advocacy Archives | The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

Critical funding restored for medical research

Posted on January 22, 2026 (January 22, 2026) by Amanda Homscheid

Veteran-focused Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program funding returned to 2024 funding level after 50% cut in 2025 After a huge cut in 2025, research funding for the Department of Defense’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) is finally back to its earlier level: $370 million. This is great news for people living with peripheral neuropathy (PN), because each year we work hard […]

Driving neuropathy research forward: FPN meets with the NIH

Posted on August 7, 2025 (August 7, 2025) by Amanda Homscheid

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) recently had a great meeting with members of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS), which is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). At the meeting, we were joined by members of the MedSci Board, Ahmet Höke, MD, PhD FRCPC, from Johns Hopkins University […]