The good news - NIH spending on ME/CFS went up dramatically in 2017. The bad news - the area of spending that we most need - individual researcher funding - actually went down. Jennie Spotila does a great job in breaking it down in her latest post.
We REALLY need individual investigators to step up and apply for grants. That's where the NIH spends most of its money....
While problems exist, an analysis I did indicated that grant acceptance rates are not lower for ME/CFS as a whole - the main problem is that researchers are not applying for grants.
http://occupyme.net/2018/03/20/2017-nih-spending-on-mecfs-research/
We REALLY need individual investigators to step up and apply for grants. That's where the NIH spends most of its money....
While problems exist, an analysis I did indicated that grant acceptance rates are not lower for ME/CFS as a whole - the main problem is that researchers are not applying for grants.
http://occupyme.net/2018/03/20/2017-nih-spending-on-mecfs-research/