The NCI Annual Fact Book

The NCI Budget in Review

This report provides a summary of the distribution of the Fiscal Year 2008 budget among the various National Cancer Institute (NCI) research programs and funding mechanisms, funding policies influencing grant awards, and comparisons with prior year allocations.  Additional information on the NCI budget is accessible from the NCI Home Page.

Summary
Funds available to the NCI in FY 2008 totaled over $4.828 billion, reflecting an increase of 1% and $35 million from the previous fiscal year.

Fiscal highlights from FY 2008 include:

• Of the total NCI budget, 43% of the funds were allocated for Research Project Grants.
• The total number of Research Project Grants (RPGs) funded was 5,380. (includes SBIR)
• Almost one-fourth of the RPGs awarded were new (Type 1) or competing renewal (Type 2) awards.
• 1,266 competing RPGs were funded.
• Approximately one-third of the total NCI budget supported ongoing non-competing (Type 5) RPGs. 
• R01 grants were funded to the 14th percentile.
• 312 grants – totaling more than $97 million – were funded as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards.
• Intramural Research comprised approximately 15% of the total NCI budget in FY 2007. 
• $472 million –10% of the total NCI budget – was allocated for Cancer Prevention & Control. 

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