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.

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

AAIM Signs On to Community Letter in Support of the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
Sep 1, 2025 | 1 min read

The Alliance joins with 66 other medical associations and organizations to show enthusiastic support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act.
AAIM Signs On with 67 Organizations in Urging Reauthorization of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA's) Title VII and VIII Programs
Aug 1, 2025 | 1 min read

To ensure schools, students, health professionals, and communities are prepared to meet the varied needs of the nation's population, the letter urges a reauthorization of Title VII health professions.
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.

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)