Sign-on Letters
ARVO collaborates with our networks and coalitions to advocate for policy and guidance that supports the ophthalmology and eye and vision research community, including federal funding, emergency relief funding, fetal tissue research, animals in research, and equity.
2024
Funding
- Jan. 8 - NDD FY2024 funding - The Coalition for Health Funding
- Jan. 29 - NIAID FY2024 funding - Research!America
- March 11 - FY2025 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- June 26 - NDD FY2025 funding - The Coalition for Health Funding
- July 10 - Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024 - Prevent Blindness
- Aug. 16 - Opposition to U.S. House proposal to consolidate National Eye Institute (NEI) into broader National Institute on Neuroscience and Brain Research - The National Alliances for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR)
2023
Funding
- March 15 - FY2024 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- May 15 - NDD FY2024 funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
Animals in Research
- March 30 - Sign-on Letter to Capitol Hill on Medical Research Matter - National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
- July 10 - FY24 Appropriations Sign-on Letter - Nonhuman Primate Research - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
2022
Funding
- May 10 - FY2023 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- May 16 - FY2023 302(b) Allocations - Research!America
- Sept. 23 - FY2023 Appropriations - Research!America
- Dec. 6 - FY23 Omnibus - Research!America
- Nov. 8 - Finalize FY2023 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
Animals in Research
- March 23 - Letter to Congress in Response to NIH Letter on Animal Research - National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
- June 13 - Sign-on Letter to House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Other
- April 21 - Letter of Support for DRCR Retina Network Grant Renewal - The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Network
2021
Funding
- Feb. 21 - FY2022 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- Feb. 8 - FY2022 VA Medical and Prosthetic Research program funding - Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research
- March 11 - FY2022 CDC funding, House and Senate - Prevent Blindness
- May 19 - FY2022 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to the US House of Representatives
- May 27 - National Science Foundation (NSF) - Research!America
- June 24 - FY2022 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to the US Senate
- October 21 - Continuing Resolution averting a government shutdown - Research!America
- November - Finalizing FY 2022 NIH Funding
COVID-19
- March 24 - RISE Act (HR 869/S 289) - Research!America
- May 19 - Infrastructure and Economic Recovery - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
Animals in research
- June 25 - National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) vs. United Airlines - National Association for Biomedical Research
Other
- July 16 - Office of Science and Technology Policy - American Institute of Physics
- July 16 - 21st Century Cures Act 2.0, ARPA-H - ARVO comments to Congresswoman DeGette and Congressman Upton
2020
Funding
- Dec. 8 - FY2021 appropriations finalization - American Association for the Advancement of Science
- July 7 - FY2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- April 1- Protecting CURES Act of 2020 (HR 6417)
- May 22 - FY2021 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to the US Senate
- March 21 - FY2021 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to the US House of Representatives
- Feb. 24 - FY2021 CDC funding, House and Senate - Prevent Blindess
- Feb. 10 - FY2021 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
COVID-19
- Aug. 6 - Emergency NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- June 24 - RISE Act (HR 7308)
- May 21 - VA funding to support COVID-19 research - Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research
- May 4 - Markey-Tillis "Dear Colleague" Senate letter
- April 19 - DeGette-Upton "Dear Colleague" House letter
- Coronavirus and Eye Care - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fetal tissue
- March 25 - COVID-19 restrictions on fetal tissue - ISSCR Coalition
Equity
- Sept. 2 - NASEM study on racism in STEM
- July 13 - Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)
Other
- Dec. 7 - President-elect Biden - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- June 19 - Medicare Part B covered drugs - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians (ASP) Coalition
- May 1 - Eye Bonds legislation
- Jan. 10 - NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Draft Guidance
2019
Funding
- Dec. 4 - FY2020 Appropriations
- Oct. 24. - FY2020 NIH funding - Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- June 1 - FY2020 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to US Senate
Fetal tissue
- July 11 - Fetal tissue ban - ISSCR Coalition
- June 12 - Pocan Amendment - ISSCR Coalition
- Sept. 16 - Fetal tissue research - ISSCR Coalition
Animals in research
- June 27 - Restriction of canines in research
Other
- Sept. 4 - Foreign influence in science
2018
Funding
- Mar. 28. - Research spending -Research!America
- Feb. 15 - Funding increases for research and development - Science CEO group
- April 26 - FY2019 NIH, NEI funding - ARVO testimony to the US House of Representatives
Animals in research
Other
- Nov. 12- Studies involving human participants - Council on Governmental Relations
- May 24 - US visa applications revisions - NAFSA: Association of International Educators, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- April 23 - NIH clinical trial definition
2017
Funding
- May 24 - Research and development FY2018 budget
- Aug. 21 - Indirect costs of cuts to NIH funding
- April 6 - FY2017 investments in research and development
Equity
- Oct. 17 - Revised travel ban
- May 18 - Visa questions - NAFSA: Association of International Educators, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Jan. 31 - Travel ban
Other
- Nov. 22 - Graduate studuent tax credit - March for Science
- Nov. 15 - Graduate student tax credit - American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
- Oct. 27 - NIH clinical trial definition
- July 11- Sequestration relief - Research!America
- April 25 - Global public support for science
- Feb. 27 - Federal hiring freeze