The budget of the new fiscal year of the United States of America shows a substantial increase in biomedical funds

Source: the budget bill passed by the US House of Representatives on January 5, 2016 by China Science Daily raised the funding of multiple scientific institutions The biomedical research initiative ushered in a holiday binge as the US House of Representatives recently passed a draft that will give the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the largest increase in research funding since 2003 The budgets of several other scientific institutions have also increased significantly, and the draft will be passed by the Senate and signed by President Obama within days "This is the best Christmas present." Jennifer zeitzer, director of judicial relations at the American Federation of experimental biology in Bethesda, Maryland NIH's budget for the new fiscal year is $32 billion, up 6.5% from 2015 It is reported that in addition to the $10 billion increase in fiscal years 2009-2010 (the stimulus policy designed to lift the country's economy out of the depression), the funding allocation of the agency has remained unchanged since 2003 Taking into account the increase in research costs, the actual research funding has decreased by about 20% in the past 12 years Zeitzer said the new budget almost brought NIH's budget back to 2003 levels The annual budget of NIH is not only reflected in the depth, but also in the breadth The agency won all the funds it applied for to fund large-scale projects, including $85 million for brain program and $200 million for precision medical program, a research program that tracks the health status of 1 million Americans for a long time The draft also increased funding for Alzheimer's disease research by $350 million, extending NIH funding to $1 billion a year in the area of research on the disease According to the Alzheimer's Association, this is the highest increase in history Several other research institutions were also given "gifts" from the annual budget NASA's budget is nearly $1.3 billion higher than in 2015, to $19.3 billion The funding includes a $175 million project to circle and land on icy Europa to trace life NASA's funding also includes $2 billion in space launch system research and development, which aims to develop the next generation of deep space exploration rocket systems that can be used to carry astronauts and load detectors.