NIH Research Grants Average Cost for Competing and Non-Competing Awards Fiscal Years 1998 -2003

(Average amounts are single year total costs)

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    Fiscal Year 2003 Fiscal Year 2002 Fiscal Year 2001 Fiscal Year 2000 Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 1998
Mechanism Activity Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average
All Awards All 46,081 $400,631 43,520 $386,723 40,666 $366,594 38,302 $339,477 35,870 $313,038 33,703 $290,828
Research Projects All 36,441 $378,045 34,613 $364,712 32,852 $344,240 31,027 $320,251 29,250 $294,872 27,623 $277,370
  P01 998 $1,465,353 993 $1,392,771 995 $1,309,564 928 $1,262,890 884 $1,182,507 818 $1,144,800
  P42 19 $2,320,767 19 $2,246,433 19 $1,989,474 17 $2,068,676 18 $1,903,752 18 $1,835,000
  R01 28,698 $339,468 27,568 $325,924 26,173 $309,196 24,499 $291,502 22,536 $275,047 20,532 $262,273
  R03 1,506 $79,175 1,378 $73,192 1,250 $68,471 1,102 $62,677 1,045 $61,870 1,050 $59,072
  R15 214 $145,118 188 $137,351 177 $137,323 158 $128,909 180 $100,338 174 $99,549
  R21 2,464 $188,085 1,822 $183,453 1,279 $174,063 919 $161,506 700 $155,026 505 $159,524
  R29 45 $106,605 436 $106,278 954 $107,714 1,579 $108,166 2,239 $107,275 2,818 $105,640
  R33 119 $466,024 100 $494,648 58 $473,789 22 $500,677 6 $346,621 0 0
  R35 0 $0 0 $0 1 $2,185,830 21 $924,406 39 $989,332 61 $994,343
  R37 830 $406,984 816 $386,055 821 $371,519 820 $354,112 849 $341,382 899 $331,604
  R55 14 $100,000 22 $97,727 14 $100,000 19 $100,000 31 $97,742 112 $96,462
  U01 1,433 $968,208 1,196 $1,035,456 1,047 $984,567 877 $899,686 663 $789,191 577 $753,106
  U19 100 $1,269,902 75 $1,342,243 64 $1,146,169 66 $1,021,331 60 $979,747 59 $772,846
SBIR-STTR All 2,034 $266,412 1,893 $262,775 1,704 $246,373 1,644 $220,602 1,515 $208,274 1,340 $201,228
  R41 98 $140,700 86 $147,584 91 $132,074 88 $118,750 78 $114,717 88 $99,127
  R42 54 $318,492 60 $296,568 51 $264,915 41 $276,139 41 $262,565 33 $256,834
  R43 1,063 $149,261 935 $136,567 875 $130,193 927 $121,091 830 $109,738 691 $99,589
  R44 813 $425,517 812 $417,665 687 $408,110 587 $388,910 565 $361,620 527 $348,250
  U43 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 1 $102,822
  U44 6 $1,047,727 0 $0 0 $0 1 $355,798 1 $373,660 0 $0
Research Centers All 1,394 $1,801,414 1,261 $1,743,831 1,120 $1,728,963 1,024 $1,553,353 989 $1,424,555 912 $1,289,296
  G12 21 $1,813,553 26 $1,484,480 18 $1,634,124 20 $1,401,130 26 $1,016,764 18 $1,458,263
  M01 90 $3,069,174 90 $2,774,806 99 $2,242,684 117 $1,709,695 104 $1,891,141 106 $1,578,972
  P20 262 $1,134,298 208 $1,021,092 120 $1,124,682 51 $1,049,646 29 $497,879 37 $497,489
  P30 336 $1,460,376 317 $1,384,441 318 $1,298,201 311 $1,209,805 311 $1,116,777 288 $1,082,503
  P40 30 $716,044 27 $609,702 25 $761,101 22 $546,321 23 $475,536 21 $393,187
  P41 85 $1,628,377 83 $1,572,783 74 $1,429,582 72 $1,127,242 72 $1,026,047 73 $885,665
  P50 349 $1,907,577 343 $1,759,365 316 $1,739,745 313 $1,588,097 307 $1,423,020 285 $1,519,093
  P51 8 $9,741,796 8 $8,688,272 8 $7,512,085 8 $6,940,402 8 $7,117,712 7 $7,283,777
  P60 56 $1,429,443 49 $1,517,058 44 $1,676,832 49 $1,604,700 52 $1,537,619 47 $1,386,567
  U41 0 $0 0 $0 1 $1,566,376 1 $2,104,107 2 $1,642,764 2 $1,123,776
  U42 32 $928,203 30 $954,604 30 $986,896 14 $1,291,661 16 $986,514 13 $835,202
  U54 125 $3,165,318 80 $4,205,529 67 $4,441,517 46 $4,091,283 39 $3,752,994 15 $1,129,214
Research Career All 3,901 $140,066 3,516 $134,369 3,135 $128,084 2,840 $122,924 2,469 $112,266 2,312 $98,952
  K01 701 $119,472 603 $114,999 530 $111,476 418 $107,593 314 $104,813 229 $96,936
  K02 267 $111,417 278 $107,280 294 $101,000 298 $94,904 277 $90,346 257 $87,224
  K04 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 8 $74,105 41 $72,758 78 $68,509
  K05 83 $122,863 80 $117,242 90 $110,281 100 $109,580 109 $101,685 126 $100,840
  K06 4 $34,270 6 $33,989 6 $34,214 6 $34,214 7 $35,104 9 $34,090
  K07 125 $125,164 131 $106,014 122 $114,331 137 $109,756 135 $108,719 146 $105,551
  K08 1,173 $129,482 1,161 $123,800 1,140 $120,913 1,196 $116,343 1,148 $106,426 1,172 $92,526
  K11 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 3 $103,246 37 $99,920 93 $93,526
  K12 127 $513,362 107 $514,520 80 $456,713 67 $452,006 46 $418,669 39 $352,379
  K14 3 $32,973 3 $28,281 4 $46,063 15 $91,343 28 $101,321 48 $92,605
  K15 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 3 $61,218 10 $79,350
  K16 7 $99,729 8 $160,625 8 $272,897 9 $360,171 10 $235,778 11 $194,894
  K17 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  K18 4 $167,778 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  K20 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 24 $142,312 44 $142,991
  K21 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 3 $112,860 29 $116,830 49 $116,493
  K22 122 $143,555 92 $141,268 54 $140,709 27 $130,838 5 $133,605 0 $0
  K23 845 $135,816 664 $132,977 496 $130,725 327 $127,297 140 $122,869 1 $132,948
  K24 298 $114,245 261 $110,143 215 $109,016 158 $104,640 81 $101,948 0 $0
  K25 72 $122,455 53 $123,753 31 $123,790 8 $121,699 0 $0 0 $0
  K26 11 $101,839 10 $95,301 8 $82,966 3 $94,134 0 $0 0 $0
  K30 59 $205,255 59 $204,989 57 $201,768 57 $200,335 35 $194,748 0 $0
Other Research All 2,311 $469,790 2,237 $463,828 1,855 $453,449 1,767 $432,274 1,647 $365,538 1,516 $307,223
  P20 4 $541,491 3 $549,681 2 $498,564 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  P41 6 $571,365 6 $616,360 7 $652,240 4 $793,941 5 $530,093 6 $466,019
  R01 53 $321,435 48 $340,886 44 $297,284 49 $272,090 47 $271,396 47 $226,293
  R03 9 $102,034 1 $118,560 1 $95,100 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  R10 1 $747,804 1 $646,175 19 $388,132 25 $368,367 40 $312,688 50 $329,470
  R13 459 $23,119 398 $22,154 385 $24,194 332 $20,906 313 $20,838 276 $19,223
  R18 13 $595,267 17 $638,605 17 $653,290 23 $657,973 18 $754,602 16 $736,217
  R21 1 $606,068 1 $149,300 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  R24 269 $428,821 213 $477,323 162 $530,120 153 $517,894 105 $453,519 64 $392,839
  R25 521 $274,886 462 $273,936 406 $302,489 374 $263,994 328 $197,772 312 $170,383
  R29 0 $0 1 $147,600 5 $103,143 7 $111,172 11 $109,357 18 $106,862
  R33 1 $546,889 1 $427,435 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  R55 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  RC1 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 23 $26,000 0 $0 0 $0
  S06 85 $823,382 102 $644,719 85 $709,017 83 $690,566 88 $549,821 82 $519,909
  S07 117 $187,641 142 $177,126 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  S10 164 $428,927 169 $436,381 152 $298,480 156 $280,224 146 $247,002 99 $232,180
  S11 14 $422,952 14 $429,430 12 $501,287 9 $440,386 7 $579,127 3 $269,491
  S14 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 2 $181,782 6 $168,106 6 $122,175
  S21 9 $4,166,667 10 $3,811,045 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  S22 9 $937,500 5 $937,500 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  U01 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  U10 446 $1,033,185 508 $874,862 456 $847,842 442 $787,575 463 $623,948 468 $466,118
  U13 28 $84,103 28 $89,387 16 $103,008 15 $112,880 11 $118,240 11 $83,922
  U18 1 $4,381,594 6 $1,186,618 6 $1,052,663 6 $974,710 5 $958,252 5 $600,000
  U24 45 $1,052,468 57 $858,823 46 $909,016 25 $831,597 24 $863,230 27 $576,035
  U2R 1 $1,000,000 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  U45 26 $1,497,024 26 $1,550,465 26 $1,272,603 26 $1,278,462 26 $1,254,771 26 $1,298,269
  U56 29 $555,681 14 $494,662 4 $350,328 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
  UC1 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0 9 $2,119,444 0 $0 0 $0
  UH1 5 $585,055 4 $692,050 4 $718,671 4 $643,750 4 $625,000 0 0

Source: DSA Pub
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