Continued, uninterrupted investment by the federal government in biomedical research is essential to the lives and well-being of children and adolescents with cancer and must remain a priority of the nation’s healthcare agenda.
Join us in requesting $51.3 billion in funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $7.99 billion in funding for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). We also urge Congress to provide full funding of $1.5 billion for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
Specific to childhood cancer, we seek:
- $35 million for the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, a $5 million increase. This matches the funding provided in the FY26 House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
- $100 million for the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, a $50 million increase to match the total funding level provided by Congress in FY26 and the Executive Order signed in September 2025 that doubles the program’s budget.
Sustained, predictable funding growth ensures that we can provide hope for the 15,000 American children who will receive a cancer diagnosis this year -- children who cannot afford to wait.
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