Research Project Grants (RPGs)
During fiscal year 2018,
- Over 72.4% of of competing dollars supported grants awarded within the established payline and RFAs and the remainder supported grants as an exception to the fundable range.
- RFA funds accounted for 18.8% of the FY 2018 competing dollars.
- A total of 1,162 competing RPGs were funded.
FY 2018 data on this page includes FY 2018 Cures-Moonshot funding and excludes FY 2017 Cures-Moonshot carryover obligations.
Number of RPG Awards
Includes Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Awards.
RPGs Summary, FY 2017-2018
| RPG Awards Funded | 2017 Number | 2017 Amount | 2018 Number | 2018 Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Funding for RPGs | 4,663 | $2,278,416 | 4,780 | $2,450,558 |
| SBIR/STTR | 238 | $125,636 | 280 | $142,899 |
| Funding for RPGs without SBIR/STTR Program | 4,425 | $2,152,780 | 4,500 | $2,307,659 |
| Continuation or Noncompeting Grants Funded | 3,286 | $1,500,855 | 3,338 | $1,615,654 |
| Competing Grants Funded | 1,139 | $535,521 | 1,162 | $571,222 |
| Administrative Supplements | 243 | $33,173 | 280 | $36,754 |
| Partial Assessment for DHHS Program Evaluation | $83,232 | $84,028 |
| Grant Category | R01 or Share | 2017 Number or % |
2017 Amount | 2018 Number or % |
2018 Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants within Paylines | 772 |
$300,349 |
841 |
$326,426 |
|
| Traditional R01 | 570 | $265,943 | 534 | $250,668 | |
| RFA Grants | 145 | $90,579 | 115 | $107,311 | |
| Share of Competing Grant Funds | 16.9% | 18.8% | |||
| Exception Grants | 367 | $235,172 | 321 | $244,796 | |
| Share of Competing Grant Funds | 43.9% | 42.9% |
| Statistical Measure | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| *Excludes SBIR/STTR | ||
| Total Competing Application Requests* | 9,704 | 10.317 |
| Funding Success Rate | 12% | 11% |
| Percentile Funding for R01 Grants | 10th & 12th | 9th & 14th |
| Average Cost-Competing | $470 | $492 |
| Average Reduction from Recommended/Requested Levels | -14% | -13% |
RPGs Funding Mechanisms
The "Other" category includes DP1, DP2, DP5, R00, R37, U01, U19,UH2, UH3, UG3, UA5, R50, UM1, R15, R55, R56, and RC2 activities.
| RPG Mechanism | 2017 | 2018 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| *SPL = Scientific Program Leaders (NCI) | |||
| R01 Traditional Grants | 10th & 12th | 9th & 14th | Percentile |
| P01 Program Projects | 17% Reduction | 17% Reduction | SPL Selected* |
| R03 Small Grants | 25 | 25 | Impact Score |
| R15 Academic Research | 25 | 25 | Impact Score |
| R21 Exploratory Phase I | 7th | 7th | Percentile |
| R33 Exploratory Phase II* | N/A | N/A | SPL Selected* |
| R41/R42 STTR | 21 | 25 | Impact Score |
| R43/R44 SBIR | 25 | 27 | Impact Score |
RPGs Requested and Awarded
The following table displays requested and awarded RPGs and the success rate for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. These numbers include Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) awards. The Download the Data link contains data for the prior ten years.
| Fiscal Year | Type | Number Requested | Amount Requested | Number Awarded | Amount Awarded | Success Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Includes Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Awards. | ||||||
| Success rate is the number of awarded grants divided by the number of awards requested. | ||||||
| 2017 | Competing New | 10,354 | $4,504,710 | 1,172 | $514,490 | 12.0% |
| Competing Renewal | 518 | 364,485 | 136 | 96,512 | ||
| Competing Supplement | 21 | 7,444 | 3 | 1,131 | ||
| Competing Subtotal | 10,893 | 4,876,638 | 1,311 | 612,133 | ||
| Non-Competing | 3,352 | 1,666,283 | ||||
| FY 2017 RPG Total | 4,663 | $2,278,416 | ||||
| 2018 | Competing New | 10,921 | $4,914,256 | 1,220 | $546,677 | 11.9% |
| Competing Renewal | 471 | 327,711 | 134 | 96,208 | ||
| Competing Supplement | 33 | 8,382 | 2 | 331 | ||
| Competing Subtotal | 11,425 | 5,250,349 | 1,356 | 643,216 | ||
| Non-Competing | 3,424 | 1,807,342 | ||||
| FY 2018 RPG Total | 4,780 | $2,450,558 | ||||
RPG Awards by Grant Activity Codes
This table displays awarded research project grants (RPG) data by grant activity code and count. Please visit NIH Activity Codes for more information on the descriptions.
| Grant Code | 2017 Number |
2017 Amount |
2018 Number |
2018 Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 3,074 | $1,328,242 | 3,092 | $1,375,890 |
| DP1 | 3 | 3,620 | 2 | 2,388 |
| DP2 | 0 | 174 | 1 | 2,711 |
| DP5 | 7 | 2,882 | 6 | 2,494 |
| P01 | 90 | 169,753 | 85 | 165,529 |
| R00 | 109 | 26,551 | 103 | 24,704 |
| R37 | 2 | 955 | 66 | 30,163 |
| U01 | 237 | 201,670 | 285 | 243,522 |
| U19 | 3 | 6,577 | 2 | 5,087 |
| UH2 | 19 | 4,953 | 7 | 1,408 |
| R35 | 105 | 96,338 | 125 | 118,267 |
| R50 | 49 | 8,430 | 63 | 10,559 |
| UH3 | 6 | 5,723 | 21 | 11,275 |
| UA5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UM1 | 23 | 65,150 | 33 | 110,404 |
| UG3 | 8 | 3,268 | 11 | 5,574 |
| R03 | 138 | 10,796 | 149 | 12,227 |
| R21 | 472 | 91,406 | 382 | 74,013 |
| R33 | 57 | 33,586 | 45 | 17,863 |
| R15 | 20 | 8,559 | 20 | 8,951 |
| R55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R56 | 3 | 917 | 2 | 602 |
| RC2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SBIR/STTR | 238 | 125,636 | 280 | 142,899 |
| Total | 4,663 | 2,195,184 | 4,780 | 2,366,530 |
*From FY 2017 onward, RFAs will be accounted for in the actual grant mechanism categories under which they fall.
*RPG Activity Codes with a "0" count displayed for No. are grants where NCI did not take the grant award count for the funding since NCI was not the Primary IC funding the award.