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On September 23, the Endocrine Society will join a group of scientific societies, academic institutions, and other biomedical research advocates as part of the 9th Annual Rally for Medical Research. Rally participants will call on the Congress to make funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a national priority and raise awareness about the...
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Diabetes Research Connection announces grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 for early-career scientists focused on type 1 diabetes research from those seeing funding for research aimed at finding a cure, prevention, and treatments. Diabetes Research Connection (DRC), a 501(c)(3) that connects early-career scientists and donors to fund research projects aimed at prevention, cure, and better care...
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Endocrine Society Continues to Advocate for Insulin Affordability Congressional leaders are continuing to discuss legislative options to address the rising cost of prescription drugs and the Endocrine Society continues to be one of the most vocal advocates urging Congress to address insulin affordability this year. The path forward for passing legislation to lower drug costs...
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When President Joe Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2022 was introduced this summer, many biomedical research advocates took note of a new line item that would direct $6.5 billion over three years to a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to be housed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While we were...
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The Endocrine Society has launched a series of educational briefings for congressional offices about endocrine research. On March 30, we hosted a virtual congressional briefing on COVID-19 and diabetes. Our panel included Congresswoman Kim Schrier (WA-08), the only U.S. Representative living with type 1 diabetes and a pediatrician; director of the National Institutes of...
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On March 16, the Endocrine Society conducted a “virtual” Research Hill Day where Endocrine Society members from across the U.S. met with their congressional representatives and their staff through Zoom, Skype, conference lines, and other electronic meeting platforms while the Capitol complex is closed for the pandemic and security reasons. During these meetings, Endocrine Society members urged Congress to provide an increase...
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As Congress and the Biden administration begin work on the upcoming year’s (FY 2022) budget and appropriations priorities, the Endocrine Society will continue to advocate for increased research funding. As in previous years, the Endocrine Society will advocate for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal research funding agencies that...
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It took weeks of intense, protracted negotiation, but just days before Christmas, House and Senate leaders finally clinched an agreement to send a massive end-of-year legislative package, including $900 billion in coronavirus relief, a $1.4 trillion spending bill to fund all federal agencies until the end of September 2021, and extension of the Special Diabetes...
