Operating Division Grant Portfolios: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Mission: NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
| Award Class | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Discretionary | 52,057 | $21,113,804,312 |
| Mandatory | 0 | $0 |
| Total | 52,057 | $21,113,804,312 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives, NIH investigates ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases. Comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers, NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.
The goals of NIH are to:
- Foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies, and their applications as a basis to significantly advance the Nation's capacity to protect and improve health;
- Develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources that will assure the Nation's capability to prevent disease;
- Expand the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation's economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research; and
- Exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science.
In realizing these goals, NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve health by conducting and supporting research in: the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases; the processes of human growth and development; the biological effects of environmental contaminants; the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and by directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists.
NIH awarded over $21 billion in support of its mission to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. NIH did not administer any mandatory funding grant programs in FY 2008.
| CFDA | CFDA Name | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93.855 | Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation Research | 5,108 | $2,534,924,844 |
| 93.859 | Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry | 5,537 | $1,822,672,824 |
| 93.837 | Heart and Vascular Diseases Research | 3,150 | $1,400,614,906 |
| 93.853 | Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences | 3,780 | $1,303,370,355 |
| 93.389 | National Center for Research Resources | 958 | $1,163,275,809 |
| 93.242 | Mental Health Research Grants | 2,686 | $1,020,026,534 |
| 93.866 | Aging Research | 2,150 | $847,153,302 |
| 93.865 | National Institute of Child Health And Human Development | 2,160 | $780,874,900 |
| 93.395 | Cancer Treatment Research | 1,529 | $761,365,890 |
| 93.279 | Drug Abuse Research Programs | 2,072 | $752,369,543 |
| 93.847 | Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research | 1,763 | $669,673,870 |
| 93.393 | Cancer Cause and Prevention Research | 1,800 | $662,554,674 |
| 93.867 | Vision Research | 1,409 | $555,928,669 |
| 93.396 | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research | 1,525 | $510,219,613 |
| 93.838 | Lung Diseases Research | 1,156 | $499,446,828 |
| 93.846 | Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research | 1,378 | $410,906,779 |
| Institute | Number of Programs | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center For Drug Evaluation and Research, NIH | 5 | 320 | $100,952,520 |
| Fogarty International Center | 21 | 345 | $65,725,255 |
| National Cancer Institute | 23 | 7,108 | $3,066,172,293 |
| National Center For Research Resources | 12 | 1,025 | $1,215,177,302 |
| National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities | 3 | 172 | $134,110,277 |
| National Eye Institute | 6 | 1,421 | $557,264,873 |
| National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute | 17 | 5,250 | $2,317,293,936 |
| National Human Genome Research Institute | 5 | 393 | $428,085,665 |
| National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases | 11 | 5,225 | $2,604,817,098 |
| National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases | 6 | 1,397 | $422,860,954 |
| National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | 13 | 2,610 | $924,698,467 |
| National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research | 7 | 843 | $288,413,981 |
| National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases | 12 | 4,267 | $1,432,301,092 |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | 8 | 910 | $407,047,137 |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 13 | 5,608 | $1,853,440,103 |
| National Institute of Mental Health | 13 | 3,411 | $1,134,175,074 |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 11 | 3,850 | $1,320,082,695 |
| National Institute of Nursing Research | 5 | 442 | $119,373,145 |
| National Institute on Aging | 6 | 2,163 | $850,462,476 |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | 9 | 1,039 | $334,239,929 |
| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 3 | 1,106 | $312,806,634 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse | 7 | 2,211 | $768,746,952 |
| National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering | 10 | 812 | $275,881,062 |
| National Library of Medicine | 4 | 192 | $57,253,851 |
| Office Of The Director, NIH | 8 | 92 | $122,421,541 |
For additional information on NIH programs and funding please visit the NIH Web site at http://www.nih.gov.
