Congressional Justifications

NIDCR receives its budget through the annual appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services and the NIH. Appropriations are authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the President.

As part of the annual budget process, NIDCR prepares a Congressional Justification (CJ) as a component of the larger NIH CJ, consistent with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. NIDCR’s CJ provides the Senate and House Appropriations Committees with detailed budget estimates, an overview of NIDCR accomplishments, highlights of select scientific research programs, and justification for research and research support activities that NIDCR would anticipate funding at the level of the President’s Budget Request.

Recent NIDCR CJs are presented below in PDF format.

Congressional Justifications

FY 2027 Congressional Justification

FY 2026 Congressional Justifications

• The FY 2026 Budget proposed to consolidate NIDCR into the National Institute on Neuroscience and Brain Research (NINBR). For more information on the FY 2026 NIH Congressional Justification, see the NIH Office of Budget website.

FY 2025 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2024 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2023 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2022 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2021 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2020 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2019 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2018 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2017 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2016 Congressional Justificaltion

FY 2015 Congressional Justificaltion