Research Grants
Research and training grants: Success rates by mechanism and selected activity codes
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1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
All Research Grants
33%
33%
34%
33%
34%
33%
32%
26%
24%
22%
24%
25%
23%
22%
19%
19%
Research Projects Grants
31%
31%
32%
32%
32%
31%
30%
25%
22%
20%
21%
22%
21%
21%
18%
18%
R01
30%
31%
32%
31%
31%
30%
30%
25%
22%
20%
23%
23%
22%
22%
18%
18%
R15
5%
9%
4%
7%
15%
37%
42%
31%
30%
25%
25%
28%
22%
19%
15%
15%
R21
44%
26%
32%
24%
30%
28%
24%
21%
18%
15%
16%
16%
14%
15%
13%
14%
All Other RPGs
34%
34%
40%
40%
40%
41%
36%
27%
29%
25%
21%
26%
27%
25%
25%
23%
SBIR
33%
31%
31%
28%
34%
31%
27%
22%
21%
24%
27%
31%
25%
16%
14%
18%
Phase 1
29%
28%
27%
26%
30%
27%
24%
20%
18%
19%
24%
27%
22%
14%
11%
16%
Phase 2
52%
49%
48%
39%
53%
49%
44%
37%
36%
41%
42%
48%
40%
34%
30%
40%
Fast track
32%
17%
35%
28%
29%
27%
22%
18%
15%
21%
18%
32%
23%
16%
10%
16%
STTR
26%
28%
24%
28%
33%
37%
28%
38%
25%
21%
16%
19%
21%
22%
19%
23%
Phase 1
25%
27%
23%
26%
30%
33%
27%
37%
22%
20%
14%
16%
19%
20%
16%
20%
Phase 2
34%
35%
30%
42%
49%
63%
43%
49%
49%
26%
28%
39%
30%
35%
36%
39%
Fast track
0%
14%
22%
25%
0%
28%
38%
24%
25%
11%
10%
15%
23%
10%
34%
Research Centers
36%
42%
40%
49%
53%
40%
44%
31%
39%
34%
34%
40%
34%
37%
37%
33%
Research Career Awards
51%
50%
46%
43%
46%
46%
44%
36%
35%
31%
31%
35%
38%
36%
32%
32%
K01
35%
34%
39%
36%
43%
42%
43%
32%
31%
28%
32%
39%
36%
40%
34%
32%
K02
53%
57%
71%
54%
56%
46%
48%
47%
38%
35%
42%
38%
36%
29%
38%
26%
K07
49%
44%
43%
41%
36%
39%
36%
20%
22%
24%
26%
34%
39%
22%
25%
7%
K08
55%
58%
52%
50%
50%
52%
47%
40%
39%
34%
36%
44%
47%
44%
42%
42%
K12
100%
45%
36%
24%
43%
35%
46%
31%
28%
34%
45%
53%
52%
49%
32%
47%
K22
0%
9%
19%
38%
40%
33%
32%
29%
29%
27%
23%
26%
25%
30%
24%
K23
100%
42%
49%
46%
47%
42%
36%
34%
27%
33%
38%
44%
38%
34%
37%
K24
44%
45%
45%
44%
45%
42%
51%
44%
47%
50%
47%
61%
45%
46%
K25
42%
56%
52%
42%
30%
33%
31%
35%
48%
22%
30%
23%
25%
K99
100%
20%
23%
29%
25%
22%
23%
All Other Ks
66%
70%
54%
49%
51%
59%
56%
49%
60%
48%
49%
67%
66%
47%
47%
42%
All Other Research Grants
57%
49%
53%
51%
50%
52%
53%
44%
43%
40%
54%
56%
55%
27%
40%
38%
Training, Individual
40%
41%
45%
47%
49%
44%
39%
35%
31%
29%
30%
33%
32%
30%
29%
28%
F30
60%
61%
63%
71%
81%
69%
57%
49%
44%
40%
45%
46%
49%
40%
35%
37%
F31
46%
48%
51%
52%
58%
53%
43%
39%
31%
30%
34%
34%
36%
31%
34%
28%
F32
38%
39%
44%
45%
45%
39%
37%
33%
30%
27%
26%
30%
27%
28%
26%
26%
F33
35%
21%
35%
35%
44%
42%
53%
44%
36%
26%
52%
50%
50%
14%
17%
60%
All Other Fs
47%
59%
48%
54%
42%
33%
67%
21%
33%
15%
75%
0%
18%
0%
9%
25%
Training, Institutional
62%
64%
63%
66%
63%
58%
54%
48%
43%
44%
48%
50%
50%
54%
48%
48%
T32
64%
64%
64%
67%
62%
58%
53%
49%
42%
42%
49%
48%
50%
52%
47%
48%
T34
50%
53%
51%
47%
70%
54%
48%
50%
36%
33%
47%
31%
33%
50%
29%
48%
All Other Ts
39%
74%
65%
70%
73%
72%
66%
37%
60%
62%
34%
78%
63%
74%
65%
48%
Notes:
This slide excludes Reimbursable, Gift Fund and Stamp Fund
Research Grants are defined as extramural awards made for Research Centers, Research Projects, Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR)and Small Business Technology Transfer(STTR) Grants, and Other Research Grants.
Research Grants are defined by the following activity codes:
R,P,M,S,K,U(excluding UC6),DP1,DP2,DP3,DP4,DP5,D42 and G12.
Training Grants are defined by the following activity codes:
F05,F30,F31,F32,F33,F34,F35,F36,F37,F38,T14,T15,T32,T34,T35,T36,T37,T90,TL1,TU2
Not included are awards made under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and, beginning with fiscal year 2009, awards made under reimbursable agreements, appropriations to NIH for Superfund-related activities, gift funds, and Breast Cancer Research Stamp funds.
Source: NIH IMPAC, Success Rate File
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