When the House Appropriations Committee convenes later this morning, it will take up a Labor-HHS-Education measure that includes increases for myriad programs of importance to the University of Washington.
Biomedical/health-care
In the arena of biomedical research and health-care related matters, as previously noted, the bill would increase funding to NIH by $2 billion to $41.1 billion.
The measure would also increase support to the Health Resources and Services Administration by $472 million above the current level to a total of $7.32 billion. Within that amount, the Health Professions portfolio would be funded at $854.9 million, an increase of $108.2 million.
The Centers for Disease Control would see a bump of $920 million to a total of $8.26 billion, with $1.35 billion slated for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotions account.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health would see an increase of $10 million to $346.3 million in FY2020.
The bill would fund the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at $5.86 billion, an increase of $114.5 million.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality would be increased by $20 million to $358.2 million in FY2020.
Student Aid/ Higher Education
With respect to student aid and higher education programs, the bill would increase the Pell Grant maximum award by $150 to $6,345. The bill would direct $2 million to the Institute for Education Sciences to study the effectiveness of the Second Chance Pell Program.
Other student aid and higher education programs of interest to UW and the broader higher education community would seen increases as well, including:
- SEOG: an increase of $188 million to $1.03 billion
- Federal Work-Study: an increase of $304 million to $1.43 billion
- TRIO: $1.16 billion total, an increase of $100 million
- GEAR UP: $395 million total, an increase of $35 million
- GAANN: $24 million, a $1-million increase
On the international education front, the domestic portion of Title VI would see a $15.3-million increase to a total of $80.4 million while the “overseas” portion would be increased by $1.7 million to $8.7 million.
The Institute for Educational Sciences would be funded at a total of $650 million, which would represent a $34-million increase above the current level. Within that about, $205 million is slated for research and $61 million would be allocated to research on special education.