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Extramural Funding

Overall, NCI obligations for its extramural program, including grants and contracts, totaled $5.46 billion in fiscal year 2025.

  • Obligations for grants totaled approximately 86.3% of extramural funding
  • Obligations for contracts totaled approximately 13.7% of extramural funding

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Extramural Funds, Fiscal Year 2025
(Whole Dollars)
MechanismAmountPercent
Research & Development (R&D) Contracts$718,779,72813.2%
Buildings and Facilities$30,000,0000.5%
Construction Contracts$00.0%
Subtotal Contracts$748,779,72813.7%
Research Project Grants (RPGs)$3,414,667,35962.5%
Cancer Centers/Specialized Centers/SPORES$607,075,63211.1%
NRSA$80,642,4681.5%
Other Research Grants$615,923,39511.3%
Subtotal Grants$4,718,308,85486.3%
Total Extramural Funds$5,465,634,711100.0%
Intramural/RMS Funds$1,755,345,352 
*Total NCI$7,220,980,063
*Includes FY 2022 Cures Moonshot funding.  
*Excludes fiscal years 2017 through 2021 Cures Moonshot carryover obligations.
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