February 2, 2010
The FY2009 estimates of funding by research, condition, and disease categories were released on the NIH report site yesterday. Total FY2009 funding for muscular dystrophy was $66M from the regular NIH appropriation and an additional $17M from the ARRA program. Muscular dystrophy funding level was at $56M in FY2008.
Funding for FSHD went from $3 million to $5 million.
The information on funding for muscular dystrophy, and the 218 other areas, can be accessed at http://report.nih.gov/rcdc/categories
Or, you can Google "NIH disease dollars"
Note: To access the data in the report, scroll down to the category that you are interested in. Then go across the table to the FY2009 Actual column; clicking on the hyperlink dollar amount will yield a list of the awards funded by all NIH institutes.
