Advocacy List
KNOW-vember
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Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Nicholas W Gilpin
Trump is cutting research that helps Americans deal with severe pain
Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo
What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding? — Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality
Sarah Nelson, PhD, and Natoshia R. Cunningham, PhD
What Medicaid Cuts Mean for Chronic Pain
Monica L. Gremillion, PhD, Jacqueline N. Warner, PhD, and Jocelyn Gomez, PsyD
USASP Letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee
Key NIH Pain Research Data
USASP One-Pager
NIH Cuts by County
USASP Virtual Hill Visit Prep Meeting
Participation in virtual hill visits with the Senate Appropriations Committee and House Labor-HHS Subcommittee about the importance of funding NIH and pain research in the upcoming FY 2026 Budget.
Pain Research in Peril: Why Your Voice Matters and What You Can Do
Addresses the urgent need for pain researchers to understand what was at stake for NIH-funded pain research and how to take meaningful action.
Support for trainees
NIH, NSF, and VA funds for training encourage our strongest the next generation to pursue science and health careers in the US rather than alternative careers (finance or business) or leaving the US
Cuts to indirect costs
The proposed cuts to indirect costs will devastate research institutions, local economies, and employment throughout the US
HEAL initiative
The HEAL initiative, started in 2018, has expanded funding, improved our knowledge, and addressed the urgent need for non-opioid and non-pharmacological treatments for pain in just X years. Maintain this line item in the FY 2026 NIH budget at the FY2025 level ($640M)
NIH Infrastructure
Due to its complexity and cross-institute needs, the NIH infrastructure is critical to continuing to build historically under-funded pain research and advance our knowledge and treatments to address the disabling and costly problem of chronic pain
Cuts to NIH support for pain research
Cuts to NIH will devastate the health science community and infrastructure, particularly support for pain research which crosses every institute and center and is a disabling factor in almost every disease/illness/disorder
