HHS Discretionary Grants By Activity Type

This report shows the number of discretionary grants and associated dollar values organized by the four major activity types shown below, and their subcategories.

Research – Includes traditional research projects by individual investigators and other broadly based traditional and other research as well as research career programs. NIH awards about half of these grant dollars.

Services – Includes grants to deliver health or social services, treatment and rehabilitation programs, education and information programs, and programs to detect health problems. ACF awards the majority of services grants.

Training – Includes research and health professions training programs, education projects, and rural area health care training. NIH and HRSA award most training grants.

Other – Includes construction projects, grants for the planning and development of health programs and health resources, evaluations, and health infrastructure awards—a small percentage of the total discretionary grants.

Activity Type	Number	Dollars
Research
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)	33	$2,012,322
SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)	30,757	$13,243,131,336
Research Subtotal	30,790	$13,245,143,658
Services
DEMONSTRATION	1,006	$497,777,198
HEALTH SERVICES	1,811	$2,026,400,644
SOCIAL SERVICES	2,320	$6,437,376,280
Services Subtotal	5,137	$8,961,554,122
Training
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	19	$906,628
TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP	5,948	$1,316,410,344
CONFERENCES (INFORMATION TRANSFER/TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER)	5	$132,477
Training Subtotal	5,972	$1,317,449,449
Other
OTHER	3,944	$4,208,472,023
FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS	1,933	$78,931,012
KDA (KNOWLEDGE/DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION)	108	$39,027,861
Other Subtotal	5,985	$4,326,430,896
Grand Total	47,884	$27,850,578,125