NIH research funding meeting

Hi, everyone!

I posted this in the thread I started before going to the NIH meeting, but it may get lost in the shuffle there. The NIH meeting was quite productive and I left there feeling hopeful. I wrote up a report on the meeting that you can read HERE.

Teri

Was there any discussion as to what avenues are being pursued to determine how to treat migraines: DNA, blood tests, or what ever?

Martin

No, Martin, it wasn't that kind of meeting. The goal of the meeting was to look at ways to increase the amount of research funding the NIH puts into Migraine and headache research. There was no discussion of specific treatments or testing.

Teri

Teri,

How do they intend to increase the funding? Will more be allocated to the NIH or will they have to rearrange from other research pursuits?

Jayme

Jayme,

NIH funding moves around from one condition to another from year to year. They don't sit down and say in advance they're going to spend a certain amount on one disease and another amount on another disease. It's a matter of researchers submitting proposals that are reviewed and accepted or not. Even the best applications have a better chance of being funded if they're not asking for total funding of the project, but have partial funding from other sources. The group I was assigned to at the meeting was tasked with exploring partnerships with academia, industry, and patient groups that could help with this issue.

If you haven't had a chance to read the post I linked to, take a look. I think you'd have a better grasp of what we were doing then.

Teri

jwar wrote:Teri,

How do they intend to increase the funding? Will more be allocated to the NIH or will they have to rearrange from other research pursuits?

Jayme