funding

I think one or more people have claimed that funding by the MRC and NIHR dwarves money raised privately for research in the UK. This shows that this is not the case. https://www.amrc.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=e37d9f5c-003d-4eb9-8e98-70a384102c5e

http://investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-181201.shtml

Edit: This thread includes several other threads merged with it. Some earlier threads on this team's work: The Courier Mail: Australian scientists prove CFS is real and have discovered a test for it Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 Don Staines and Griffith Aug 2018 Australia - Parliamentarians learn...

Arthritis National Research Foundation in the States has issued an RFA (Request For Applications) for it's new cycle of grants, https://curearthritis.org/grants/ The organisation seems to include fibromyalgia as an autoimmune condition that they are interested in supporting research into and...

There have been many discussions on NIH funding, and in particular the new funds dedicated to the new collaborative centers, as well as the see-saw of funding increases and decreases. Especially since this is basically the only actual significant source of funding we know of that is supposed to...

http://occupyme.net/2018/10/21/nih-funding-for-me-goes-down-in-2018/

This article was published 9 days ago, but I just discovered it via a tweet from OMF. My apologies if this has already been posted. School Nurse Net: CDC Awards NASN $1,3 Million Contract September 24, 2018 (Silver Spring, MD) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded...

" A charity has been forced to cut its services for hundreds of young people - many of whom are housebound. ME North East says it has been unable to find the cash it needs and is desperately seeking new funding so it can continue to offer support to help youngsters stay in education, fight...

Article on a proposed way to change how funding is allocated. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05887-3

Jennie Spotila has an important post on 2018 NIH funding. http://occupyme.net/2018/07/30/how-much-will-nih-spend-in-2018/

http://occupyme.net/2018/07/23/nih-2017-funding-fact-check/

https://www.lupus.org/general-news/entry/senate-committee-advances-funding-for-lupus-research

"Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists...." https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/upshot/why-the-medical-research-grant-system-could-be-costing-us-great-ideas.html

This looks like an exceptional opportunity. Perhaps we could get someone with an interest in ME to apply? Link: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=507368LZb4&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

Facebook post Further details at this link, https://www.actionforme.org.uk/resources/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-details-of-the-brain-inflammation-phd-study-you-are-funding/ Interesting part of that

Good to see the millions start rolling in! :)

http://occupyme.net/2018/05/21/the-nih-pilot-program-wait-and-see/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05199-6

But when it comes to ME research funding, the government has no control over it??? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44104730