1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

Restore funding to SCIRP

The Federal Budget that passed on Friday, March 14, 2025 cut 57% - approximately $850 million - out of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). This is a Department of Defense agency that funds biomedical research programs, including spinal cord injury. Those cuts included the complete elimination of the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP)…or about $40 million this year. That’s $40 million GONE, right now! Spinal Cord Injury/Disease is already among the most under-funded, under researched conditions in existence. Yet is considered among the WORST conditions to live with by the WHO. This program (CDMRP SCIRP), run by the Department of Defense and responsible for medical research and development for the warfighter and US citizens, accounted for roughly 1/3 of the dollars that funded Spinal Cord Injury Research in the US. As a person living with a spinal cord injury this is devastating to SCI care and curative therapies.