NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 1 TARGETED RESEARCH: Solicited vs. Unsolicited Awards for Research Project Grants and R01-Equivalents

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS TARGETED RESEARCHSLIDE NUMBER NEW SOLICITED RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT AWARDS BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY 1998 & RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH4 RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH5 R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH6 R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH7 FUNDING OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS8 FUNDING OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS9 SUCCESS RATES OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY SUCCESS RATES OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED NEW RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS11 DEFINTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION12 DEFINTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION13

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR : NIH Total = 12.1% 2007: NIH Total = 22.0% NEW SOLICITED RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT AWARDS BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS Participating NIH Institutes and Centers Percent of Awards

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 4 RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH Fiscal Year Number of Awards (in thousands) RPG Awards % Awarded through Solicited Research Percent of Awards

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 5 RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT FUNDING THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH Fiscal Year Funding (in billions) RPG Funding% Funded through Solicited Research Percent of Funding

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 6 R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH Fiscal Year Number of Awards R01-Equivalent Awards % Awarded through Solicited Research Percent of Awards

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 7 R01-EQUIVALENT GRANT FUNDING THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH Fiscal Year Funding (in billions) Percent of Funding R01-Equivalent Funding % Funded through Solicited Research

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 8 FUNDING OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS Fiscal Year Funding (in millions) SolicitedUnsolicited

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 9 FUNDING OF SOLICITED R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY 2007 NIH Institutes and Centers Funding (in Thousands)

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 10 SUCCESS RATES OF SOLICITED R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY 2007 Success Rate NEDB 10

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 11 SUCCESS RATES OF SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED NEW RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS Fiscal Year Success Rate Solicited Unsolicited

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 12 DEFINITIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TERMDEFINITIONADDITIONAL INFORMATION New Application (Type 1)Request for Department of Health and Human Services support of a project that has not yet been funded Program Announcement (PA)An announcement by an NIH Institute or Center requesting applications in the stated scientific areas. Program Announcements (PA) are published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Funding Opportunities and Notices – NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts R01-Equivalent GrantsA subset of research project grants which Includes R01, R23, R29 and R37 activities. Research GrantsExtramural awards made for Other Research Grants, Research Centers, Research Projects, and SBIR/STTRs. Includes the following: R, P, M, S, K, U series (excluding UC6) DP1, DP2, D42, G12. Research Project Grants (RPG’s) Include R00, R01, R03, R15, R21, R22, R23, R29, R33, R34, R35, R36, R37, R55, R56, RL1, RL5, RL9, P01, P42, PN1, UC1, UC7, U01, U19, U34, DP1, DP2, RL1, RL2, RL5, RL9. Also includes RPG’s from NLM as of FY07. Activity Code Descriptions Request for Application (RFA)The official statement inviting grant or cooperative agreement applications to accomplish a specific program purpose. RFAs indicate the amount of funds set aside for the competition and generally identify a single application receipt date Funding Opportunities and Notices – NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts Solicited AwardsResponses to Requests for Applications (RFA’s) To access data tables for each slide while in presentation view right-click on the slide and select “edit slides” Then double-click on the graph image and the datasheet should appear in a separate window or select the data tab from the spreadsheet. If the datasheet does not appear, right-click in the chart area and select “datasheet”

NIH Extramural Data Book, Special Projects – last update May 2008Data provided by the Division of Information Services, Reporting Branch TR 13 TERMDEFINITIONADDITIONAL INFORMATION Success RatesIndicates the percentage of reviewed RPG applications receiving funding computed on a fiscal year basis. It is determined by dividing the number of competing applications funded by the sum of the total number of competing applications reviewed and the number of funded carryovers. NOTE: Applications having one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are only counted once. DEFINITIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION