I have been tracking and analyzing the details of NIH funding of ME/CFS research since 2012. I’ve also examined who reviews ME/CFS grant applications for NIH, and other issues that impact funding opportunities and decisions. I’ve compiled all these analyses here, listed in chronological order. This list only includes analyses of data and information obtained from NIH. Advocacy and commentary posts can be found under the tag NIH.
2011 NIH Spending on CFS Studies (published July 16, 2012)
NIH Funding and the XMRV Effect (published July 31, 2012)
2012 NIH Spending on CFS Studies (published May 15, 2013, updated October 29, 2016)
2013 NIH Spending on CFS Studies (published March 31, 2014, updated October 29, 2016)
2014 NIH Spending on ME/CFS Studies (published March 4, 2015, updated October 29, 2016)
The NIH RFA Ticker (published December 14, 2015) This was the first post in a long series, which you can access under the tag RFA Ticker.
NIH: Who Reviewed Grants in 2015 (published January 28, 2016)
2015 NIH Spending on ME/CFS Studies (published February 17, 2016, updated October 29, 2016)
2016 NIH Spending on ME/CFS Studies (published November 1, 2016, updated March 12, 2018)
FINALLY: RFA Funding Announced (published September 27, 2017, updated September 30, 2017)
2017 NIH Spending on ME/CFS Studies (published March 20, 2018, updated July 23, 2018)
NIH 2017 Funding Fact-Check (published July 23, 2018)
NIH Funding for ME Goes Down in 2018 (published October 21, 2018, updated May 29 and October 16, 2019)
NIH’s Obstacle Course to Success for ME/CFS Researchers (published November 29, 2018)
Who Reviews ME/CFS Applications at NIH? (published February 5, 2019, updated February 12, 2019)
Another NIH Funding Fact Check (published May 29, 2019, updated October 16, 2019)
NIH Funding for ME in 2019: The Details (published November 7, 2019, updated October 28, 2020)
NIH Funding for ME Needs Life Support (published November 7, 2019, updated October 28, 2020)
The 2019 NIH Funding Fact Check (published October 28, 2020)
NIH Funding for ME in 2020: Falling Flat (published November 6, 2020)
The 2020 NIH Funding Fact Check (published August 9, 2021)