Funding for NIH Centers of Excellence?

[Mary]

Does anyone know if the roughly $7 million a year allocated for the new NIH ME/CFS research centers is in addition to the roughly $7 million already budgeted for ME/CFS by the NIH, so that total funding for ME/CFS is suddenly doubled to roughly $14 million a year? (see https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx)

Or are they just using the $7 million already budgeted?

And for whoever responds, it would be helpful if you could provide your source(s) for this information - thank you!

 

[greeneagledown]

pretty sure it's in addition to. I don't have a source, but note that NIH just doled out more money to the UK biobank in addition to funding the COE's.

 

[Nielk]

The categorical spending for 2017 is just an estimate. We will have to wait till 2018 to calculate the actual figures.

 

[Mary]

The categorical spending for 2017 is just an estimate. We will have to wait till 2018 to calculate the actual figures.

Right, I understand. But 2 years ago Francis Collins said that funding for ME/CFS research would be "substantially ramped up" in the not too distant future. So it's great to see these centers being funded - but I would like to know if ME/CFS funding has doubled, or is at the same rate as before. I think this information should be available now, am just not sure where to find it.

 

[Hajnalka]

@Mary New blog post from Jenny Spotila today. Haven't read all of it yet but it's about the funding: http://occupyme.net/2017/10/03/bottom-of-the-ramp/

 

[Mary]

@Mary New blog post from Jenny Spotila today. Haven't read all of it yet but it's about the funding: http://occupyme.net/2017/10/03/bottom-of-the-ramp/

Thank you! This is great, has all the information I was looking for

 

[Forbin]

Is the cost of the NIH intramural study included these numbers? I don't know what that figure would be, but I don't think it was included in Jenny Spotila's blog (unless I missed it).

 

[Nielk]

Is the cost of the NIH intramural study included these numbers? I don't know what that figure would be, but I don't think it was included in Jenny Spotila's blog (unless I missed it).

I don't think so. This is only for extramural studies.

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[viggster]

Is the cost of the NIH intramural study included these numbers? I don't know what that figure would be, but I don't think it was included in Jenny Spotila's blog (unless I missed it).

No, that money is spent on the NIH campus and is not included in the accounting of external funding. Dr. Nath has said the intramural study costs about $2-$3 million a year.

 

[neweimear]

No, that money is spent on the NIH campus and is not included in the accounting of external funding. Dr. Nath has said the intramural study costs about $2-$3 million a year.

Viggster, will they look at potential treatments at the end of the study...some drugs that can be repurposed for us hopefully...is that part of the plan?

 

[viggster]

Viggster, will they look at potential treatments at the end of the study...some drugs that can be repurposed for us hopefully...is that part of the plan?

The NIH has laid out a 3-stage plan, the third stage being drug trials. Nath talks about it in this video, about minute 3:45.