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NCI Budget Fact Book

This year's Budget Fact Book provides a summary of the distribution of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget among the various National Cancer Institute (NCI) research programs and funding mechanisms. NCI funding policies related to research grant awards are also provided.

 

Fiscal Year 2018 Highlights

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Funds available to the NCI totaled $5.94 billion, post inter-departmental and intra-NIH transfers. This reflects an increase of 5% and $284 million from the previous fiscal year.

  • The 21st Century Cures Act, which was signed into law in December 2016, authorized $1.8 billion to fund the Cancer Moonshot over a 7-year period. The Cancer Moonshot funding received during Fiscal Year 2018 totaled $300 million.
  • Of the total NCI budget obligated, 41.3% of the funds were allocated for Research Project Grants (RPGs).
  • The total number of RPGs funded was 4,780 (including grants funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) & Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs).
  • Over one-fourth of the RPGs awarded were new (“Type 1”) or competing renewal (“Type 2”) awards.
  • There was a total of 1,162 competing RPGs funded (excluding grants funded through SBIR & STTR).
  • Almost one-third of the total NCI budget supported ongoing, non-competing (“Type 5”) RPGs. 
  • The R01 grants were funded to the 9th percentile for Experienced and New Investigators and the Early Stage Investigators were funded to the 14th percentile.
  • R01 Early Stage Investigators between the 1st and 9th percentiles were converted to R37 awards giving them the opportunity to extend their research an additional 2 years.
  • SBIR & STTR awards funded 280 grants totaling $142.9 million.
  • Intramural Research comprised 16% of the total NCI budget.

The dollar amounts displayed in the NCI Budget Fact Book represent direct appropriated funds only, unless otherwise denoted.

NCI Budget Summary Data

This section provides detailed data about funds available to NCI and information on how NCI obligated its funding.

Extramural Programs

NCI uses most of its budget to fund extramural grants and contracts. This section provides information about extramural funding by grant activity, institution, state, and country.

Historical Trends

This section contains information about the history of NCI appropriations and the Professional Judgment (Bypass) Budget, as well as data on funding trends and staffing levels.

Cancer Moonshot - Recent Fiscal Year Funding

This section contains information on the initial $300 million of Cancer Moonshot funding received during Fiscal Year 2018.

 

About NCI Budget Fact Book 

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Budget and Finance (OBF) conducts financial analyses and develops financial data and information related to the NCI budget. Created with this data, the NCI Budget Fact Book is an annual report that provides a range of information and data from the previous fiscal year, from NCI program structure to research project grant numbers to extramural programs and historical trends. 

Email OBF at nciobfInquiries@mail.nih.gov with any questions about the NCI Budget Fact Book.

Previous Fact Books

Archives of Fact Books back to 1971 are available.

Information provided in previous Fact Books can now be found online.

 

 

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