The NIH IMPROVE Act would create the IMPROVE Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Initiative would focus on research and programs to improve maternal health. Its goals include reducing preventable causes of maternal death and severe maternal illness, reducing health differences in groups with higher rates of poor outcomes, and improving health for women before, during, and after pregnancy. The Initiative would use an integrated research approach to study biological, behavioral, and other factors that affect maternal outcomes and build evidence for better outcomes in specific U.S. regions. It would also fund community-based interventions and research to identify risk factors and biological causes of leading maternal health problems. The NIH Director may award grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions to carry out the work. The bill authorizes $73,400,000 to be appropriated for each fiscal year 2026 through 2031.
If you are a pregnant or postpartum woman, the Initiative aims to support research and community programs that could address causes of poor maternal outcomes and health differences across groups and regions. If you are a researcher or a community health organization, the NIH Director could offer grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to fund studies and interventions related to maternal health. The bill targets work in areas and populations with higher rates of maternal death and severe complications.
The bill authorizes $73,400,000 to be appropriated for each fiscal year 2026 through 2031. That is $73.4 million per year for six years, or $440.4 million in total authorized across those years. No publicly available information on actual appropriations or expected spending beyond the authorization is included in the bill text.
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