The PAA Office of Government Affairs has issued an action alert in response to proposed funding cuts to NIH and NSF. Take action here. Background On May 30, the Trump Administration began releasing more, albeit incomplete, details regarding federal agencies’ budget requests for Fiscal Year...
The recent terminations of grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has had sudden and unpredictable effects on population and demography research in the United States. This brief summarizes the scope and impact of NIH grant terminations affecting Population Association of...
On May 30, the Trump Administration began releasing more, albeit incomplete, details regarding federal agencies’ budget requests for Fiscal Year 2026. The details could not come a moment too soon given the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have been holding hearings for weeks, and the...
PAA and APC signed this community letter in support of NIH. The letter garnered 500 organizational and 2,355 individual signatures! The organizations and individuals thank the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for their steadfast support of medical research, as reflected in the...
PAA and APC signed this letter addressed to congressional leaders and to express strong support for the NIH and strong concerns about actions being taken by NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) now to prevent or delay legally appropriated funds from being spent in fiscal...
NIH Community Letter_FINAL.pdf
PAA and Association of Population Centers congratulate Jay Bhattacharya on their confirmation to serve as the next Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in this letter from our presidents, Dr. Irma T. Elo and Dr. Sarah Burgard. #GPAC2025 #LettersandComments #NIH
Welcome letter to Dr. Bhattacharya 4-25.pdf
PAA and APC submitted comments regarding the draft framework of the FY 2026-2030 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research. #GPAC2025 #LettersandComments
FINAL PAA APC comments on NIH disability research plan 3-25.pdf
PAA and APC joined 11 other organizations to urge the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to reschedule the canceled January meeting of the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) as soon as possible. The meeting was originally scheduled on January 28-29, 2025. According to the NACA...
250307 GSA Sign on Letter RE NACA Meeting.pdf
PAA and APC joined in signing the letter to House and Senate appropriations leadership and down dais members. This letter urges them to finalize the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill by the end of the calendar year with a robust...
Ad Hoc Group FY 25 NIH Appropriations Conference Letter - 11.18.24 _Final.pdf
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) recently released its 2025-2029 strategic plan . In a related blog , OBSSR Director Dr. Jane Simoni stated that the plan “reflects a systematic 3-year planning process of assessing accomplishments,...