of 30-22. On July 13, the House Appropriations Committee will mark up its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021… Read More

Speakers Urge More Dry Eye Disease Research While Discussing How Lifestyle Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Can Affect Vision

07/09/2020 - Left to right: The Briefing faculty consisted of AEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky, MBA, Bridgitte Shen Lee, OD (Vision Optique), Scott Schachter, OD (Vision Source and Adj… Read More

NAEVR Supports Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research's Statement on NIH Funding in the House FY2021 LHHS Spending Bill

07/07/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) supported the statement issued by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research—of which it is a member—… Read More

NAEVR and ARVO Host Special Inside the National Eye Institute Webinar

06/30/2020 - Michael Steinmetz, PhD, Director of Extramural Science Programs at the National Eye Institute (NEI) On June 26, NAEVR and the Association for Research in Vision… Read More

NAEVR and ARVO to Host Inside Look at the NEI Webinar

06/10/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced that the two organizations will host … Read More

NAEVR Submits FY2021 Testimony to Senate Appropriators Requesting $44.7 B in NIH, $875 M in NEI Funding in Addition to COVID-19 Supplemental Funding

05/18/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) submitted written testimony to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Sub… Read More

House Passes The Heroes Act With $4.75 B in NIH Funding With At Least $3 B in Relief to Grantees to Offset Reduction in Lab Productivity, But Bill Unlikely to See Senate Action

05/18/2020 - On May 15, the House approved the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, also known as The Heroes Act (H.R. 6800), a $3 trillion package to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. It p… Read More

NAEVR Joins with the Biomedical Research and Educational Institution Advocacy Communities To Urge Scientific Agency Support in Stimulus Package

05/04/2020 - These have been and will continue to be uncertain times for biomedical research as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Congress has passed three supplemental packages that include COVID-19 va… Read More

AEVR Educates During the American Glaucoma Society Advocacy Day

02/28/2020 - Featured speaker Paul Lee, MD, JD (Kellogg Eye Institute/University of Michigan, right) with Research to Prevent Blindness President Brian Hofland, PhD (left) and Acting Deputy NEI D… Read More

ARVO Advocates Among First to Request FY2021 NIH/NEI Funding Increases

02/12/2020 - The ARVO advocates included participants in its 2019-2020 Science Communications Fellows, a program managed by ARVO’s Erin Hering (far left), represented by Ruanne Vent-Schmid… Read More

NAEVR Supports Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Statement on President's FY2021 Proposed Budget

02/11/2020 - (Washington, D.C.) (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) supported the statement issued by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research—of which it is a member—… Read More

Request: FY2021 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding of at Least $44.7 Billion and National Eye Institute (NEI) Funding of $875 Million:

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