Advocacy

The Alliance collaborates with other major medical societies and organizations to advance organizational priorities and advocate for issues important to members. Keep updated on the latest AAIM successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine.

Keep updated on the latest AAIM successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine.

Calls to Action

Intealth® Board of Trustees 2026 Call for Applications

Intealth® is now accepting applications for three positions on its Board of Trustees, with terms beginning in January 2027. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 31, 2026.

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Research Funding

On the issue of research funding, AAIM collaborates with the following partners: AAMC, ACP, FASEB, Research!America, and SGIM. Select advocacy policies, tools, and resources can be found below.

Coalitions

The Alliance participates in select AAMC Coalitions on behalf of its members.

Toolkits & Resources

AAIM curates a number of additional advocacy toolkits and resources relevant to the internal medicine community.

Statements of Support

The Alliance Joins More than 500 Organizations in Signing the Research!America Letter in Support of NIH Funding
Jun 9, 2025 | 1 min read

At less than 1% of the federal budget, the NIH delivers an outsized return on investment to America and its citizens.The 500 organizations joining the Research!America letter to Congress call for a minimum of $51.3B in NIH funding for FY 2026.
The Alliance Joins the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research to Urge $51.3B in Funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Apr 1, 2025 | 1 min read

April 2025 - The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research urges Congress to expand NIH spending 9% over Fiscal Year 2025.
AAIM Joins 600 Organizations Urging Congress to Approve Robust Funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Mar 15, 2025 | 1 min read

March 2025 - The Alliance adds its voice to a letter urging Congress to fully fund the NIH in the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill and prevent cuts to reimbursement for NIH grantee facilities and administrative costs.
The Alliance Joins 194 Organizations Asking for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to Be Fully Funded
Feb 28, 2025 | 1 min read

March 2025 - AAIM joins a record-breaking list of 194 organizations asking for AHRQ to be fully funded at $500 million in Fiscal Year 2026. AHRQ is a unique federal health agency, funding both health services research (HSR) and primary care research (PCR)
Updated Coalition for Health Funding Letter for Fiscal Year 2025
Nov 1, 2024 | 1 min read

November 2024 - The Alliance is proud to join more than 400 co-signatories on a letter to the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), urging them to pass the spending bill by the end of the calendar year.

Stakeholders

AAIM maintains many partnerships geared toward advancing all facets of academic internal medicine.

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM)