Facts and Figures: Health Research Funding

If you are to carry out health related research in basic, clinical as well as in translational research you need funding. The universal rule is "No money, No research".

There are two main categories of funding in USA; public funding and private funding.

For those who are interested in performing research with public and private grant money the detailed list can be found at

http://www.coe-rcc.wisc.edu/co...

Some Ball Point figures for health/health care related research from Department of Health and Human Services are..

A reserve fund of more than $630 billion over 10 years to finance fundamental reform of the health care system. Some allocation figures of the $630 billion are as below;

Cancer research funding is doubled to $6 billion.

A budget of $19 billion for health information technology is reserved.

$1 billion is set aside for comparative effectiveness research to determine the relatively better diagnostic and treatment approaches.

Over $4 billion is allocated for the Indian Health Service (IHS) to support and expand the provision of health care services and public health programs for AI/ANs.

$211 million is invested in HHS for research into the causes of and treatments for Autism Spectrum Diseases (ASD).

The Budget includes $73 million to improve both access to and quality of health care in rural areas.

The recovery Act makes a down payment on the President’s comprehensive Zero to Five plan, providing $1.1 billion to double the number of children served by Early Head Start over two years, an additional $1 billion to expand and improve Head Start, as well as an additional $2 billion in funding for the Child Care
and Development Block Grant.

The Budget provides $3.2 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help low-income families with
their home heating and cooling expenses.

$330 million is invested to address
the shortage of health care providers in certain areas.

Source and further information: http//www.whitehouse.gov

With the hope that 2010 will be a lucky beginning for the $630 billion to be spend on health care.