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Estimates of Funding for Various Diseases, Conditions, Research Areas

Table Updated February 5, 2008
This table displays funding levels for various diseases, conditions, and research areas, based on actual grants, contracts, research conducted at NIH, and other mechanisms of support in FY 2004 through FY 2007. The FY 2008 and FY 2009 figures are estimates, and are based on the FY 2007 levels, and the FY2008 current rate level, and the FY 2009 Budget.

Important Notes: The current year (FY 2008) and budget year (FY 2009) dollar amounts provided represent NIH's best estimate on what will be funded for the categories. The figures provided are not allocated or set aside for these categories. The table is not additive. Funding included in one area may also be included in other areas. For example, Clinical Research includes Clinical Trials.

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Research/Disease Areas FY
2004
FY
2005
FY
2006
FY
2007
FY
2008
FY
2009
(Dollars in millions and rounded) Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimate Estimate
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome $72 $72 $74 $48 $48 $48
Agent Orange & Dioxin 20 20 17 18 18 18
Aging 2,343 2,415 2,431 2,462 2,461 2,461
Alcoholism 503 512 511 521 521 521
Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) 2 3 4 5 5 5
 
ALS 47 42 44 39 39 39
Alzheimer's Disease 633 656 643 645 644 644
American Indians / Alaska Natives 134 140 155 141 140 139
Anorexia 12 14 15 12 12 12
Anthrax 249 183 150 105 105 105
 
Antimicrobial Resistance 203 217 221 269 269 269
Aphasia 5 3 15 14 14 14
Arctic 25 22 17 19 19 18
Arthritis 374 368 355 339 339 337
Assistive Technology 131 138 182 184 186 186
 
Asthma 272 289 283 294 293 292
Ataxia Telangiectasia 9 10 9 11 11 12
Atherosclerosis 326 322 337 347 346 346
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) 104 107 116 107 107 107
Autism 100 102 108 127 128 128
 
Autoimmune Disease 584 589 598 587 586 586
Basic Behavioral and Social Science 1,052 1,065 1,062 1,104 1,098 1,092
Batten Disease 8 9 8 8 8 8
Behavioral and Social Science 2,932 3,044 3,001 3,060 3,061 3,057
Biodefense 1,629 1,696 1,766 1,735 1,728 1,748
 
Bioengineering 1,216 1,318 1,546 1,469 1,470 1,478
Biotechnology 10,685 10,889 9,974 9,814 9,804 9,794
Brain Cancer 187 157 178 193 188 183
Brain Disorders 4,821 4,784 4,732 4,670 4,675 4,671
Breast Cancer 708 700 718 707 705 703
 
Burden of Illness 429 433 508 524 522 521
Cancer 5,547 5,639 5,575 5,643 5,652 5,654
Cardiovascular 2,360 2,333 2,349 2,370 2,366 2,361
Cerebral Palsy 22 23 18 16 16 16
Cervical Cancer 94 96 97 96 96 96
Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease N/A N/A 7 7 7 7
 
Child Abuse and Neglect Research N/A 40 38 38 38 38
Childhood Leukemia 62 60 53 55 55 55
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 5 5 5 4 4 4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 362 410 408 379 378 377
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 55 63 67 91 91 90
 
Climate Change 63 57 50 47 47 47
Clinical Research 8,495 8,719 8,785 9,116 8,662 8,688
Clinical Trials 2,877 2,863 2,767 2,949 2,954 2,958
Colo-Rectal Cancer 297 284 269 282 282 282
Complementary and Alternative Medicine 309 306 301 299 298 296
 
Conditions Affecting Unborn Children 113 108 103 110 110 109
Contraception/Reproduction 355 340 335 314 318 318
Cooley's Anemia 47 42 42 34 34 34
Cost Effectiveness Research 126 134 143 155 155 154
Crohn's Disease 53 59 64 69 69 69
 
Cystic Fibrosis 128 89 85 82 81 81
Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease 410 415 413 417 417 417
Depression 302 329 335 345 344 343
Diabetes 996 1,055 1,038 1,037 1,035 1,033
Diagnostic Radiology 750 788 712 694 694 694
 
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) 8 9 8 6 6 6
Digestive Diseases 1,237 1,237 1,252 1,234 1,233 1,231
Digestive Diseases - (Gallbladder) 7 7 7 6 6 6
Digestive Diseases - (Peptic Ulcer) 18 18 17 23 23 23
Down Syndrome 19 15 14 16 17 17
 
Drug Abuse (NIDA only) 992 1,006 990 1,001 1,001 1,002
Duchenne / Becker Muscular Dystrophy 18 17 18 23 23 23
Dystonia 15 19 19 16 16 16
Emerging Infectious Diseases 1,807 1,872 1,857 1,816 1,815 1,815
Emphysema 17 21 17 21 21 21
 
Endometriosis 9 10 12 12 12 12
Epilepsy 102 105 103 105 105 105
Estrogen 204 183 153 164 163 162
Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision 693 715 705 714 714 713
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 2 2 2 4 4 4
 
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 25 28 29 34 33 33
Fibroid Tumors (Uterine) 13 15 15 14 14 13
Fibromyalgia 9 10 9 9 8 8
Food Safety 294 329 316 278 291 292
Fragile X Syndrome 20 22 20 27 27 27
 
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) 21 29 33 31 31 31
Gene Therapy 391 355 356 325 324 324
Gene Therapy Clinical Trials 37 31 32 31 31 31
Genetic Testing 401 422 417 395 395 395
Genetics 4,535 4,840 4,878 4,878 4,871 4,865
 
Global Warming Climate Change N/A 24 58 56 56 56
Health Disparities 2,590 2,699 2,766 2,744 2,736 2,732
Health Effects of Climate Change 165 159 157 164 164 164
Health Services 887 940 929 1,023 1,022 1,021
Heart Disease 2,110 2,087 2,087 2,126 2,122 2,111
 
Heart Disease: Coronary Heart Disease 416 397 398 382 381 379
Hematology 1,131 1,122 1,114 1,128 1,126 1,126
Hepatitis 162 179 177 174 173 172
Hepatitis - A 3 5 3 2 2 2
Hepatitis - B 32 39 36 42 42 42
 
Hepatitis - C 116 121 122 108 108 107
HIV/AIDS 1/ 2,850 2,921 2,902 2,906 2,913 2,913
Hodgkin's Disease 17 18 21 17 17 17
Homelessness 24 24 21 18 18 18
Homicide and Legal Interventions 15 12 11 8 8 8
 
HPV and/or Cervical Cancer Vaccines 14 16 14 20 20 20
Human Fetal Tissue 23 24 23 19 19 19
Human Genome 1,118 1,084 1,065 1,099 1,097 1,099
Huntington's Disease 49 48 48 53 53 53
Hyperbaric Oxygen 4 2 2 2 2 2
 
Hypertension 378 371 395 390 389 388
Immunization 1,585 1,438 1,438 1,342 1,325 1,324
Infant Mortality/ (LBW) 513 504 478 464 469 470
Infectious Diseases 3,055 3,188 3,132 3,059 3,052 3,045
Infertility 36 40 40 51 52 52
 
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 64 70 72 80 80 80
Influenza 113 164 207 271 271 271
Injury (total) Accidents/Adverse Effects 361 353 355 403 376 375
Injury - Childhood Injuries 25 26 28 27 27 27
Injury - Trauma, (Head and Spine) 243 241 233 219 218 218
 
Injury - Traumatic brain injury 80 87 85 82 82 82
Injury - Unintentional Childhood Injury 20 22 25 21 21 21
Interstitial Cystitis 24 26 25 23 23 23
Kidney Disease 388 427 434 450 448 445
Lead Poisoning 14 15 15 15 15 15
 
Liver Cancer N/A 82 88 90 90 90
Liver Disease 403 454 450 423 421 420
Lung 1,000 1,025 978 1,013 1,012 1,010
Lung Cancer 297 289 266 249 249 249
Lupus 87 89 97 84 84 84
 
Lyme Disease 28 27 24 22 22 22
Lymphoma 166 177 170 158 158 158
Macular Degeneration 59 58 60 70 70 70
Malaria 89 104 98 104 106 111
Malaria Vaccine 30 44 35 36 36 35
 
Mental Health 1,818 1,848 1,824 1,853 1,851 1,849
Mental Retardation 190 192 188 204 207 208
Methamphetamine N/A 43 45 45 44 45
Mind and Body 157 152 136 133 133 128
Minority Health 2,288 2,404 2,423 2,407 2,399 2,393
 
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) 10 10 10 10 10 10
Multiple Sclerosis 101 110 110 98 98 97
Muscular Dystrophy 39 40 40 47 47 47
Myasthenia Gravis 4 5 9 6 6 6
Myotonic Dystrophy 6 6 7 8 8 8
 
Nanotechnology 106 165 192 215 226 226
Networking Information Technology R&D 492 509 423 507 502 501
Neurodegenerative 1,128 1,215 1,217 1,166 1,167 1,167
Neurofibromatosis 13 17 16 13 13 13
Neuropathy 51 51 54 59 59 59
 
Neurosciences 4,911 4,902 4,830 4,809 4,818 4,823
Nutrition 1,035 1,072 1,039 1,075 1,073 1,071
Obesity 422 519 594 661 660 658
Organ Transplantation 328 358 363 358 357 357
Orphan Drug 1,179 1,228 1,255 1,158 1,157 1,157
 
Osteogenesis Imperfecta 8 9 5 5 5 5
Osteoporosis 192 191 169 164 164 163
Otitis Media 16 15 17 15 15 15
Ovarian Cancer 112 106 102 103 103 103
Paget's Disease 6 6 6 4 4 4
 
Pain Conditions, Chronic 223 229 220 224 222 221
Parkinson's Disease 224 225 208 187 186 186
Pediatric 3,132 3,210 3,161 3,173 3,185 3,188
Pediatric AIDS 280 279 276 262 263 266
Pediatric Research Initiative 148 145 141 171 167 167
 
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 4 4 4 3 3 3
Perinatal - Birth, Preterm (LBW) 393 394 374 351 356 355
Perinatal - Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome 11 10 8 9 9 9
Perinatal Period, Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period 428 429 407 387 396 397
Pick's Disease 1 1 1 1 1 1
 
Pneumonia 174 154 145 132 132 132
Pneumonia & Influenza 287 317 351 405 405 404
Polycystic Kidney Disease 34 25 32 36 35 35
Prevention 7,185 7,100 6,815 6,729 6,737 6,739
Prostate Cancer 378 373 348 345 344 344
 
Psoriasis 6 6 8 10 10 10
Regenerative Medicine 585 591 614 575 574 574
Rehabilitation 301 325 324 344 345 344
Rett's Syndrome 6 6 5 6 6 6
Reye's Syndrome 1 1 1 1 1 1
 
Rural Health 178 199 202 208 206 205
Schizophrenia 343 353 364 358 357 356
Scleroderma 11 11 11 12 12 12
Septicemia 35 42 49 49 49 49
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Herpes 237 252 264 288 287 286
 
Sickle Cell Disease 90 91 91 94 94 93
Sleep Disorders 196 189 199 190 189 188
Smallpox 324 187 149 122 123 123
Smoking and Health 537 533 517 534 533 536
Spina Bifida 13 10 11 9 9 9
 
Spinal Cord Injury 89 89 66 64 64 64
Spinal Muscular Atrophy 14 15 15 11 11 11
Stem Cell Research 553 609 643 657 656 655
Stem Cell Research -- Human Embryonic 24 40 38 42 42 41
Stem Cell Research -- Non-Human Embryonic 89 97 110 106 105 105
 
Stem Cell Research -- Human Non-Embryonic 203 199 206 203 203 203
Stem Cell Research -- Non-Human Non-Embryonic 236 273 289 306 305 306
Stem Cell Research Involving Umbilical Cord Blood / Placenta 19 18 19 22 22 22
Stem Cell Research Involving Umbilical Cord Blood / Placenta -- Human 16 15 16 19 19 19
Stem Cell Research Involving Umbilical Cord Blood / Placenta -- Non-Human 3 3 4 2 2 2
 
Stroke 313 342 342 340 340 340
Substance Abuse 1,496 1,508 1,490 1,523 1,521 1,522
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 81 84 77 81 81 81
Suicide 33 34 32 43 42 42
Teenage Pregnancy 30 26 21 16 16 16
 
Temporomandibular Muscle/Joint Disorder 17 20 17 15 15 15
Tobacco 536 531 515 536 535 538
Topical Microbicides 66 66 88 99 106 110
Tourette Syndrome 16 13 13 11 11 11
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) 33 37 35 43 43 43
 
Transplantation 530 545 551 534 532 531
Tuberculosis 137 158 150 166 165 170
Tuberculosis Vaccine 18 26 22 17 17 17
Tuberous Sclerosis 10 9 9 12 12 12
Urologic Diseases 595 576 536 526 525 525
 
Uterine Cancer 35 39 28 22 22 22
Vaccine Related 1,610 1,450 1,449 1,358 1,342 1,341
Vaccine Related (AIDS) 452 511 593 597 593 598
Vector-Borne Diseases 419 447 464 424 405 405
Violence Against Women 20 22 20 24 24 23
 
Violence Research N/A 121 113 106 105 105
West Nile Virus 43 43 85 69 57 56

Women's Health

3,478 3,551 3,498 3,470 3,466 3,461
Youth Violence N/A 69 67 60 60 60
 

1/ Includes research on HIV/AIDS, its associated opportunistic infections, malignancies, & clinical manifestations as well as basic science that also benefits a wide spectrum of non-AIDS disease research.

N/A = Data not available.

This page was last reviewed on February 22, 2008.
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