Congressional Justifications
Note: Budget requests for years prior to FY 2026 were submitted by prior Administrations and may not reflect current HHS policy.
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.
The FY 2026 Budget proposes 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.
Prior NIDCR CJs are presented below in PDF format.
- FY 2025 Congressional Justification
- FY 2024 Congressional Justification
- FY 2023 Congressional Justification
- FY 2022 Congressional Justification
- FY 2021 Congressional Justification
- FY 2020 Congressional Justification
- FY 2019 Congressional Justification
- FY 2018 Congressional Justification
- FY 2017 Congressional Justification
- FY 2016 Congressional Justification
- FY 2015 Congressional Justification
May 2025