the national institutes of health (nih) funding trends: fy1995-2013
DESCRIPTION
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has released an updated compilation of data on research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). FASEB hopes the series of graphs and analysis, which provides information on expenditures for research grants, grant numbers, success rates, and average award sizes, will help policymakers understand the case for sustained funding for biomedical research.TRANSCRIPT
NIH Research Funding Trends: FY1995-2013
Produced by Howard H. Garrison,Bethany Drehman & Elisabeth Neu
FASEB Office of Public Affairs
Data Sources: NIH Office of Extramural Research
NIH FY2013 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 Breakout of First
-time R01)• Number of Applications (With Breakout of First-time
R01) Exclusive of Supplemental (ARRA) Applications• Success Rates (Excluding ARRA)• Success Rates for New (Type 1) Applications, Includin
g First-time R01 Awards• Average Grant Size• Summary of Trends
Source: NIH Office of the Director, Office of Budget: http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/
NIH Appropriations in Current and Constant Dollars
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014$0
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
$35,745 $36,209
$27,067
$30,860
$29,151
$30,165
$11,300
$21,003
$17,688
$16,309
$16,434
With Supplemental Appropria-tion (ARRA)
Current $ (Millions)
1995 Constant $ (Millions)
Do
llar
s (M
illi
on
s)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
$18,000
$20,000
$17,846$18,450
$6,152
$13,776
$15,030
$15,924
$14,918
$4,718
$10,102$10,685
$11,022
$10,175
RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPG
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Grants
Do
llar
s (M
illi
on
s)Funding for Research Project Grants
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013$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$3,812
$3,513
$1,277
$2,590$2,335
$2,073
RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPG
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Grants
Do
llar
s (M
illi
on
s)Funding for Competing Awards
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
52,536
48,948
24,364
36,44135,029
33,796
21,680
29,626
26,285
25,069
RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPG
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Grants
To
tal N
um
be
r o
f G
ran
tsNumber of Research Project Grants
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
19,391
16805
6,758
10,393
9,032
8,310
5,849
7,430
5,436
4,902
52
1,2991,932
1,771
RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPG
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Awards
R21 Awards
Aw
ard
sNumber of Competing Awards (With Breakout of R21)
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000 19,391
16,805
6,758
10,393
9,032
8,310
5,849
7,430
5,4364,902
1,4211,683
1,336
RPG plus Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) RPGResearch Project Grants (RPG)R01 Equivalent AwardsFirst-time R01 Equivalent Awards
Aw
ard
sNumber of Competing Awards (With Breakout of First-time R01)
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
25,225
34,710
47,455
51,313
49,581
22,542
24,63427,325
29,626
28,044
7,647 7,3937,760 10,081
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Awards
First-time R01 Equiva-lent Award
Nu
mb
er o
f A
pp
lica
tio
ns
Number of Applications (With Breakout of First-time R01) Exclusive of Supplemental (ARRA) Applications
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
Success Rates (Excluding ARRA)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
26.8%
31.5% 29.9%
20.0%
17.6% 16.8%
25.9%
32.0%
30.2%
20.7%
18.3%
17.5%
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Awards
Su
cces
s R
ate
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
Success Rates for New (Type 1) Applications,Including First-time R01 Awards
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
20.6%
26.2%25.3%
16.7%
15.3%
14.6%
19.2%
25.9%
24.1%
16.3%
14.9% 14.3%
18.6%
22.0%
21.0%
15.0%
13.0%
Research Project Grants (Type 1)
R01 Equivalent (Type 1) Awards
First-time R01 Equivalent Award
Su
cc
es
s R
ate
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013$0.0
$50.0
$100.0
$150.0
$200.0
$250.0
$300.0
$350.0
$400.0
$450.0
$500.0
$252
$378
$455
$441
$218
$341
$419
$406
Research Project Grants (RPG)
R01 Equivalent Grants
Ave
rag
e G
ran
t S
ize
(Dir
ect
and
In
dir
ect
in $
T
ho
usa
nd
s)Average Grant Size (not including Supplemental Appropriation (ARRA) grants)
Source: NIH Data Book http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/index.aspxand supplemental tables available in RePORT
Summary of Trends in NIH Funding FY1995-FY2013
FY1995 FY2003 FY2013 % Change
since 1995% Change since 2003
NIH Budget (in millions) $11,300 $27,067 $29,151 158.0% 7.7%
NIH Budget (constant 1995 $ millions) $11,300 $21,003 $16,309 44.3% -22.4%
R01 Equivalent Funding ($ millions) $4,718 $10,102 $10,175 115.7% 0.7%
Total # R01 Equivalent Grants 21,680 29,626 25,069 15.6% -15.4%
R01 Equivalent Applications 22,542 24,634 28,044 24.4% 13.8%
# of R01 Equivalent Awards 5,849 7,430 4,902 -16.2% -34.0%
R01 Equivalent Success Rates 25.9% 30.2% 17.5% -32.4% -42.0%
