Discretionary Grant Awards 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:
| Grant Type | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Research | 35,494 | $15,232,361,865 |
| Services | 18,885 | $15,088,981,980 |
| Training | 7,164 | $1,909,412,030 |
| Other | 9,089 | $5,002,649,171 |
| TOTAL | 70,632 | $37,233,405,046 |
Research (41% of FY 2005 discretionary grant funds and 50% of the number of discretionary awards): The majority of discretionary 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; and general research support to grantee institutions to strengthen research activities. Over half of the discretionary grant funds in FY 2005 (44%, $16.3 billion) were awarded by the NIH in support of research programs.
| CFDA | Program Name | OPDIV | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.859 | Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry Research | NIH | 3,890 | $1,317,972,680 |
| 93.856 | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research | NIH | 2,256 | $885,420,029 |
| 93.837 | Heart and Vascular Diseases Research | NIH | 2,023 | $967,358,727 |
Services (41% of FY 2005 discretionary grant funds and 27% of the number of discretionary awards): The second largest category of discretionary grant funds in FY 2005 went to support health and/or social services programs (43%,$16.2 billion). This category 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.
ACF awarded $7.4 billion for social service programs supporting Head Start, runaway and homeless youth, abandoned infants, refugee assistance, low-income energy assistance, food and nutrition, and community services. CDC awarded $3.3 billion to support health services programs, including those directed at communicable diseases prevention, childhood lead poisoning prevention, and disabilities prevention. HRSA awarded $2.9 billion to support health services to homeless populations; community health centers focused on providing services in the most medically underserved areas; and comprehensive care services for children, youth, women and families who are infected with or affected by HIV and/or AIDS.
| CFDA | Program Name | OPDIV | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.600 | Head Start | ACF | 1,764 | $6,650,324,805 |
| 93.283 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance | CDC | 519 | $1,349,193,416 |
| 93.268 | Immunization Grants | CDC | 65 | $1,437,322,689 |
Training (5% of FY 2005 discretionary grant funds and 10% 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. NIH and HRSA awarded most of the training grants (89%) primarily to support training in health professions, but also to provide support to AIDS education and training centers, and interdisciplinary training for health care in rural areas.
| CFDA | Program Name | OPDIV | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.003 | Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund | HRSA | 186 | $472,612,053 |
| 93.398 | Cancer Research Manpower | NIH | 495 | $69,892,804 |
| 93.281 | Mental Health Research Career/Scientist Development Awards | NIH | 466 | $67,898,056 |
Other (13% of FY 2005 discretionary grant funds and 13% 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. Relatively few HHS FY 2005 discretionary grant dollars support projects classified in this activity type.
| CFDA | Program Name | OPDIV | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.224 | Consolidated Health Centers | HRSA | 1,029 | $1,541,756,500 |
| 93.887 | Project Grants for Renovation or Construction of Non-Acute Health Care Facilities and Other Facilities | HRSA | 1,049 | $422,068,940 |
| 93.136 | Consolidated Knowledge Development and Application (KD&A) Program | CDC | 195 | $76,202,468 |
