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Budget

As with all of NIH, the budget for NCATS is based on the fiscal year appropriation provided by Congress and the President. The process starts with the President’s Budget Request, which is usually released in February. This request typically is followed by appropriation hearings by Congress, which result in appropriation bills and reports. The final appropriation bill, if passed by Congress and signed by the President, provides NCATS with its budget for the fiscal year.  

NCATS tracks the status of its budget and will provide relevant information below. The status of all appropriation bills also is available.

Current Fiscal Year: 2013

Budget Request

The President released his FY 2013 budget request on Monday, February 13, 2012. The FY 2013 budget request for NIH is $30.9 billion, the same as the FY 2012 level. This level demonstrates the Administration’s commitment to placing a priority on investing in innovative biomedical and behavioral research to advance medical science. NCATS was a priority of the NIH Director, with an additional $64.32 million provided over FY 2012. The FY 2013 budget request for NCATS is $639,033,000, an increase of $64,320,000 over the FY 2012 level. Specific increases were provided for the Cures Acceleration Network (+$39.63 million); direct funding of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center (+$13 million), Clinical and Translational Science Awards (+$1.11 million), and small increases for mandatory costs such as Small Business Innovative Awards and NCATS share of shared resources. 

Congressional Appropriations Hearings

The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies usually hold hearings on the NIH budget request.

House Hearing: March 20, 2012

Subcommittee Website • NIH Opening Statement • NCATS Opening Statement

Senate Hearing: March 28, 2012

Subcommittee Website • Archived Webcast

Congressional Bills and Reports

Senate

  • Senate Bill - S. 3295 (See pg. 54.)
    • The Senate’s proposed appropriation for NCATS is:

      NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
      For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $631,346,000: Provided, That up to $40,000,000 shall be available to implement section 402C of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network.
  • Senate Report 112-176 (See pgs. 98-99.)
    • The Senate report highlights some of NCATS programs.

House

  • House Bill – DRAFT (See pg. 55.)

    • The House’s proposed appropriation for NCATS is:

      NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

      For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $574,713,000: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available to implement section 402C of the PHS Act (relating to the Cures Acceleration Network) after NIH has published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments with respect to a rule to ensure that all programs, projects and activities of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences do not create duplication, redundancy or competition with industry: Provided further, That at least $487,767,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards (CTSA) program: Provided further, That no changes shall be made to the CTSA program until the date on which the Institute of Medicine (referred to in this title as ‘‘IOM’’) review described in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 112–74 is completed.

Appropriation Law

On September 28, 2012, the President signed into law the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175). In absence of an appropriation law, this Continuing Resolution (CR) will fund the federal government through March 27, 2013, at levels provided in FY 2012. To meet the bipartisan agreement between the House, Senate and White House that ensured a total rate of government operations at $1.047 trillion, a government-wide, across-the-board increase of 0.612 percent over the base rate also is included in the CR.

Past Fiscal Year: 2012

Budget Request

In June 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services sent detailed budget information for the proposed NCATS, titled Restructuring the National Institutes of Health to Advance Translational Science, to appropriators in the House and Senate.

Appropriation Law

NCATS received its first appropriation (funding) in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2012 (P.L. 112-74) on December 23, 2011:

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $576,456,000: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available to implement section 402C of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That funds appropriated may be used to support the reorganization and activities required to eliminate the National Center for Research Resources: Provided further, That the Director of the NIH shall ensure that, of all funds made available to Institute, Center, and Office of the Director accounts within ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,’’ at least $487,767,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.

After an across the board rescission, the FY 2012 appropriation for NCATS is $574,713,000, plus funding provided by the NIH Common Fund and other sources.

Appropriation Report

The Conference Report (112-331, 12/15/2011) accompanying P.L. 112-74 provided additional language from Congress regarding NCATS.

Contacts

Office of Policy, Communications and Strategic Alliances Staff

Lori Mulligan, M.P.H.
Director of Policy

Steve Seidel
Congressional Liaison

Phyllis Frosst, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor

Lili Portilla, M.P.A.
Acting Director
NCATS Office of Policy, Communications and Strategic Alliances