Trump Signs Funding Bill Giving NIH $2B Boost in FY19

The bipartisan legislation increases the NIH’s budget by 5.4 percent over its fiscal 2018 funding level to $39.1 billion. The bill passed the House by a vote of 361 to 61 and passed the Senate in a 93-to-7 vote. It specifically includes an additional $425 million for Alzheimer’s disease research for a total of $2.34 billion; a total of $429.4 million for the BRAIN initiative, a $29 million increase; and $376 million for the All of Us precision medicine study, $86 million more than in FY 2018.

Source: https://www.genomeweb.com/policy-legislation/trump-signs-funding-bill-giving-nih-2b-boost-fy19