Research Grants
Research and training grants: Funding for competing awards by mechanism and selected activity codes

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($ Thousands)
 1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
All Research Grants$2,399,858$2,640,209$3,540,438$4,040,969$4,215,554$4,453,778$5,346,788$5,126,408$4,940,410$4,704,773$5,302,865$5,112,121$5,175,587$5,369,385$5,008,801$5,328,005
Research Projects Grants$1,817,373$1,920,127$2,515,764$2,911,899$3,029,002$3,183,080$3,512,696$3,576,515$3,405,275$3,358,339$3,718,570$3,588,320$3,712,419$3,953,126$3,751,174$3,811,804
  R01$1,337,133$1,453,277$1,923,185$2,100,837$2,235,378$2,280,111$2,517,170$2,399,642$2,264,288$2,132,780$2,411,868$2,333,031$2,359,732$2,553,186$2,263,521$2,289,859
  R15$2,274$1,890$1,106$2,655$6,113$25,280$30,467$37,633$39,741$37,939$45,229$44,172$37,300$52,352$77,504$78,318
  R21$44,424$37,399$65,440$91,912$144,331$191,930$248,282$293,375$291,666$299,244$377,946$362,189$309,857$359,470$368,623$422,633
  All Other RPGs$433,542$427,561$526,033$716,495$643,180$685,759$716,778$845,865$809,581$888,376$883,528$848,927$1,005,531$988,117$1,041,525$1,020,994
SBIR$177,546$155,252$210,169$215,876$262,655$279,031$307,182$319,429$289,912$309,217$266,131$303,471$302,729$292,242$271,015$321,874
  Phase 1$71,140$68,351$89,951$108,219$106,846$114,966$141,724$151,945$121,650$112,492$112,171$128,090$128,684$129,218$123,802$154,238
  Phase 2$105,120$85,777$115,224$102,408$149,828$154,608$156,102$158,014$163,696$189,932$145,387$161,294$158,315$146,229$137,153$153,650
  Fast track$1,286$1,123$4,993$5,249$5,980$9,458$9,356$9,470$4,566$6,794$8,574$14,086$15,730$16,795$10,060$13,986
STTR$10,604$14,254$13,719$16,882$19,723$20,305$20,469$50,350$39,379$42,343$38,415$39,354$36,866$42,128$40,113$44,939
  Phase 1$7,427$8,722$8,677$10,121$11,051$11,092$13,121$32,923$22,772$27,612$22,214$16,920$19,499$21,620$18,322$23,858
  Phase 2$3,177$5,532$4,942$6,479$8,451$9,213$5,911$14,689$14,957$13,492$15,126$21,966$16,244$18,207$20,978$18,240
  Fast track    $100$282$221$0$1,437$2,738$1,650$1,238$1,075$468$1,123$2,301$814$2,841
Research Centers$189,512$261,119$436,462$385,817$516,578$473,194$613,651$664,420$597,085$542,540$727,274$533,545$553,181$553,625$392,183$623,288
Research Career Awards$50,023$56,398$81,232$106,014$102,892$133,734$128,679$137,510$166,526$131,061$161,356$148,795$137,529$149,263$143,006$154,649
  K01$7,611$8,608$10,992$13,838$17,320$20,365$25,555$21,629$24,324$22,677$22,903$21,927$18,685$24,378$19,779$22,586
  K02$5,163$5,492$6,016$5,241$6,843$5,787$5,617$6,503$5,093$4,406$3,412$3,399$3,268$2,264$3,162$1,683
  K07$2,244$4,051$1,738$3,873$2,776$3,257$3,486$3,661$5,223$5,240$2,992$3,805$2,962$2,228$3,102$713
  K08$26,083$29,642$28,448$30,397$31,660$37,399$36,472$35,881$35,642$29,461$25,345$30,179$31,027$30,788$26,461$23,254
  K12$5,424$6,477$6,012$8,507$3,612$21,543$10,695$18,701$22,398$10,413$23,597$11,846$10,960$12,244$8,853$22,858
  K22    $668$2,969$4,504$6,706$6,805$6,691$7,410$7,601$5,967$4,066$4,743$5,171$4,177$4,239
  K23  $133$11,118$24,784$24,491$27,167$29,554$31,654$32,796$25,804$31,122$31,636$33,659$31,635$31,037$31,821
  K24    $8,258$8,117$6,746$5,721$5,025$5,952$10,763$8,599$9,649$7,777$6,693$10,771$6,634$8,110
  K25      $974$2,828$2,636$2,502$3,104$4,953$4,289$3,695$3,072$1,288$2,896$2,688$2,676
  K99                  $90$16,283$17,195$19,754$19,185$18,730$21,550
  All Other Ks$3,497$1,995$7,982$7,314$2,111$3,154$2,968$3,733$17,925$12,482$16,391$13,894$4,490$7,704$18,382$15,160
All Other Research Grants$154,800$233,059$283,092$404,481$284,704$364,434$764,111$378,184$442,233$321,273$391,119$498,636$432,863$379,000$411,311$371,451
Training, Individual$31,748$30,507$37,605$39,456$41,689$38,401$47,224$50,461$50,799$52,760$52,239$52,932$49,118$53,406$53,062$53,695
  F30$381$427$234$601$669$1,025$1,161$1,747$1,555$1,866$2,818$3,965$5,332$4,730$3,695$4,888
  F31$3,981$4,708$6,077$7,152$10,868$11,004$12,944$15,418$14,620$16,836$18,075$17,128$16,783$16,389$18,357$17,986
  F32$25,501$23,971$29,848$30,187$28,899$25,747$31,805$32,305$33,239$33,521$30,523$31,357$26,565$32,198$30,798$30,230
  F33$576$369$528$448$623$452$896$648$665$415$676$482$326$90$109$461
  All Other Fs$1,309$1,033$917$1,069$631$173$417$344$720$122$147$0$112$0$104$130
Training, Institutional$67,256$68,599$80,690$111,194$103,927$119,031$119,605$114,593$137,330$105,865$140,154$119,521$124,893$164,567$105,569$123,185
  T32$61,843$61,384$74,751$100,984$97,012$108,450$111,881$104,816$126,103$94,820$127,800$108,224$111,197$118,841$93,938$100,636
  T34$4,443$4,706$4,488$6,067$4,356$7,085$4,456$3,202$5,512$2,874$6,167$3,462$3,934$7,929$1,973$3,828
  All Other Ts$971$2,509$1,450$4,143$2,559$3,495$3,268$6,576$5,715$8,171$6,187$7,835$9,762$37,797$9,658$18,721
 
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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