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Extramural Funding

Overall, NCI obligations for its extramural program, which includes grants and contracts, totaled $5.41 billion in fiscal year 2023.

  • Obligations for grants totaled approximately 82.8% of extramural funding
  • Obligations for contracts totaled approximately 17.2% of extramural funding

Obligations on this page include fiscal year 2023 Cancer Moonshot℠ funding and excludes fiscal years 2022 through 2017 Cures Moonshot carryover obligations.

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Extramural Funds, Fiscal Year 2023
(Whole Dollars)
MechanismAmountPercent
Research & Development (R&D) Contracts$899,070,17116.6%
Buildings and Facilities$30,000,0000.6%
Construction Contracts$00.0%
Subtotal Contracts$929,070,17117.2%
Research Project Grants (RPGs)$3,145,236,78058.1%
Cancer Centers/Specialized Centers/SPORES$624,438,59711.5%
NRSA$90,324,5581.7%
Other Research Grants$621,500,77411.5%
Subtotal Grants$4,481,500,70982.8%
Total Extramural Funds$5,410,570,880100.0%
Intramural/RMS Funds$1,776,330,616 
Total NCI$7,186,901,496
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