NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2016 Data Sources: NIH Office of Extramural Research NIH FY 2016 Budget Summary Produced by Howard H. Garrison & Bethany Drehman FASEB Office of Public Affairs
Contents NIH Appropriations in Current and Constant Dollars Funding for Research Project Grants Funding for Competing Awards Number of Research Project Grants Number of Competing Awards (with R21) Number of Competing Awards (with First-time R01) Applications (with First-time R01) Success Rates Success Rates for New (Type 1) Applications Average Grant Size Summary of Trends
NIH Appropriations in Current and Constant Dollars Source: NIH Office of the Director, Office of Budget: http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/
Funding for Research Project Grants Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Funding for Competing Awards Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Number of Research Project Grants Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Number of Competing Awards (with R21) Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Number of Competing Awards (with First-time R01) Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Applications (with First-time R01) Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Success Rates Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Success Rates for New (Type 1) Applications Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Average Grant Size Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx and supplemental tables available in RePORT
Summary of Trends in NIH Funding FY1995-FY2016 FY1995 FY2003 FY2016 % Change since 1995 % Change since 2003 NIH Budget (in millions) $11,300 $27,167 $32,311 185.9% 18.9% NIH Budget (constant 1995 $ millions) $21,080 $17,017 50.6% -19.3% R01 Equivalent Funding ($ millions) $4,718 $10,102 $11,004 133.2% 8.9% Total # R01 Equivalent Grants (Total Competing and Continuing) 21,680 29,626 24,171 11.5% -18.4% R01 Equivalent Applications 22,542 24,634 30,106 33.6% 22.2% # of R01 Equivalent Awards (New and Continuing) 5,849 7,430 6,010 2.8% -19.1% R01 Equivalent Success Rates 25.9% 30.2% 20.0% -22.8% -33.8%