According to The Hill, boosting funding for NIH has had bipartisan support for a long time. The medical research center said it has kept its budget flat in the last 10 years, but due to inflation increased its budget by $2 billion next year, to $32 billion, according to the report.
Research groups also supported the increase, including the Alzheimer’s Association, which received a $350 million increase in research funding, bringing its budget to nearly $1 billion, according to the report.
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