Average Cost of NIH Awards (competing and non-competing) by Funding Mechanism, Fiscal Years 1997 - 2002

(Average cost amounts are single year total costs. Current Dollars use BRDPI (Biomedical Research and Development Price Indicator FY 1997 = 100.0)

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    Fiscal Year 2002 Fiscal Year 2001 Fiscal Year 2000 Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 1998 Fiscal Year 1997
Mechanism Activity Awards Average Awards Awards Average Awards Awards Average Awards Awards Average Awards Awards Average Awards Awards Average Awards
      Current Constant   Current Constant   Current Constant   Current Constant   Current Constant   Current Constant
BRDPI Factor   120.8     116.6     111.8     107.2     103.4     100.0
All Awards   49,716 $383,669 $317,607 46,845 $358,303 $307,292 44,392 $333,191 $298,024 41,976 $306,261 $285,691 39,643 $282,011 $272,738 38,069 $274,660 $274,660
Research Grants All 43,520 $386,723 $320,135 40,666 $366,594 $314,403 38,302 $339,477 $303,647 35,870 $313,038 $292,013 33,703 $290,828 $281,265 32,109 $281,745 $281,745
Research Projects All 34,613 $364,712 $301,914 32,852 $344,240 $295,232 31,027 $320,251 $286,450 29,250 $294,872 $275,067 27,623 $277,370 $268,250 26,221 $268,759 $268,759
  P01 993 $1,392,771 $1,152,956 995 $1,309,564 $1,123,125 928 $1,262,890 $1,129,597 884 $1,182,507 $1,103,085 818 $1,144,800 $1,107,157 794 $1,096,686 $1,096,686
  P42 19 $2,246,433 $1,859,630 19 $1,989,474 $1,706,238 17 $2,068,676 $1,850,336 18 $1,903,752 $1,775,888 18 $1,835,000 $1,774,662 18 $1,707,503 $1,707,503
  R01 27,568 $325,924 $269,805 26,173 $309,196 $265,177 24,499 $291,502 $260,735 22,536 $275,047 $256,574 20,532 $262,273 $253,649 19,285 $250,974 $250,974
  R03 1,378 $73,192 $60,589 1,250 $68,471 $58,723 1,102 $62,677 $56,062 1,045 $61,870 $57,715 1,050 $59,072 $57,130 892 $55,742 $55,742
  R15 188 $137,351 $113,701 177 $137,323 $117,773 158 $128,909 $115,303 180 $100,338 $93,599 174 $99,549 $96,276 174 $97,376 $97,376
  R21 1,822 $183,453 $151,865 1,279 $174,063 $149,282 919 $161,506 $144,460 700 $155,026 $144,614 505 $159,524 $154,279 378 $172,114 $172,114
  R29 436 $106,278 $87,978 954 $107,714 $92,379 1,579 $108,166 $96,750 2,239 $107,275 $100,070 2,818 $105,640 $102,166 2,819 $104,937 $104,937
  R33 100 $494,648 $409,477 58 $473,789 $406,337 22 $500,677 $447,833 6 $346,621 $323,340 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  R35 0 0 $0 1 $2,185,830 $1,874,640 21 $924,406 $826,839 39 $989,332 $922,884 61 $994,343 $961,647 70 $964,951 $964,951
  R37 816 $386,055 $319,582 821 $371,519 $318,627 820 $354,112 $316,737 849 $341,382 $318,453 899 $331,604 $320,700 990 $324,682 $324,682
  R55 22 $97,727 $80,900 14 $100,000 $85,763 19 $100,000 $89,445 31 $97,742 $91,177 112 $96,462 $93,290 102 $93,603 $93,603
  U01 1,196 $1,035,456 $857,166 1,047 $984,567 $844,397 877 $899,686 $804,728 663 $789,191 $736,186 577 $753,106 $728,342 633 $673,905 $673,905
  U19 75 $1,342,243 $1,111,128 64 $1,146,169 $982,992 66 $1,021,331 $913,534 60 $979,747 $913,943 59 $772,846 $747,433 66 $801,811 $801,811
SBIR-STTR All 1,893 $262,775 $217,529 1,704 $246,373 $211,298 1,644 $220,602 $197,318 1,515 $208,274 $194,285 1,340 $201,228 $194,611 1,302 $191,936 $191,936
  R41 86 $147,584 $122,172 91 $132,074 $113,271 88 $118,750 $106,216 78 $114,717 $107,012 88 $99,127 $95,868 75 $99,151 $99,151
  R42 60 $296,568 $245,503 51 $264,915 $227,200 41 $276,139 $246,994 41 $262,565 $244,930 33 $256,834 $248,389 31 $236,430 $236,430
  R43 935 $136,567 $113,052 875 $130,193 $111,658 927 $121,091 $108,310 830 $109,738 $102,368 691 $99,589 $96,314 729 $97,589 $97,589
  R44 812 $417,665 $345,749 687 $408,110 $350,009 587 $388,910 $347,862 565 $361,620 $337,332 527 $348,250 $336,799 467 $351,161 $351,161
  U43 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 1 $102,822 $99,441 0 0 $0
  U44 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 1 $355,798 $318,245 1 $373,660 $348,563 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
Research Centers All 1,261 $1,743,831 $1,443,569 1,120 $1,728,963 $1,482,816 1,024 $1,553,353 $1,389,403 989 $1,424,555 $1,328,876 912 $1,289,296 $1,246,901 939 $1,172,837 $1,172,837
  G12 26 $1,484,480 $1,228,874 18 $1,634,124 $1,401,479 20 $1,401,130 $1,253,247 26 $1,016,764 $948,474 18 $1,458,263 $1,410,312 17 $1,434,418 $1,434,418
  M01 90 $2,774,806 $2,297,025 99 $2,242,684 $1,923,400 117 $1,709,695 $1,529,244 104 $1,891,141 $1,764,124 106 $1,578,972 $1,527,052 122 $1,273,393 $1,273,393
  P20 208 $1,021,092 $845,275 120 $1,124,682 $964,564 51 $1,049,646 $938,860 29 $497,879 $464,439 37 $497,489 $481,131 58 $365,518 $365,518
  P30 317 $1,384,441 $1,146,060 318 $1,298,201 $1,113,380 311 $1,209,805 $1,082,115 311 $1,116,777 $1,041,770 288 $1,082,503 $1,046,908 266 $1,099,096 $1,099,096
  P40 27 $609,702 $504,720 25 $761,101 $652,745 22 $546,321 $488,659 23 $475,536 $443,597 21 $393,187 $380,258 19 $380,872 $380,872
  P41 83 $1,572,783 $1,301,973 74 $1,429,582 $1,226,057 72 $1,127,242 $1,008,267 72 $1,026,047 $957,133 73 $885,665 $856,543 70 $820,576 $820,576
  P50 343 $1,759,365 $1,456,428 316 $1,739,745 $1,492,063 313 $1,588,097 $1,420,480 307 $1,423,020 $1,327,444 285 $1,519,093 $1,469,142 305 $1,310,715 $1,310,715
  P51 8 $8,688,272 $7,192,278 8 $7,512,085 $6,442,611 8 $6,940,402 $6,207,873 8 $7,117,712 $6,639,657 7 $7,283,777 $7,044,272 7 $6,992,630 $6,992,630
  P60 49 $1,517,058 $1,255,843 44 $1,676,832 $1,438,106 49 $1,604,700 $1,435,331 52 $1,537,619 $1,434,346 47 $1,386,567 $1,340,974 49 $1,401,888 $1,401,888
  U41 0 0 $0 1 $1,566,376 $1,343,376 1 $2,104,107 $1,882,028 2 $1,642,764 $1,532,429 2 $1,123,776 $1,086,824 2 $1,897,644 $1,897,644
  U42 30 $954,604 $790,235 30 $986,896 $846,395 14 $1,291,661 $1,155,332 16 $986,514 $920,256 13 $835,202 $807,739 15 $767,449 $767,449
  U54 80 $4,205,529 $3,481,398 67 $4,441,517 $3,809,191 46 $4,091,283 $3,659,466 39 $3,752,994 $3,500,927 15 $1,129,214 $1,092,083 9 $1,178,088 $1,178,088
Research Career All 3,516 $134,369 $111,233 3,135 $128,084 $109,849 2,840 $122,924 $109,950 2,469 $112,266 $104,726 2,312 $98,952 $95,698 2,188 $95,391 $95,391
  K01 603 $114,999 $95,198 530 $111,476 $95,605 418 $107,593 $96,237 314 $104,813 $97,773 229 $96,936 $93,749 151 $92,689 $92,689
  K02 278 $107,280 $88,808 294 $101,000 $86,621 298 $94,904 $84,887 277 $90,346 $84,278 257 $87,224 $84,356 225 $85,311 $85,311
  K04 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 8 $74,105 $66,284 41 $72,758 $67,871 78 $68,509 $66,256 116 $68,993 $68,993
  K05 80 $117,242 $97,055 90 $110,281 $94,581 100 $109,580 $98,014 109 $101,685 $94,855 126 $100,840 $97,524 130 $101,742 $101,742
  K06 6 $33,989 $28,137 6 $34,214 $29,343 6 $34,214 $30,603 7 $35,104 $32,746 9 $34,090 $32,969 9 $34,060 $34,060
  K07 131 $106,014 $87,760 122 $114,331 $98,054 137 $109,756 $98,172 135 $108,719 $101,417 146 $105,551 $102,080 142 $104,189 $104,189
  K08 1,161 $123,800 $102,483 1,140 $120,913 $103,699 1,196 $116,343 $104,064 1,148 $106,426 $99,278 1,172 $92,526 $89,484 1,043 $85,851 $85,851
  K11 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 3 $103,246 $92,349 37 $99,920 $93,209 93 $93,526 $90,451 149 $87,891 $87,891
  K12 107 $514,520 $425,927 80 $456,713 $391,692 67 $452,006 $404,299 46 $418,669 $390,549 39 $352,379 $340,792 29 $446,014 $446,014
  K14 3 $28,281 $23,411 4 $46,063 $39,505 15 $91,343 $81,702 28 $101,321 $94,516 48 $92,605 $89,560 55 $89,428 $89,428
  K15 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 3 $61,218 $57,106 10 $79,350 $76,741 12 $81,253 $81,253
  K16 8 $160,625 $132,968 8 $272,897 $234,045 9 $360,171 $322,157 10 $235,778 $219,942 11 $194,894 $188,485 11 $298,925 $298,925
  K17 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 4 $84,460 $84,460
  K20 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 24 $142,312 $132,754 44 $142,991 $138,289 53 $137,520 $137,520
  K21 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 3 $112,860 $100,948 29 $116,830 $108,983 49 $116,493 $112,662 59 $115,465 $115,465
  K22 92 $141,268 $116,944 54 $140,709 $120,677 27 $130,838 $117,029 5 $133,605 $124,632 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  K23 664 $132,977 $110,080 496 $130,725 $112,114 327 $127,297 $113,861 140 $122,869 $114,617 1 $132,948 $128,576 0 0 $0
  K24 261 $110,143 $91,178 215 $109,016 $93,496 158 $104,640 $93,596 81 $101,948 $95,101 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  K25 53 $123,753 $102,445 31 $123,790 $106,166 8 $121,699 $108,854 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  K26 10 $95,301 $78,892 8 $82,966 $71,154 3 $94,134 $84,199 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  K30 59 $204,989 $169,693 57 $201,768 $173,043 57 $200,335 $179,191 35 $194,748 $181,668 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
Other Research All 2,237 $463,828 $383,964 1,855 $453,449 $388,893 1,767 $432,274 $386,649 1,647 $365,538 $340,987 1,516 $307,223 $297,121 1,459 $301,245 $301,245
  P20 3 $549,681 $455,034 2 $498,564 $427,585 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  P41 6 $616,360 $510,232 7 $652,240 $559,383 4 $793,941 $710,144 5 $530,093 $494,490 6 $466,019 $450,695 7 $556,065 $556,065
  R01 48 $340,886 $282,190 44 $297,284 $254,961 49 $272,090 $243,372 47 $271,396 $253,168 47 $226,293 $218,852 45 $190,334 $190,334
  R03 1 $118,560 $98,146 1 $95,100 $81,561 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  R10 1 $646,175 $534,913 19 $388,132 $332,875 25 $368,367 $329,487 40 $312,688 $291,687 50 $329,470 $318,636 58 $343,010 $343,010
  R13 398 $22,154 $18,339 385 $24,194 $20,750 332 $20,906 $18,699 313 $20,838 $19,438 276 $19,223 $18,591 284 $19,325 $19,325
  R18 17 $638,605 $528,647 17 $653,290 $560,283 23 $657,973 $588,527 18 $754,602 $703,920 16 $736,217 $712,009 13 $911,286 $911,286
  R21 1 $149,300 $123,593 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  R24 213 $477,323 $395,135 162 $530,120 $454,648 153 $517,894 $463,233 105 $453,519 $423,059 64 $392,839 $379,922 52 $368,224 $368,224
  R25 462 $273,936 $226,768 406 $302,489 $259,425 374 $263,994 $236,131 328 $197,772 $184,489 312 $170,383 $164,780 259 $153,494 $153,494
  R29 1 $147,600 $122,185 5 $103,143 $88,459 7 $111,172 $99,438 11 $109,357 $102,012 18 $106,862 $103,348 19 $105,037 $105,037
  R33 1 $427,435 $353,837 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  R55 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 1 $100,000 $100,000
  RC1 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 23 $26,000 $23,256 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  S06 102 $644,719 $533,708 85 $709,017 $608,076 83 $690,566 $617,680 88 $549,821 $512,893 82 $519,909 $502,813 94 $489,578 $489,578
  S07 142 $177,126 $146,627 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  S10 169 $436,381 $361,243 152 $298,480 $255,986 156 $280,224 $250,648 146 $247,002 $230,412 99 $232,180 $224,545 96 $223,928 $223,928
  S11 14 $429,430 $355,488 12 $501,287 $429,920 9 $440,386 $393,905 7 $579,127 $540,230 3 $269,491 $260,630 2 $307,359 $307,359
  S14 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 2 $181,782 $162,596 6 $168,106 $156,815 6 $122,175 $118,158 9 $145,148 $145,148
  S21 10 $3,811,045 $3,154,839 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  S22 5 $937,500 $776,076 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  U01 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 2 $377,014 $377,014
  U10 508 $874,862 $724,224 456 $847,842 $727,137 442 $787,575 $704,450 463 $623,948 $582,041 468 $466,118 $450,791 475 $457,291 $457,291
  U13 28 $89,387 $73,996 16 $103,008 $88,343 15 $112,880 $100,966 11 $118,240 $110,299 11 $83,922 $81,162 7 $98,215 $98,215
  U18 6 $1,186,618 $982,300 6 $1,052,663 $902,798 6 $974,710 $871,834 5 $958,252 $893,892 5 $600,000 $580,271 1 $5,970,280 $5,970,280
  U24 57 $858,823 $710,946 46 $909,016 $779,602 25 $831,597 $743,826 24 $863,230 $805,252 27 $576,035 $557,094 15 $400,615 $400,615
  U45 26 $1,550,465 $1,283,498 26 $1,272,603 $1,091,426 26 $1,278,462 $1,143,526 26 $1,254,771 $1,170,495 26 $1,298,269 $1,255,579 19 $1,508,294 $1,508,294
  U56 14 $494,662 $409,488 4 $350,328 $300,453 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  UC1 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 9 $2,119,444 $1,895,746 0 0 $0 0 0 $0 0 0 $0
  UH1 4 $692,050 $572,889 4 $718,671 $616,356 4 $643,750 $575,805 4 $625,000 $583,022 0 0 $0 1 $100,000 $100,000
                                       
                                       
Training Grants All 2,100 $264,675 $219,102 2,070 $240,435 $206,205 2,024 $226,462 $202,560 2,022 $210,539 $196,398 1,965 $182,541 $176,539 1,902 $184,420 $184,420
  T14 0 $0 $0 1 $97,395 $83,529 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $107,523 $107,523
  T15 40 $348,721 $288,676 32 $337,833 $289,737 42 $329,036 $294,308 37 $231,910 $216,334 30 $239,860 $231,973 23 $268,990 $268,990
  T22 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 4 $228,249 $228,249
  T32 1,820 $273,310 $226,250 1,801 $247,042 $211,871 1,750 $232,429 $207,897 1,752 $218,519 $203,842 1,722 $187,415 $181,252 1,684 $188,655 $188,655
  T34 75 $338,825 $280,484 72 $333,772 $286,254 73 $300,487 $268,772 77 $260,728 $243,216 70 $249,003 $240,815 57 $276,105 $276,105
  T35 123 $64,709 $53,567 123 $63,567 $54,517 121 $60,293 $53,929 125 $57,950 $54,058 126 $49,008 $47,397 110 $48,567 $48,567
  T36 15 $384,627 $318,400 13 $351,062 $301,082 10 $311,472 $278,597 6 $254,362 $237,278 8 $205,773 $199,007 7 $173,371 $173,371
  T37 27 $196,402 $162,584 28 $194,846 $167,106 28 $194,357 $173,843 25 $186,867 $174,316 9 $307,347 $297,241 16 $223,134 $223,134
Fellowships All 2,731 $37,168 $30,768 2,782 $34,375 $29,481 2,685 $32,654 $29,208 2,699 $32,294 $30,125 2,650 $26,886 $26,002 2,744 $26,147 $26,147
  F05 1 $38,320 $31,722 2 $84,798 $72,726 9 $39,970 $35,751 21 $32,737 $30,538 28 $32,234 $31,174 35 $31,969 $31,969
  F06 0 $0 $0 9 $31,231 $26,785 23 $28,542 $25,530 17 $32,552 $30,366 21 $29,086 $28,130 27 $34,498 $34,498
  F15 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $99,000 $92,351 1 $248,706 $240,528 2 $281,500 $281,500
  F30 96 $31,426 $26,015 74 $30,473 $26,135 63 $29,599 $26,475 56 $27,283 $25,451 55 $22,108 $21,381 52 $23,201 $23,201
  F31 928 $27,798 $23,012 837 $26,176 $22,449 682 $24,528 $21,939 640 $23,723 $22,130 617 $20,409 $19,738 617 $19,955 $19,955
  F32 1,682 $42,471 $35,158 1,824 $38,077 $32,656 1,875 $35,532 $31,782 1,929 $35,060 $32,705 1,899 $28,715 $27,771 1,969 $27,556 $27,556
  F33 13 $44,531 $36,863 23 $36,208 $31,053 17 $32,683 $29,233 21 $40,417 $37,702 15 $32,724 $31,648 24 $32,730 $32,730
  F34 2 $43,723 $36,195 2 $39,473 $33,853 4 $35,857 $32,072 5 $29,777 $27,777 4 $31,462 $30,427 3 $25,294 $25,294
  F35 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 7 $28,052 $28,052
  F37 2 $57,531 $47,625 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 3 $22,550 $21,809 5 $23,046 $23,046
  F38 7 $62,221 $51,507 11 $59,311 $50,867 12 $62,211 $55,645 9 $53,548 $49,951 7 $59,606 $57,646 3 $60,900 $60,900
Construction All 75 $1,626,384 $1,346,344 63 $1,407,508 $1,207,125 64 $1,312,012 $1,173,535 52 $724,957 $676,266 35 $806,572 $780,050 35 $764,562 $764,562
  C06 57 $1,984,559 $1,642,847 43 $1,776,744 $1,523,794 45 $1,696,948 $1,517,843 31 $965,078 $900,259 22 $972,318 $940,346 22 $988,000 $988,000
  G20 18 $492,160 $407,417 20 $613,650 $526,286 19 $400,322 $358,070 21 $370,493 $345,609 13 $526,077 $508,779 13 $386,436 $386,436
R&D Contracts All 1,035 $1,369,025 $1,133,299 996 $1,154,481 $990,121 1,133 $991,072 $886,469 1,185 $882,067 $822,824 1,169 $765,398 $740,230 1,167 $805,190 $805,190
  N01 980 $1,428,158 $1,182,250 923 $1,227,483 $1,052,730 1,080 $1,026,492 $918,150 1,140 $906,588 $845,698 1,114 $791,214 $765,197 1,127 $823,968 $823,968
  N43 23 $96,148 $79,593 46 $114,408 $98,120 28 $135,382 $121,093 25 $104,744 $97,709 32 $98,704 $95,458 20 $99,096 $99,096
  N44 32 $472,957 $391,521 27 $430,861 $369,521 25 $419,316 $375,059 20 $456,021 $425,393 23 $442,571 $428,018 20 $453,168 $453,168
Other Awards All 255 $188,349 $155,918 268 $167,514 $143,666 184 $192,815 $172,464 148 $210,438 $196,304 121 $206,941 $200,136 112 $183,559 $183,559
  D43 106 $338,009 $279,809 112 $309,844 $265,732 113 $246,900 $220,841 71 $330,759 $308,544 58 $307,640 $297,524 44 $312,146 $312,146
  G07 45 $73,037 $60,461 13 $58,470 $50,146 9 $77,369 $69,203 6 $66,823 $62,335 3 $66,023 $63,852 7 $55,676 $55,676
  G08 32 $146,947 $121,645 71 $70,222 $60,225 29 $169,343 $151,470 40 $134,200 $125,187 35 $157,104 $151,938 34 $145,130 $145,130
  G11 37 $53,936 $44,649 34 $59,971 $51,433 33 $59,727 $53,423 31 $61,032 $56,933 25 $60,000 $58,027 27 $55,556 $55,556
  G13 35 $63,294 $52,396 38 $63,327 $54,311 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0

* Excludes count of noncompeting supplements

Source: DSA Pubdata
Program: average_award_030304_rfm.sas