It was a light week for RFAs in general, but NIH still committed almost $7 million to areas that are not ME/CFS.
- Total RFAs Issued by NIH: 188 (October 2015 to date)
- Total Dollars Committed to RFAs: $1,914,725,000 (October 2015 to date)
- Total RFAs for ME/CFS: ZERO (October 2015 to date)
| Week Beginning | RFAs Issued | Total Commitment | RFAs for ME/CFS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/11/16 | 4 | $6,825,000 | Zero |
| 4/4/16 | 8 | $27,000,000 | Zero |
| 3/28/16 | 13 | $161,000,000 | Zero |
| 3/21/16 | 1 | $2,700,000 | Zero |
| 3/14/16 | 5 | $23,650,000 | Zero |
| 3/7/16 | 9 | $82,710,000 | Zero |
| 2/29/16 | 1 | $1,890,000 | Zero |
| 2/22/16 | 9 | $30,100,000 | Zero |
| 2/15/16 | 4 | $26,500,000 | Zero |
| 2/8/16 | 5 | $9,500,000 | Zero |
| 2/1/16 | 8 | $26,000,000 | Zero |
| 1/25/16 | 4 | $9,300,000 | Zero |
| 1/18/16 | 2 | $4,500,000 | Zero |
| 1/11/16 | 10 | $71,200,000 | Zero |
| 1/4/16 | 0 | $0 | Zero |
| 12/28/15 | 0 | $0 | Zero |
| 12/21/15 | 3 | $10,260,000 | Zero |
| 12/18/15 | 5 | $20,260,000 | Zero |
| 12/11/15 | 27 | $765,090,000 | Zero |
| 12/4/15 | 6 | $26,600,000 | Zero |
| 11/27/15 | 4 | $21,000,000 | Zero |
| 11/20/15 | 15 | $134,400,000 | Zero |
| 11/13/15 | 2 | $16,100,000 | Zero |
| 11/6/15 | 10 | $22,850,000 | Zero |
| 10/30/15 | 7 | $49,800,000 | Zero |
| 10/23/15 | 10 | $33,200,000 | Zero |
| 10/16/15 | 0 | $0 | Zero |
| 10/9/15 | 13 | $332,450,000 | Zero |
If you want more background on the RFA Ticker, read the inaugural post.
I read these when you send them out – thanks. I read other stuff, and I keep getting even more depressed about the state of research and the unbelievable proliferation of ‘answers’ – not.
Instead of solving my problem (how did I get so lucky as to pick this?), they seem to be making it worse.
Cancer is complicated – they can fix it in many cases, prolong some good life in a lot of others.
People with HIV/AIDS take pills every day 🙁 but go about the business of living. Ebola has a vaccine.
And I struggle to find a little time every day when my brain is on and my body doesn’t completely fail to support it.
At least I know you’re watching ‘them.’
With the latest from Mary Schweitzer on the crew who will be actually running the one NIH study, and the comments made by Collins and others, I strongly suspect that they will wait until they have the results from that first NIH study before issuing any RFAs–they are trying to assert leadership, moving in from total vacuum, and want to control where their money is spent, governed by a profound distrust of those “bad doctors” out there. It is depressing.
Thanks Jennie, for yet another round of good work.
People talk a lot about “the deep state” vis-a-vis the Pentagon, but it’s at least as deep and a good bit more deadly (and yes, I’m counting the dead Iraqis, too) at NIH.
Thanks for keeping us advised, Jennie. A very sad state of affairs at NIH. Liars.