2025 Policy Actions

The Academy joined over 250 organizations in a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees expressing support for the work of the Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs (JAG)'s efforts to develop a new, more transparent model for supporting essential research costs. The letter thanked appropriators for including language in some of the spending bills and reports to date, and urged strengthening language in the final spending bills supporting the JAG work and prohibiting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from instituting arbitrary caps on federal support for research costs.

The Academy joined 61 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a letter to all members of Congress, urging them to take action on top appropriations and legislative priorities that impact nursing education, workforce, and research.

The Academy joined 62 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a letter to the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee reiterating the NCC's fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding requests of at least $530 million for Title VIII, $210 million for NINR, and preserving NINR as an independent Institute within NIH in FY 2026. 

The Academy joined over 60 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a letter thanking the Senators and Representatives who introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S.1874/H.R.3593), and urging its passage this Congress.

The Academy joined over 500 organizations on a letter led by Research!America to House and Senate Appropriations leaders expressing concern about cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as laid out in the President's Fiscal Year 2025 (FY26) budget request. The budget request proposes an $18 billion cut to the NIH budget, along with the consolidation or elimination of institutes and centers without congressional hearings or public input.

The Academy joined 62 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a written testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The testimony featured the coalition's funding requests of at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and supporting our nurse scientists and researchers throughout NIH, including preserving the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) as an independent Institute within NIH by supporting at least $210 million for the NINR.

The Academy joined over 400 organizations on a letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders requesting $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and $1 million for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026.

The Academy joined 63 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a letter urging Congress to take action on top appropriations and legislative priorities that impact nursing education, workforce, and research during National Nurses Week.

The Academy submitted written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee highlighting the essential role of biomedical research, nursing science, and scientific enterprise in protecting the health of the nation. The testimony urged lawmakers to consider the long-term impact that proposed cuts will have on innovation and emphasized the unique and critical role that nursing research has in advancing health outcomes.

The Academy joined over 500 members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research in a letter to Congress recommending that at least $51.3 billion be provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, in addition to support for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (APRA-H).

The Academy joined over 500 members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research in a letter to Congress recommending that at least $51.3 billion be provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, in addition to support for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (APRA-H).

The Academy joined 60 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies requesting at least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in fiscal year (FY) 2026.

The Academy joined with 193 organizations in a letter initiated by Friends of AHRQ to the leadership of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. This letter requested $500 million in FY26 to fully fund the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). 

The Academy joined a letter initiated by Research!America to leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees requesting increased funding for NIH and legislative language preventing the administration from moving forward with changes to indirect cost reimbursement rates.

The Academy sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees expressing concern over recent actions that jeopardize research funded by the National Institutes of Health. These actions include drastic staffing cuts across the Institutes, as well as a 15% standardized cap on indirect costs across all NIH grants, both current and future.

The Academy joined 63 members of the Nursing Community Coalition in a letter to Congressional Leadership, as well as to House and Senate Appropriations Committees, requesting at least $310.472 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $197.693 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in fiscal year (FY) 2025, as outlined in the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passed bill. 

The Academy joined 63 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) in sign-on letters to members of the 119th Congress. These letters outlined the coalition's policy priorities including support for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).