FY 1999 TOTAL: $22,732,707,053
Discretionary Grants by Major Activity Type

Highlights

The Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) uses 16 activity types to describe the nature of the grant being funded. For the purpose of this report, these 16 have been grouped into four major activity types:

• Research (53% of FY 1999 discretionary grant funds and 66% of the number of discretionary awards):These awards support traditional research projects by individual investigators, as well as broadly-based traditional research; multi disciplinary research programs; general and categorical research centers and research resources; research career programs of NIH; and general research support to grantee institutions to strengthen research activities.

• Services (40% of FY 1999 discretionary grant funds and 15% of the number of discretionary awards):Includes grant programs for the delivery of health services; treatment and rehabilitation programs; education and information programs; and programs for the detection of health problems.

• Training (6% of FY 1999 discretionary grant funds and 13% of the number of discretionary awards):Includes research training programs; applied training programs and traineeships; education projects; general educational support to health professions schools; and the research career programs of HRSA.

• Other (1% of FY 1999 discretionary grant funds and 6% of the number of discretionary awards): Includes construction projects; grants for the planning and development of health programs and health resources; evaluations; and health infrastructure awards.