NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2014 Produced by Howard H. Garrison, Bethany Drehman & Elisabeth Campbell FASEB Office of Public Affairs Data Sources:

NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2014

Produced by Howard H. Garrison,Bethany Drehman & Elisabeth Campbell

FASEB Office of Public Affairs

Data Sources: NIH Office of Extramural Research

NIH FY 2014 Budget Summary

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 Breakout of 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

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$0

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

$30,000,000

$35,000,000

$40,000,000

$16,366,106

$16,507,853

$30,311,349

$31,311,349

$27,166,715

$30,070,062

$11,299,522

$21,080,487

$16,593,825

$35,745,098$36,438,000Current $ (Millions)

1995 Constant $ (Millions)

With Supplemental Ap-propriation (ARRA)

Do

llars

(M

llio

ns

)

President's Budget

Source: NIH Office of the Director, Office of Budget: http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/

NIH Appropriations in Current and Constant Dollars

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http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/

1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016

$0

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000

$14,000

$16,000

$18,000

$15,617

$16,440

$6,152

$13,776

$15,030

$15,636

$4,718

$10,102$10,685 $10,359

Research Project Grants (RPG)

R01 Equivalent Grants

Do

llars

(M

illio

ns

)

President's Budget

Funding for Research Project Grants

Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT 4

http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspx


1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013

$0

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$7,218$7,083

$1,563

$3,513

$4,494

$1,277

$2,590$2,291

4150.567

4746.555

RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPG



Do

llars

(M

illio

ns

)

President's Budget

Funding for Competing Awards

Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT

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1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

33,606

24,364

36,441

33,069

32,509

21,680

29,626

24,026



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um

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r o

f G

ran

ts

President's Budget

Number of Research Project Grants




0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

19,391

16,805

10,303

6,758

10,3939,241

9,076

5,849

7,430

5,163

52

1,2992,013



R01 Equivalent Awards

R21 Awards

Aw

ard

s

President's Budget

Year

Number of Competing Awards (with Breakout of R21)


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0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,00019,391

16,805

10,303

6,758

10,393

9,241

9,076

5,849

7,430

5,163

1,4211,689

1,327




First-time R01 Equivalent Awards

Aw

ard

s

President's Budget

Number of Competing Awards (with First-time R01)




19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

25,225

34,710

47,455

51,313 51,073

22,542

24,63427,325

29,62627,502

7,6478,265 8,722

10,134 9,194

Research Project Grants (RPG)R01 Equivalent AwardsFirst-time R01 Equivalent Award

Nu

mb

er

of

Ap

plic

ati

on

sApplications (with First-time R01)




19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

26.8% 31.5%29.9%

20.0%

16.8%18.1%

25.9%

32.0%

30.2%

20.7%

17.5%

18.8%



Su

cc

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s R

ate

Success Rates




19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

20.6%

26.2%25.3%

16.7%

14.6%15.9%

19.2%

25.9%

24.1%

16.3%

14.3%

15.5%18.6%

21.9%

20.4%

14.8%

13.4%

14.4%

Research Project Grants (Type 1)

R01 Equivalent (Type 1) Awards

First-time R01 Equivalent Award

Su

cc

es

s R

ate


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Success Rates for New (Type 1) Applications



199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015

$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

$500

$252

$378

$473

$218

$341

$431

$265

$238

$293

$261



Constant 1995 Dollars (Thousands)Av

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Summary of Trends in NIH Funding FY1995-FY2014

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FY1995 FY2003 FY2014 % Change since 1995

% Change since 2003

NIH Budget (in millions) $11,300 $27,167 $30,070 166.1% 10.7%

NIH Budget (constant 1995 $ millions) $11,300 $21,080 $16,594 46.9% -21.3%

R01 Equivalent Funding ($ millions) $4,718 $10,102 $10,359 119.6% 2.5%

Total # R01 Equivalent Grants (Total Competing and Continuing) 21,680 29,626 24,026 10.8% -18.9%

R01 Equivalent Applications 22,542 24,634 27,502 22.0% 11.6%

# of R01 Equivalent Awards (New and Continuing) 5,849 7,430 5,163 -11.7% -30.5%

R01 Equivalent Success Rates 25.9% 30.2% 18.8% -27.4% -37.8%

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