Sep 28, 2023 · The Children’s Cancer Research Fund, other organizations and families with children with cancer often repeat a commonly heard statistic: Only 4% of federal funding goes …

Dec 1, 2021 · NIH funding for pediatric research was correlated with pediatric disease burden in the US with variable correlation based on the disease metric applied. There was substantial …

Feb 27, 2025 · Whatever happens, it seems clear that, for the foreseeable future, the financial burden of supporting life-saving childhood cancer research will continue to fall on the …

Sep 13, 2021 · There was substantial overfunding and underfunding of certain conditions. Ongoing evaluation of pediatric funding patterns using a complementary set of disease …

Historically, pediatric cancers have received a disproportionately small share of federal cancer research funding relative to adult cancers. According to the NCI, only about 4% of its annual …

Aug 21, 2025 · Pediatric cancer research is already underfunded, and the community has worked hard to fill in the gaps. These new cuts make the gaps even wider, disrupting research that’s …

“This bill is rooted in a simple principle: fairness. Pediatric cancer has been chronically underfunded for decades, leaving families with fewer options and slower innovation,” said …

Some pediatric research areas, such as congenital birth defects and HIV/AIDS, were disproportionately overfunded by the NIH in recent years relative to their disease burden in the …

In 2020, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), named the principal institute for pediatric research, accounted for only 17% of total pediatric research …

Sep 17, 2021 · While researchers may disagree about which disease merits a bigger share of the pie, they all agree pediatric research overall should receive more funding as it benefits both …