EXPLORE OUR 2025 END OF YEAR REPORT
The 2025 Year-End Report outlines how the Business for Federal Research Funding Coalition advanced national advocacy for strong federal research investment. It highlights the Coalition’s coordinated efforts, policy engagement, and nationwide impact—demonstrating why sustained research funding is essential to innovation, economic growth, and U.S. competitiveness.
Research Funding Saves Lives & Bolsters the Nation’s Economy
Business for Federal Research Funding (BFRF) is a national coalition of Chambers of Commerce that advocates for maintaining and increasing research funding in the federal budget and beyond.
Research funding impacts businesses, government, academia, and private citizens across the country. Leading to major breakthroughs in innovation, new technologies, life-saving medical treatments, and millions of jobs, research investments are key to advancing our economy and global competitiveness. By continuing to invest in research and development funding, our country will continue to lead the world in science, medicine, and innovation.
Federal research funding fuels breakthroughs that shape our health, economy, energy future, and national security.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) drives lifesaving medical discoveries and supports the biomedical research ecosystem that keeps Americans healthier and strengthens local economies.
The Department of Energy (DOE) pushes forward clean energy innovation, climate solutions, advanced computing, and cutting‑edge technologies that power U.S. competitiveness and modern infrastructure.
The Department of Defense (DOD) invests in mission‑critical research that not only protects national security but also accelerates technological advancements adopted by businesses, universities, and startups nationwide.
Together, these agencies fund discoveries that create jobs, spark new industries, strengthen supply chains, and ensure the United States continues to lead in global innovation.
With research funding under threat, the BFRF coalition represents a united voice of the nation’s business community. The BFRF coalition will engage members of Congress and the Administration to advocate for research funding that saves lives and strengthens our nation’s economy.
