<HTML> <head><title>History</title></head><LINK REL=stylesheet TYPE='text/css' HREF='../CSS/NIHOB.css'><BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF leftmargin='20' marginwidth='20' topmargin='8' marginheight='8'><TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 bgcolor='white'> <TR> <TD align='left'><IMG SRC='../images/nih_text.gif' WIDTH=245 HEIGHT=34 ALT='National Institutes of Health, DHHS'> </TD> <FORM id=search name=search action='../UI/Search.aspx' method=post> <TD valign='middle'><input id='indxSearch' type='text' name='indxSearch' size='20' maxlength='255' value=''/>&nbsp; <INPUT type=image alt='Search' src='../images/button_search.gif' border=0 name=search align='top' width='86' height='21'> </TD> </FORM> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2><IMG SRC='../images/budgetbar.gif' WIDTH=673 HEIGHT=38 ALT='Office of Budget'></TD> </TR> <tr> <td COLSPAN=3> <a href='HomePage.htm'><img src='../images/home.gif' alt='Home' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='WhatsNew_New.htm'><img src='../images/WhatsNew.gif' alt='What is New' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='BudgetRequest.htm'><img src='../images/Budget_Request.gif' alt='Budget Request' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='CurrentYear.htm'><img src='../images/current_year.gif' alt='Current Year' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='history.htm'><img src='../images/a_History.gif' alt='History' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='FundingForDiseases.htm'><img src='../images/funding_areas.gif' alt='Funding Area' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='GeneralBudgetInfo.htm'><img src='../images/Budget_info.gif' alt='General Budget Information' border='0'></a><img src='../images/border.gif' height='19'><a href='Links.htm'><img src='../images/Links.gif' alt='Links' border='0'></a></td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#333366' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#ADADAD' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#C7C7C7' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#DDDDDD' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#E9E9E9' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor='#F6F6F6' colspan='4' height='1' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='1' width='100%' alt='' border='0'></td></tr> <tr><td colspan='4' height='12' width='100%'><img src='../images/1x1space.gif' height='12' alt='' border='0' width='100%'></td></tr> </TABLE> <table height='100%' cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width='100%' align=left bgColor=#ffffff border=0 valign='top' rightmargin='0'> <TR><TD vAlign=top width=20% bgColor=#ffffff height=100><br>History<br><br><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><TABLE cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="8" border="0"><tr vAlign="top"><TD><IMG width="8" height="11" alt="" src="../images/arrow_rt.gif" /></TD><TD height="15"><A class="menu" href="HistoricalBudgetRequests.htm" Title="Historical Budget Requests">Historical Budget Requests</A></TD></tr><tr vAlign="top"><TD><IMG width="8" height="11" alt="" src="../images/arrow_rt.gif" /></TD><TD height="15"><A class="menu" href="SpendingHistory.htm" Title="Spending History by Institute/ Center, Mechanism, etc. (1983 to present)">Spending History by Institute/ Center, Mechanism, etc. (1983 to present)</A></TD></tr><tr vAlign="top"><TD><IMG width="8" height="11" alt="" src="../images/arrow_rt.gif" /></TD><TD height="15"><A class="menu" href="AppropriationsHistoryByIC.htm" Title="Appropriations History by Institute/Center (1938 to Present)">Appropriations History by Institute/Center (1938 to Present)</A></TD></tr></TABLE></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=4 background=../images/blackvertline.gif height=100><IMG height=10 src='../images/blackvertline.gif' width=5 border=0> </TD><form name="_ctl0" method="post" action="history.aspx?CategoryID=7" id="_ctl0"> <input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="dDw1MzgxOzs+QEq70c0OHAc81aTIEFIWuSKd7Ok=" /> <td width='80%' height='100%' valign='top' width='80%'><table cellSpacing='0' cellPadding='0' width='100%' border='0' valign='top'> <tr height='20'> <td width='10' valign='top'>&nbsp; </td> <td valign='top' class='Desc'> <p align='center'>The National Institutes of Health<br>Budget History<br><br> </td> </tr> <tr height='20'> <td width='10' valign='top'>&nbsp; </td> <td valign='top'> <br> <p align='left'> Each February the President submits his Budget to Congress.�The most recent request is posted under <A class='menu' href='budgetrequest.htm' Title='Budget Request'>Budget Request.</A> You may also view requests from the recent past in our <A class='menu' href='HistoricalBudgetRequests.htm' Title='Historical Budget Requests'>Historical Budget Requests </A>section.<br> <br> NIH expenditures are reported according to the "mechanism" of support. Description of these mechanisms (e.g. grant, R&amp;D contract, intramural, etc.), a brief overview of NIH, and tables detailing expenditures from Fiscal Year 1983 to the present, can be found here: <A class='menu' href='SpendingHistory.htm' Title='Spending History by Institute/Center, Mechanism, etc. (1983 to present)'>Spending History by Institute/Center, Mechanism, etc. (1983 to present)</A>.<br> <br> NIH received its first appropriation in 1938, for the National Cancer Institute. We now receive 26 separate appropriations for our NIH components. You may view the entire history of NIH appropriations: <A class='menu' href='AppropriationsHistoryByIC.htm' Title='Appropriations History by Institute/Center (1938 to present).'>Appropriations History by Institute/Center (1938 to present).</A><br> <br> </td> </tr> <!-- <tr height='20'> <td width='10' valign='top'>&nbsp;</td> <td valign='top' class='Desc'>History of previous years's requests</td> </tr> <tr height='20'> <td width='10' valign='top'>&nbsp;</td> <td valign='top' class='Desc'>History of NIH Appropriations dated to 1938</td> </tr> --> </table> </td></form></tr> <TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 height=2><P class=smalltext1><br>[ <A title='Contact OB (OB-WebQuestions@mail.nih.gov)' href='mailto:OB-WebQuestions@mail.nih.gov'>Contact OB (OB-WebQuestions@mail.nih.gov)</A>]</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 ><P class=smalltext1>[ <A title='OB Staff' href='Staff_Listing.aspx' target='OBStaff'> OB Staff</A>]</P> </TD> </TR> <TD colSpan=3 height='10'> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width='100%' border=0> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=15><IMG height=15 alt='' src='../images/1x1space.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=6><IMG height=6 alt='' src='../images/rule.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=4><IMG height=4 alt='' src='../images/1x1space.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TR> <tr> <td class=smalltext1 vAlign='top align='left' colSpan='3'>The Office of Budget (OB) is at the hub of program budget and resource allocation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), developing, presenting, executing and reconciling a $29 billion budget in FY 2008 to finance 27 institutes and centers.</td> </tr> <TD colSpan=3 height='10'> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width='100%' border=0> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=4><IMG height=4 alt='' src='../images/1x1space.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=6><IMG height=6 alt='' src='../images/rule.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width='100%' height=4><IMG height=4 alt='' src='../images/1x1space.gif' width='100%' border=0></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 valign='top' > <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width='100%' border=0> <TR> <TD> <a href='http://www.nih.gov/' target='_blank'><IMG height=37 alt='N I H logo - link to the National Institutes of Health' src='../images/nih_sm.gif' width=37 border=0 desc='Logo,- two parallel bands forming a triangular shape, not unlike a coat-hanger, encircled by the words: National Institutes of Health'></A> </TD> <TD> <P class=smalltext1 nowrap>National Institutes of Health<BR>Office of Budget / Office of the Director<BR>Mail Stop Code 0148<BR>9000 Rockville Pike<BR>Bethesda, Maryland 20892<BR><BR>(301)496-4477</P> </TD> <TD> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD> <TD width='51'> <a href='http://www.os.dhhs.gov/' target='_blank'><IMG height=37 alt='H H S logo - link to U. 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