Obligations by Budget Mechanism and Division

All NIH Institutes and Centers report their actual obligations each fiscal year by budget mechanism. The tables below organize NCI funding by mechanism and division. The number of awards, trainees, or employees for each mechanism, as well as the dollar amount and percent share of the total NCI budget for each funding mechanism is also included.

NCI Obligations by Mechanism

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The mechanism "Other Research" includes the following grants: Career Programs (K Awards), Cancer Education, Clinical Cooperative Groups, Pre-Doc Post-Doc Transition Awards, Education Projects - Cooperative Agreements, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Research Pathway in Residency, Pilot Research Project, Resource Grants, International Research Training grants, Cooperative Conference Agreements, Conference grants, and Other Transaction Authority (OTA).

NCI Obligations by Mechanism, FY 2024
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Number	Amount	% of Total Amount
Research Project Grants (RPGs)	Non-Competing	4,316	$2,286,467,147	31.7%
	Administrative Supplements	438	$47,845,108	0.7%
	Competing	1,224	$637,029,310	8.8%
	Subtotal, without SBIR/STTR Grants	5,978	$2,971,341,565	41.1%
	SBIR/STTR Grants	199	$158,454,446	2.2%
	Subtotal, RPGs	6,177	$3,129,796,011	43.3%
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	83	$352,357,375	4.9%
	SPOREs	68	$111,275,432	1.5%
	Other P50s/P20s	0	$5,105,142	0.1%
	Other Specialized Centers	97	$137,621,223	1.9%
	Subtotal, Centers	248	$606,359,172	8.4%
Other Research	Career Program	0	$0	0.0%
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	87	$8,594,008	0.1%
	Research Scientist Development Award-K01	31	$4,894,207	0.1%
	Academic/Teacher Award-K07	0	$0	0.0%
	Clinical Investigator-K08	270	$62,528,453	0.9%
	Physician Scientist Award (Program)-K12	28	$16,772,145	0.2%
	Transitional Career Development-K22	57	$10,175,821	0.1%
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	3	$532,509	0.0%
	Early Stage Mentored Research and Career Development-K38	2	$204,439	0.0%
	International Research Career Development Award-K43	6	$402,742	0.0%
	Career Transition Award-K99	75	$10,590,692	0.1%
	Subtotal, Career Program	559	$114,695,016	1.6%
	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	83	$23,600,697	0.3%
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	125	$302,941,755	4.2%
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	0	$1,865,834	0.0%
	UE5 Education Projects	0	$696,473	0.0%
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0	$2,637,067	0.0%
	Research Pathway in Residency (R38)	0	$1,209,461	0.0%
	Other Transaction Authority-OT2	0	$33,182,197	0.5%
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	0	$121,424,554	1.7%
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	0	$993,994	0.0%
	International Research Training Grants- D43	0	$2,469,226	0.0%
	International Training Cooperative Agreement (U2R)	0	$700,000	0.0%
	Subtotal, Career and Other Research Grants	767	$606,416,274	8.4%
	Subtotal, Research Grants	7,192	$4,342,571,457	60.1%
National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships	Trainees	1,416	$89,878,259	1.2%
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	404	$785,908,607	10.9%
	SBIR Contracts	40	$33,124,877	0.5%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0	$69,178,189	1.0%
	Subtotal, Contracts	444	$888,211,673	12.3%
Intramural Research	Program	1,873	$1,036,573,544	14.4%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0	$308,819,457	4.3%
	Subtotal, Intramural Research (FTEs)	1,873	$1,345,393,001	18.6%
Research Management & Support (RMS)	Research Management and Support (RMS)	1,425	$399,339,819	5.5%
	SBIR RMS	0	$4,487,150	0.1%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0	$121,035,044	1.7%
	Subtotal, RMS (FTEs)	1,425	$524,862,013	7.3%
Buildings & Facilities		0	$30,000,000	0.4%
*Total NCI	(FTEs)	3,298	$7,220,916,403	100.0%
All items in italics are non-add entries.

Division Obligations by Mechanism

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Total Division Obligations, FY 2024
*(Whole Dollars)*
Division	Total
Center for Cancer Research (CCR)	$641,825,063
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)	$139,536,294
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)	$552,026,623
Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)	$59,593,673
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)	$157,821,619
Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)	$237,232,654
Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)	$23,102,950
Office of the Director (OD)	$1,700,717,388
Total Division	$6,539,192,620

Center for Cancer Research (CCR)

CCR Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Intramural Research	Program	$641,825,063
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
Total CCR		$641,825,063

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)

DCEG Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$44,087,333
R&D Contracts	SBIR Contracts	$0
Intramural Research	Program	$95,448,961
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
Total DCEG		$139,536,294

Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)

DCTD Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	$110,789,224
	Other P50s/P20s	$0
	Other Specialized Centers	$16,072,162
	Subtotal, Centers	$126,861,386
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	$0
	Education Projects-UE5	$0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	$142,141,328
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	$0
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	$0
	Rsrch Pathway in Residency-R38	$0
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	$0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	$0
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	$0
	International Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	$0
	Subtotal, Other Research-Grants	$142,141,328
Subtotal, Research Grants		$269,002,714
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$215,884,882
	SBIR Contracts	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$215,884,882
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$67,139,027
	SBIR RMS	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, RMS	$67,139,027
Total DCTD		$552,026,623

Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)

DCB Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	$0
	Other P50s/P20s	$375,635
	Other Specialized Centers	$43,852,991
	Subtotal, Centers	$44,228,626
Other Research-Grants	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$0
Subtotal, Research Grants		$44,228,626
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$0
	SBIR Contracts	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$0
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$15,365,047
	SBIR RMS	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, RMS	$15,365,047
Total DCB		$59,593,673

Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)

DCCPS Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	$0
	Other P50s/P20s	$4,346,416
	Other Specialized Centers	$9,243,218
	Subtotal, Centers	$13,589,634
Other Research	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	$0
	Education Projects-UE5	$0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	$0
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	$0
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	$0
	Research Pathway in Residency-R38	$0
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	$0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	$0
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	$0
	International Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	$0
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$0
Subtotal, Research Grants		$13,589,634
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$100,630,059
	SBIR Contracts	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$100,630,059
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$43,601,926
	SBIR RMS	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, RMS	$43,601,926
Total DCCPS		$157,821,619

Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)

DCP Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	$0
	Other P50s/P20s	$0
	Other Specialized Centers	$10,199,405
	Subtotal, Centers	$10,199,405
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	$0
	Education Projects- UE5	$0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	$153,530,193
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	$0
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	$0
	Rsrch pathway in Residency-R38	$0
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	$0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	$0
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	$0
	International Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	$0
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$153,530,193
Subtotal, Research Grants		$163,729,598
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$42,914,835
	SBIR Contracts	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$42,914,835
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$30,588,221
	SBIR RMS	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, RMS	$30,588,221
Total DCP		$237,232,654

Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)

DEA Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$23,102,950
	SBIR RMS	$0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Total DEA	$23,102,950

Office of the Director (OD)

OD Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Research Project Grants (RPGs)	Non-Competing	$0
	Administrative Supplements	$0
	Competing	$0
	Subtotal, without SBIR/STTR Grants	$0
	SBIR/STTR Grants-R41 -44	$158,454,446
	Subtotal, RPGs	$158,454,446
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$352,357,375
	SPOREs	$486,208
	Other P50s/P20s	$383,091
	Other Specialized Centers	$58,253,447
	Subtotal, Centers	$411,480,121
Other Research–Career Program	Career Program	$0
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	$8,594,008
	Research Scientist Development Award-K01	$4,894,207
	Research Scientist Award-K05	$0
	Academic/Teacher Award-K07	$0
	Clinical Investigator-K08	$62,528,453
	Physician Scientist Award (Program)-K12	$16,772,145
	Transitional Career Development-K22	$10,175,821
	Mentored Patient Oriented RCDA-K23	$0
	Mid-Career Invest. & Patient Orient. Res-K24	$0
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	$532,509
	Early Stage Mentored Research and Career Development-K38	$204,439
	International Research Career Development Award-K43	$402,742
	Career Transition Award-K99	$10,590,692
	Subtotal, Career Program	$114,695,016
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	$23,600,697
	Education Projects-UE5	$0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	$7,270,234
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	$0
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	$0
	Rsrch Pathway in Residency-R38	$0
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	$0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	$0
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	$0
	Internationall Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	$0
	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$30,870,931
Subtotal, Research Grants		$715,500,514
NRSA Fellowships		$87,791,141
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$310,971,538
	SBIR Contracts	$33,124,877
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$344,096,415
Intramural Research	Program	$299,299,520
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, Intramural Research	$299,299,520
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$219,542,648
	SBIR RMS	$4,487,150
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	$0
	Subtotal, RMS	$224,029,798
Buildings and Facilities		$30,000,000
Total OD		$1,700,717,388