2. US research funding and the importance of public support

3. The Origins of Federal Support

4. Why Is Federal Funding Still Important?

5. The Return on Investment OF Federally Funded research

6. Healthier Babies

7. Vaccines

8. New Medicines

9. Longer Lives

10. Longer Lives

11. Valuable Knowledge & Patents

12. The Human Genome Project

13. New Commercial Sectors

14. New Companies

15. High-Quality Jobs

16. Looking Forward: Challenges and Opportunities

17. New Opportunities

18. Funding for Biomedical Research Has Declined

19. The U.S. is Failing to Keep Pace with Growing Foreign R&D Investments

20. A New Path Forward

21. Take Action!

22. FASEB Has Resources for YOU!