Children's Cancer Cause

Protect Childhood Cancer Research in FY27 Funding
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.

On September 2nd, President Trump signed a Continuing Resolution that keeps the government funded at last year's levels through December 11, 2026. This buys Congress time to finalize Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) funding -- and we hope you'll join us in speaking up for kids with cancer during these ongoing deliberations. We seek the strongest possible funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) and full funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). 

Specific to childhood cancer, we urge Congress to provide: 

  • $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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