NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2014 Produced by Data Sources: NIH Office of Extramural Research NIH FY 2014 Budget Summary Produced by Howard H. Garrison, Bethany Drehman & Elisabeth Campbell 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 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
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 Breakout of 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-FY2014 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) $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%