Budget

Research for the People    

The NIH invests nearly $32.3* billion annually in medical research for the American people.

More than 80% of the NIH's funding is awarded through almost 50,000 competitive grants to more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in every state and around the world.

About 10% of the NIH's budget supports projects conducted by nearly 6,000 scientists in its own laboratories, most of which are on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

President’s Budget Requests

• Budget Statements — budget requests & testimony by the NIH Director
• History of NIH Appropriations — from 1938

Funding for Diseases, Conditions, Research Areas

• Funding levels for diseases, conditions, and research areas, based on actual grants, contracts, research conducted at NIH, and other mechanisms of support.

Grants Awarded

• Funded Organization — universities and research organizations around the nation receiving research grants and contracts
• Budget and Spending — funding for grants and contracts
• Success Rates — annual percentage of research grant applications that are funded
• RePORTER — a searchable database of NIH-funded research projects

* This amount reflects the sum of discretionary budget authority of $31,381 million received by NIH in FY 2016 under The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, Public Law (P.L.) 114-113, $780 million derived from PHS Evaluation financing, and mandatory budget authority of $150 million for special type 1 diabetes research authorized per P.L. 113-93 and P.L. 114-10. Details regarding current appropriations are available from the Office of Budget.