NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2017 Data Sources: NIH Office of Extramural Research NIH FY 2017 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-FY2017 FY1995 FY2003 FY2017 % Change since 1995 % Change since 2003 NIH Budget (in millions) $11,300 $27,167 $34,229 202.9% 26.0% NIH Budget (constant 1995 $ millions) $21,080 $17,629 56.0% -16.4% R01 Equivalent Funding ($ millions) $4,718 $10,102 $11,960 153.5% 18.4% Total # R01 Equivalent Grants (Competing and Continuing) 21,680 29,626 24,793 14.4% -16.3% R01 Equivalent Applications 22,542 24,634 31,221 38.5% 26.7% # of R01 Equivalent Awards (New and Competing) 5,849 7,430 6,041 3.3% -18.7% R01 Equivalent Success Rates 25.9% 30.2% 19.3% -25.5% -36.1%