Research!America has been tracking and analyzing the various streams of funding that make up the total U.S. investment in health research for a decade, and trends tell us we are headed in the wrong direction.
In 2007, we estimate that $122 billion was spent on research to improve health. For every dollar spent on health overall, 5.5 cents went to research in 2007.This continues a trend that started in 2005, following a flattening in federal research spending that began in 2004.
The importance of federal research investment in priming the pipeline for other sources of research funding cannot be overestimated. The U.S. government's commitment to basic science has made our nation the world leader in medical and scientific discovery-a position at risk if federal funding does not keep pace with inflation.
2007 Investment in U.S. Health Research-includes trend charts
2006 Investment in U.S. Health Research-includes trend charts
2005 Investment in U.S. Health Research
2004 Investment in U.S. Health Research
2002 Investment in U.S. Health Research
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