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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) EXTRAMURAL DATA BOOK
May 2008
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CONTENT
TITLES
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86 - 101
Success Rates
102 - 136
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NIH BUDGET FISCAL YEARS
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FY 2007 ACTUAL
Source: OB
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FY 2008 ENACTED
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS BUDGET SHARE OF ACTUAL TOTAL NIH BUDGET
FY 2007
Source: OB
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS BUDGET SHARE OF ENACTED TOTAL NIH BUDGET
FY 2008
Source: OB
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF ALL RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS
Fiscal Year
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The average cost of awards has been approaching the 75th percentile of awards. This is caused by the presence of some very large research projects, which raise the average.
Source: IMPAC-II Pub files. Data are available at I:\building one\budget retreat may 2007\avg_rpg_070525_rfm.xls
* RPG’s include R01, R23, R29, R37, DP1, P01, P42, PN1, R03, R15, R21, R22, R23, R33, R34, R35, R36, R37, R55, R56, UC1, UC7, U01, and U19 mechanisms
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – P01
Average Award Amount
P01
Research Program Projects -- provide an institution with support of a multidisciplinary, often long-term research program with an objective or theme involving the organized efforts of groups of investigators. Awarded on behalf of a principal investigator , the grant can support projects and shared resources.
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – R01
Fiscal Year
R01
Research Project Grants -- provide support to an institution (domestic or foreign) on behalf of a principal investigator for a project proposed by the investigator. Most NIH research is through the R01. Rarely, such a grant may be awarded directly to an individual.
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – R03
Fiscal Year
R03
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – R15
Fiscal Year
R15
Academic Research Enhancement Awards -- support scientists at eligible institutions for small-scale, new, or expanded, health-related research projects such as pilot projects and feasibility studies; development, testing, and refinement of research techniques; secondary analysis of available data sets; and similar work showing research capability. This award is for smaller four year public and private colleges and universities that provide undergraduate training for a significant number of research scientists but have had a limited share of NIH funds. For more information, see the Academic Research Enhancement Awards SOP .
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – R21
Fiscal Year
R21
Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase I -- encourage new research in a given program area. Support generally is restricted for level and time. NIAID accepts investigator-initiated applications in response to the parent R21 announcement as well as its own R21 RFAs and PAs . For more information, see the March 2, 2006, Guide notice.
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – R37
Fiscal Year
R37
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Awards -- provide long-term support to a limited number of investigators who are likely to continue to perform in an outstanding manner. The initial 5-year award may be followed by a 3- to 5-year extension. Awardees are selected by NIH staff and advisors. For more information, see the MERIT Awards and Extensions SOP .
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – U01
Fiscal Year
U01
Research Projects Cooperative Agreements -- set up an assistance relationship between NIH and the award recipient for projects similar to grants in which NIH acts as a partner in the research effort.
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF SELECT RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS – U19
Fiscal Year
Research Programs Cooperative Agreements -- support multiple projects directed toward a theme or program goal requiring a multidisciplinary and often long-term approach
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NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS
Fiscal Year
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS
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Research Project Grants (RPG’s) are the largest subset of the category “Research Grants.” The other categories are Research Centers, Research Career, and “Other Research.”
Research Project Grants include R01, R23, R29, R37, DP1, P01, P42, PN1, R03, R15, R21, R22, R23, R33, R34, R35, R36, R37, R55, R56, UC1, UC7, U01, and U19 mechanisms. Awards made by the National Library of Medicine are excluded.
Small Business (SBIR and STTR) awards are usually shown separately from research projects.
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SUCCESS RATES OF RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS
Fiscal Year
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The number of applications for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued. The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.
Source: Success rate files
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FUNDING RATE OF RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT APPLICANTS
Fiscal Year
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The number of applications for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued. The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.
Source: Success rate files
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS (RPGs)
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Research Programs Cooperative Agreements -- support multiple projects directed toward a theme or program goal requiring a multidisciplinary and often long-term approach
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NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT AWARDS AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS
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The number of research projects awards has increased by one third from FY 1998 (27,621 awards) to FY 2006 (36,812). RPG’s continue to account for the bulk of NIH research grant awards, although the relative percent has fallen from 82% to 78.7%.
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT FUNDING AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING
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In FY 1998, RPG’s accounted for 78% of the funds spent on Research Grants. That decreased to 74% in FY 2006. The amount spent on RPG’s rose from $7,662 million to $14,853 million over the same time. In FY 2005, $15,030 was spent for research projects.
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NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS AWARDED
THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH
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Since FY 1995, the number of RPG awards (competing and non-competing) has risen from 24,364 to 37,401 in FY 2004 before falling to 36,814 in FY 2006. During that time, awards made in response to Requests for Applications (RFA’s) have varied as a proportion of total research projects, from a low of 8.0 percent (FY 1998) to a high of 11.6% (FY 2003). The FY 2006 level was 9.1%
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH
Fiscal Year
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While the amount spent for Research Project Grants (competing and noncompeting) has risen from $6,152 million in FY 1995 to $14,852 in FY 2006, then amount resulting from responses to Requests for Applications (RFA’s) has risen from $860 million (14% of total RPG) to $2,308 million) (15.5% of RPG total).
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R01 Equivalent* Includes R01, R23, R29 and R37
R01 EQUIVALENT GRANTS (R01 EQ)
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R01 Equivalent Awards are the largest investigator initiated activity of NIH. They are normally defined as R01, R29 and R37. R23 was part of the definition until the activity was discontinued, in the mid 1980’s.
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AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF R01 EQUIVALENT GRANTS
Fiscal Year
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SUCCESS RATE OF R01 EQUIVALENT GRANT APPLICATIONS
Fiscal Year
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The number of applications for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued. The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.
Source: Success rate files
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FUNDING RATE OF R01 EQUIVALENT GRANT APPLICANTS
Fiscal Year
*
The number of applications for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued. The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.
Source: Success rate files
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R01 EQUIVALENT GRANTS
*
Research Programs Cooperative Agreements -- support multiple projects directed toward a theme or program goal requiring a multidisciplinary and often long-term approach
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R01 EQUIVALENT GRANT AWARDS AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS
*
NIH R01 equivalent awards are composed of R01, R29 and R37 activities
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R01 EQUIVALENT GRANT FUNDING AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING
*
NIH awards more R01 Equivalent Awards (activity codes of R01, R29 and R37) than any other activity group. In FY 1998, NIH (including NLM) awarded 24,310 R01 equivalent awards, and 33,700 research grants in total. By FY 2006, NIH awarded 29,123 R01 equivalents, and 46,797 research grants. 72.1% of research grants were R01 equivalents in FY 1998, and 62.2% were R01 equivalents in FY 2006.
Source: RG_Totals_070530_rfm
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R01 EQUIVALENT GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH
Fiscal Year
% Awarded Through Solicited Research
*
Over half the funds awarded for NIH research grants went to R01 Equivalents in FY 2006. That was a drop from over 61 percent in FY 1998.
In FY 1998, NIH (including NLM) awarded $5,993 million in R01 equivalent awards. That amount had increased to $10,685 million in FY 2005 before falling to $10,552 million in FY 2006.
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R01 EQUIVALENT GRANTS FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH
Fiscal Year
*
Solicited research (awards resulting from responses to Requests for Applications – RFA’s) account for a small and decreasing percentage of NIH R01 equivalent (R01, R29, R37) awards. In FY 1995, solicited projects accounted for 7.7% of R01 equivalent awards. IN FY 2006, that percentage was 5.6%.
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RESEARCH CENTER GRANTS
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Research Centers are a component of research grants. Research Center grants are awarded to institutions on behalf of program directs and groups of collaborating investigators. They provide support for long-term, multi-disciplinary programs of research and development. Centers may serve as regional or national resources for special research. Centers may support research and development from basic to clinical.
Activity codes used to identify research centers include G12, M01, P20, P30, P40, P41, P51, P60, U41, U42 and U54. The National Library of Medicine does not make Center awards.
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RESEARCH CENTERS BUDGET SHARE OF ACTUAL TOTAL NIH BUDGET
FY 2007
Source: OB
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RESEARCH CENTERS BUDGET SHARE OF ENACTED TOTAL NIH BUDGET
FY 2008
Source: OB
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RESEARCH CENTER AWARDS BY ACTIVITY
FY 2007
Activity Code
Total Funding
(in millions)
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NUMBER AND AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF RESEARCH CENTER GRANTS
Fiscal Year
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RESEARCH GRANTS BY MECHANISM:
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The amount awarded for solicited research (responses to Requests for Applications - RFA’s) has increased from $383.4 million in FY 1995 to $661.6 million in FY 2006. This represents a decrease in solicited research as a percent of total R01 equivalent funding. In FY 1995, 8.1% of R01 equivalent funds went for solicited research, while the FY 2006 level was 6.3%.
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NUMBER OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS BY BUDGET MECHANISM
Fiscal Year
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NIH continues to award more research project grants than any other mechanism. Nearly three quarters of all NIH research grants were research projects in FY 2006.
Research Centers have grown in numbers over this period. In FY 2006, NIH awarded
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FUNDING OF RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS BY BUDGET MECHANISM
Fiscal Year
*
NIH continues to award more research project grants than any other mechanism. Nearly three quarters of all NIH research grants were research projects in FY 2006.
Research Centers have grown in numbers over this period. In FY 2006, NIH awarded
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PERCENT OF RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS BY BUDGET MECHANISM
Fiscal Year
RPGs as a Percent of All Research Grants
Note: RPGs on different scale than other mechanisms
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RESEARCH GRANTS BY MECHANISM:
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Research Programs Cooperative Agreements -- support multiple projects directed toward a theme or program goal requiring a multidisciplinary and often long-term approach
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT AWARDS AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS
Number of RPGs Awarded
% RPG Awards of Total
*
The number of research projects awards has increased by one third from FY 1998 (27,621 awards) to FY 2006 (36,812). RPG’s continue to account for the bulk of NIH research grant awards, although the relative percent has fallen from 82% to 78.7%.
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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT FUNDING AS A PERCENT OF
ALL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING
*
In FY 1998, RPG’s accounted for 78% of the funds spent on Research Grants. That decreased to 74% in FY 2006. The amount spent on RPG’s rose from $7,662 million to $14,853 million over the same time. In FY 2005, $15,030 was spent for research projects.
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TRENDS IN RESEARCH
TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIPS
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FUNDING OF KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA AND NON-NRSA RESEARCH
TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
*
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*Adjusted using the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index (BRDPI)
CURRENT AND CONSTANT KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH
TRAINING DOLLARS AWARDED
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KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP
FUNDING BY ACTIVITY
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PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS ON KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Number of individuals appointed to institutional training grant positions are estimates
Fiscal Year
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KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS BY
PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS
Number of individuals appointed to institutional training grant positions are estimates
Fiscal Year
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PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS AS A PERCENT OF
ALL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA POSITIONS
Fiscal Year
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PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS ON KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
FY 2007
Predoctoral Positions
Postdoctoral Positions
Number of individuals appointed to institutional training grant positions are estimates
Number of Positions
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KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
BY PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS
FY 2007
Number of individuals appointed to institutional training grant positions are estimates
Number of Positions
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Number of individuals appointed to institutional training positions are estimates
PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING POSITIONS
BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS
FY 2007
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PERCENT OF EXTRAMURAL AWARDS TO KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP GRANTS BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS
FY 2007
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PERCENT OF EXTRAMURAL AWARDS TO ALL RESEARCH TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIPS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS
FY 1998, 2002 and 2007
Fiscal Year
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SUCCESS RATE OF KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT (T32) APPLICATIONS
Fiscal Year
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SUCCESS RATE OF KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
(F31) APPLICATIONS
Fiscal Year
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SUCCESS RATE OF KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
(F32) APPLICATIONS
Fiscal Year
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Trends in Research Career Development
(K Awards)
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NUMBER OF RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS*
* Includes both individual and institutional awards. The actual number of individual participants is higher.
Fiscal Year
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