NIH funding of COVID-19 research in 2020: a cross-sectional study.
Logesvar BalaguruChen DunAndrea MeyerSanuri HennayakeChristi WalshChristopher KungBrittany CaryFrank MigliareseTinglong DaiGe BaiKathleen SutcliffeMartin MakaryPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
In the first year of the pandemic, the NIH diverted a small fraction of its budget to COVID-19 research. Future health emergencies will require research funding to pivot in a timely fashion and funding levels to be proportional to the anticipated burden of disease in the population.