Obligations by Budget Mechanism and Division

All NIH Institutes and Centers report their actual obligations each fiscal year by budget mechanism. The tables below display 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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Other Research mechanisms 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 2021
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Number	Amount	% of Total Amount
All items in italics are non add entries.
*Includes FY 2021 Cures-Moonshot funding.
*Excludes FY 2020 through FY 2017 Cures-Moonshot carryover obligations.
Research Project Grants (RPGs)	Non-Competing	3,641	$1,982,735,492	30.8%
	Administrative Supplements	283	40,531,153	0.6%
	Competing	1,331	640,878,364	9.9%
	Subtotal, without SBIR/STTR Grants	4,972	$2,664,145,009	41.4%
	SBIR/STTR Grants	238	158,269,499	2.5%
	Subtotal, RPGs	5,210	2,822,414,508	43.8%
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	32	344,697,904	5.4%
	SPOREs	64	119,570,354	1.9%
	Other P50s/P20s	57	3,306,038	0.1%
	Other Specialized Centers	79	95,946,773	1.5%
	Subtotal, Centers	232	$563,521,069	8.7%
Other Research	Career Program
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	78	7,211,442	0.1%
	Temin & Minority Mentored Awards-K01/K43	35	5,573,009	0.1%
	Estab. Inv. Award-K-05	0	0	0.0%
	Preventive Oncology-K07	30	4,964,775	0.1%
	Clinical Investigator-K08	219	48,478,974	0.8%
	Clinical Oncology-K12	20	14,506,693	0.2%
	Transitional Career Development-K22	52	9,722,676	0.2%
	Mentored Patient Oriented RCDA-K23	3	534,675	0.0%
	Mid-Career Invest. & Patient Orient. Res-K24	2	354,197	0.0%
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	1	157,167	0.0%
	Mentored Career Devel/Tem Intl Career-K43	1	551,375	0.0%
	Pathway to Independence Awards K99	83	10,600,361	0.2%
	Subtotal, Career Program	524	$102,655,344	1.6%
	Cancer Education Program-R25(including BD2K)	68	17,632,838	0.3%
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	106	299,980,858	4.7%
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	44	1,770,090	0.0%
	UE5 Education Projects	5	2,045,516	0.0%
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0	1,497,039	0.0%
	Research Pathway in Residency (R38)	3	608,718	0.0%
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	1	3,308,166	0.1%
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	81	124,345,645	1.9%
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	25	434,014	0.0%
	Int'l Research Training Grants Conference- D43/U2R	4	1,871,152	0.0%
	Subtotal, Career and Other Research Grants	861	$556,149,380	8.6%
Subtotal, Research Grants		6,303	$3,942,084,957	61.2%
National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships	Trainees	1,628	92,995,313	1.4%
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	403	668,612,032	10.4%
	SBIR Contracts	44	20,916,852	0.3%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0	122,717,632	1.9%
	Subtotal, Contracts	403	$812,246,516	12.6%
Intramural Research	Program		830,641,566	12.9%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment		271,890,333	4.2%
	Subtotal, Intramural Research (FTEs)	1,766	$1,102,531,899	17.1%
Research Management & Support (RMS)	Research Management and Support (RMS)		350,205,851	5.4%
	SBIR RMS		3,056,688	0.0%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment		109,614,012	1.7%
	Subtotal, RMS (FTEs)	1,331	$462,876,551	7.2%
Buildings & Facilities			30,000,000	0.5%
*Total NCI	(FTEs)	3,097	$6,442,735,236	100.0%

Division Obligations by Mechanism

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Division Obligations

Total Division Obligations, FY 2021
*(Whole Dollars)*
Division	Total
Center for Cancer Research (CCR)	$500,787,790
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)	107,110,008
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)	544,353,247
Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)	41,428,916
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)	131,165,654
Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)	223,216,237
Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)	19,737,071
Office of the Director (OD)	1,706,118,998
Total Division	$5,841,398,976

Center for Cancer Research (CCR)

CCR Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Intramural Research	Program	$500,787,790
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund	0
Total CCR		$500,787,790

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)

DCEG Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$19,491,642
R&D Contracts	SBIR Contracts	0
Intramural Research	Program	87,618,367
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund	0
Total DCEG		$107,110,008

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	110,212,968
	Other P50s/P20s	351,000
	Other Specialized Centers	8,513,327
	Subtotal, Centers	$119,077,295
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	161,679,221
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	0
	Education Projects-UE5	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
	Int'l Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	0
	Subtotal, Other Research-Grants	$161,679,221
Subtotal, Research Grants		$280,756,516
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	201,622,622
	SBIR Contracts	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$201,622,622
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	61,974,109
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$61,974,109
Total DCTD		$544,353,247

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	300,688
	Other Specialized Centers	29,264,757
	Subtotal, Centers	$29,565,445
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	0
	SBIR Contracts	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$0
Other Research-Grants	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$0
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	11,863,471
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$11,863,471
Total DCB		$41,428,916

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	2,449,195
	Other Specialized Centers	0
	Subtotal, Centers	$2,449,195
Other Research	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	0
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	0
	Education Projects-UE5	0
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0
	Research Pathway in Residency-R38	0
	Pilot Research Project-OT2	0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	184,250
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	0
	Int'l Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	0
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$184,250
Subtotal, Research Grants		$2,633,445
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	90,093,987
	SBIR Contracts	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$90,093,987
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	38,438,222
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$38,438,222
Total DCCPS		$131,165,654

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	7,149,238
	Subtotal, Centers	$7,149,238
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	129,370,923
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	0
	UE5 Education Projects	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
	Int'l Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	0
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$129,370,923
Subtotal, Research Grants		$136,520,161
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	58,434,011
	SBIR Contracts	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$58,434,011
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	28,262,064
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$28,262,064
Total DCP		$223,216,237

Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)

DEA Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$19,737,071
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Total DEA	$19,737,071

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	158,269,499
	Subtotal, RPGs	$158,269,499
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	344,697,904
	SPOREs	9,357,386
	Other P50s/P20s	205,155
	Other Specialized Centers	50,569,123
	Subtotal, Centers	$404,829,568
Other Research–Career Program	Career Program	0
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	7,211,442
	Temin & Minority Mentored Awards-K01	5,573,009
	Estab. Inv. Award-K05	0
	Preventive Oncology-K07	4,964,775
	Clinical Investigator-K08	48,478,974
	Clinical Oncology-K12	14,506,693
	Transitional Career Development-K22	9,722,676
	Mentored Patient Oriented RCDA-K23	534,675
	Mid-Career Invest. & Patient Orient. Res-K24	354,197
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	157,167
	Mentored Career Devel/Tem Intl Career-K43	551,375
	Pathway Award-K99	10,600,361
	Subtotal, Career Program	$102,655,344
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25 (including BD2K)	17,632,838
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	8,930,714
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	1,770,090
	Education Projects-UE5	2,045,516
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	1,497,039
	Rsrch Pathway in Residency-R38	608,718
	Other Transaction Authority-OT2	3,308,166
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	124,161,395
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13/R13	434,014
	Int'l Research Training Grants-D43/U2R	1,871,152
	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$162,259,642
Subtotal, Research Grants		$828,014,053
NRSA Fellowships		92,995,313
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	298,969,769
	SBIR Contracts	20,916,852
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$319,886,621
Intramural Research	Program	242,235,410
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, Intramural Research	$242,235,410
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	189,930,914
	SBIR RMS	3,056,688
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$192,987,602
Buildings and Facilities		30,000,000
Total OD		$1,706,118,998