FoNIA’s Letter to NIH on FY 2016 Budget
The Friends of the National Institute on Aging sent a letter to Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, about its FY 2016 NIH Budget. Read it below:
Category: Resources
This page offers a variety of resources about the activities of the Friends of the National Institute on Aging.
FoNIA Comments on 21st Century Cures Discussion Document
The Friends of the National Institute on Aging has offered comments to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee on its initial discussion document that outlines specific 21st Century Cures initiative proposals.You can read it below.
Letter to President Obama Requesting Increased Funding for NIH
The Friends of the National Institute on Aging has sent a letter to President Obama requesting an increase of $500 million to support biomedical, behavioral and social sciences aging research efforts at the National Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2016.
It is available here:
FONIA final FY 2016 OMB
Presentations from the June 6 Capitol Hill Briefings
Below are links to the presentations from the June 6 briefings we held on Capitol Hill about the NIA and its research efforts:
Presentation of Richard J. Hodes, M.D., NIA director
Presentation of Susan Peschin, M.H.S., chair, Friends of the NIA, and president & CEO, Alliance for Aging Research
Dr. Richard J. Hodes’ Presentation to FONIA on April 22, 2014
Richard J. Hodes, M.D., director of the National Institute on Aging, gave a presentation to the FONIA meeting on April 22.