Average Cost of NIH Awards (competing and non-competing) by Funding Mechanism, Fiscal Years 1998 - 2003

(Average cost amounts are single year total costs. Current Dollars use BRDPI (Biomedical Research and Development Price Indicator FY 1998 = 100.0)

    Fiscal Year 2003 Fiscal Year 2002 Fiscal Year 2001 Fiscal Year 2000 Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 1998
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   122.2     116.8     112.7     108.2     103.7     100.0
All Awards All 52,587 $415,821 $340,279 49,716 $383,669 $328,484 46,845 $358,303 $317,926 44,392 $333,191 $307,940 41,976 $306,261 $295,334 39,643 $282,011 $282,011
Research Grants All 46,081 $400,631 $327,849 43,520 $386,723 $331,098 40,666 $366,594 $325,283 38,302 $339,477 $313,750 35,870 $313,038 $301,869 33,703 $290,828 $290,828
Research Projects All 36,441 $378,045 $309,366 34,613 $364,712 $312,253 32,852 $344,240 $305,448 31,027 $320,251 $295,981 29,250 $294,872 $284,351 27,623 $277,370 $277,370
  P01 998 $1,465,353 $1,199,143 993 $1,392,771 $1,192,441 995 $1,309,564 $1,161,991 928 $1,262,890 $1,167,181 884 $1,182,507 $1,140,315 818 $1,144,800 $1,144,800
  P42 19 $2,320,767 $1,899,155 19 $2,246,433 $1,923,316 19 $1,989,474 $1,765,283 17 $2,068,676 $1,911,900 18 $1,903,752 $1,835,826 18 $1,835,000 $1,835,000
  R01 28,698 $339,468 $277,797 27,568 $325,924 $279,045 26,173 $309,196 $274,353 24,499 $291,502 $269,410 22,536 $275,047 $265,233 20,532 $262,273 $262,273
  R03 1,506 $79,175 $64,791 1,378 $73,192 $62,664 1,250 $68,471 $60,755 1,102 $62,677 $57,927 1,045 $61,870 $59,662 1,050 $59,072 $59,072
  R15 214 $145,118 $118,755 188 $137,351 $117,595 177 $137,323 $121,848 158 $128,909 $119,140 180 $100,338 $96,758 174 $99,549 $99,549
  R21 2,464 $188,085 $153,916 1,822 $183,453 $157,066 1,279 $174,063 $154,448 919 $161,506 $149,266 700 $155,026 $149,495 505 $159,524 $159,524
  R29 45 $106,605 $87,238 436 $106,278 $90,991 954 $107,714 $95,576 1,579 $108,166 $99,969 2,239 $107,275 $103,447 2,818 $105,640 $105,640
  R33 119 $466,024 $381,362 100 $494,648 $423,500 58 $473,789 $420,398 22 $500,677 $462,733 6 $346,621 $334,254 0 $0 $0
  R34 1 $140,000 $114,566 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  R35 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $2,185,830 $1,939,512 21 $924,406 $854,349 39 $989,332 $954,033 61 $994,343 $994,343
  R37 830 $406,984 $333,047 816 $386,055 $330,527 821 $371,519 $329,653 820 $354,112 $327,275 849 $341,382 $329,202 899 $331,604 $331,604
  R55 14 $100,000 $81,833 22 $97,727 $83,670 14 $100,000 $88,731 19 $100,000 $92,421 31 $97,742 $94,255 112 $96,462 $96,462
  U01 1,433 $968,208 $792,314 1,196 $1,035,456 $886,521 1,047 $984,567 $873,618 877 $899,686 $831,503 663 $789,191 $761,033 577 $753,106 $753,106
  U19 100 $1,269,902 $1,039,200 75 $1,342,243 $1,149,181 64 $1,146,169 $1,017,009 66 $1,021,331 $943,929 60 $979,747 $944,790 59 $772,846 $772,846
SBIR-STTR All 2,034 $266,412 $218,013 1,893 $262,775 $224,979 1,704 $246,373 $218,610 1,644 $220,602 $203,884 1,515 $208,274 $200,843 1,340 $201,228 $201,228
  R41 98 $140,700 $115,139 86 $147,584 $126,356 91 $132,074 $117,191 88 $118,750 $109,750 78 $114,717 $110,624 88 $99,127 $99,127
  R42 54 $318,492 $260,632 60 $296,568 $253,911 51 $264,915 $235,062 41 $276,139 $255,212 41 $262,565 $253,197 33 $256,834 $256,834
  R43 1,063 $149,261 $122,145 935 $136,567 $116,924 875 $130,193 $115,522 927 $121,091 $111,914 830 $109,738 $105,823 691 $99,589 $99,589
  R44 813 $425,517 $348,214 812 $417,665 $357,590 687 $408,110 $362,121 587 $388,910 $359,436 565 $361,620 $348,717 527 $348,250 $348,250
  U43 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $102,822 $102,822
  U44 6 $1,047,727 $857,387 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $355,798 $328,834 1 $373,660 $360,328 0 $0 $0
Research Centers All 1,394 $1,801,414 $1,474,152 1,261 $1,743,831 $1,493,006 1,120 $1,728,963 $1,534,129 1,024 $1,553,353 $1,435,631 989 $1,424,555 $1,373,727 912 $1,289,296 $1,289,296
  G12 21 $1,813,553 $1,484,086 26 $1,484,480 $1,270,959 18 $1,634,124 $1,449,977 20 $1,401,130 $1,294,945 26 $1,016,764 $980,486 18 $1,458,263 $1,458,263
  M01 90 $3,069,174 $2,511,599 90 $2,774,806 $2,375,690 99 $2,242,684 $1,989,959 117 $1,709,695 $1,580,125 104 $1,891,141 $1,823,665 106 $1,578,972 $1,578,972
  P20 262 $1,134,298 $928,231 208 $1,021,092 $874,223 120 $1,124,682 $997,943 51 $1,049,646 $970,098 29 $497,879 $480,115 37 $497,489 $497,489
  P30 336 $1,460,376 $1,195,070 317 $1,384,441 $1,185,309 318 $1,298,201 $1,151,909 311 $1,209,805 $1,118,119 311 $1,116,777 $1,076,931 288 $1,082,503 $1,082,503
  P40 30 $716,044 $585,961 27 $609,702 $522,005 25 $761,101 $675,334 22 $546,321 $504,918 23 $475,536 $458,569 21 $393,187 $393,187
  P41 85 $1,628,377 $1,332,551 83 $1,572,783 $1,346,561 74 $1,429,582 $1,268,484 72 $1,127,242 $1,041,813 72 $1,026,047 $989,438 73 $885,665 $885,665
  P50 349 $1,907,577 $1,561,029 343 $1,759,365 $1,506,306 316 $1,739,745 $1,543,696 313 $1,588,097 $1,467,742 307 $1,423,020 $1,372,247 285 $1,519,093 $1,519,093
  P51 8 $9,741,796 $7,972,010 8 $8,688,272 $7,438,589 8 $7,512,085 $6,665,559 8 $6,940,402 $6,414,420 8 $7,117,712 $6,863,753 7 $7,283,777 $7,283,777
  P60 56 $1,429,443 $1,169,757 49 $1,517,058 $1,298,851 44 $1,676,832 $1,487,872 49 $1,604,700 $1,483,087 52 $1,537,619 $1,482,757 47 $1,386,567 $1,386,567
  U41 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $1,566,376 $1,389,863 1 $2,104,107 $1,944,646 2 $1,642,764 $1,584,150 2 $1,123,776 $1,123,776
  U42 32 $928,203 $759,577 30 $954,604 $817,298 30 $986,896 $875,684 14 $1,291,661 $1,193,772 16 $986,514 $951,315 13 $835,202 $835,202
  U54 125 $3,165,318 $2,590,277 80 $4,205,529 $3,600,624 67 $4,441,517 $3,941,009 46 $4,091,283 $3,781,223 39 $3,752,994 $3,619,088 15 $1,129,214 $1,129,214
Research Career All 3,901 $140,066 $114,620 3,516 $134,369 $115,042 3,135 $128,084 $113,650 2,840 $122,924 $113,608 2,469 $112,266 $108,260 2,312 $98,952 $98,952
  K01 701 $119,472 $97,768 603 $114,999 $98,458 530 $111,476 $98,914 418 $107,593 $99,439 314 $104,813 $101,073 229 $96,936 $96,936
  K02 267 $111,417 $91,176 278 $107,280 $91,849 294 $101,000 $89,618 298 $94,904 $87,712 277 $90,346 $87,122 257 $87,224 $87,224
  K04 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 8 $74,105 $68,489 41 $72,758 $70,162 78 $68,509 $68,509
  K05 83 $122,863 $100,543 80 $117,242 $100,378 90 $110,281 $97,854 100 $109,580 $101,275 109 $101,685 $98,057 126 $100,840 $100,840
  K06 4 $34,270 $28,044 6 $33,989 $29,100 6 $34,214 $30,358 6 $34,214 $31,621 7 $35,104 $33,851 9 $34,090 $34,090
  K07 125 $125,164 $102,426 131 $106,014 $90,765 122 $114,331 $101,447 137 $109,756 $101,438 135 $108,719 $104,840 146 $105,551 $105,551
  K08 1,173 $129,482 $105,959 1,161 $123,800 $105,993 1,140 $120,913 $107,287 1,196 $116,343 $107,526 1,148 $106,426 $102,629 1,172 $92,526 $92,526
  K11 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 3 $103,246 $95,421 37 $99,920 $96,355 93 $93,526 $93,526
  K12 127 $513,362 $420,100 107 $514,520 $440,514 80 $456,713 $405,247 67 $452,006 $417,750 46 $418,669 $403,731 39 $352,379 $352,379
  K14 3 $32,973 $26,983 3 $28,281 $24,213 4 $46,063 $40,872 15 $91,343 $84,421 28 $101,321 $97,706 48 $92,605 $92,605
  K15 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 3 $61,218 $59,034 10 $79,350 $79,350
  K16 7 $99,729 $81,611 8 $160,625 $137,521 8 $272,897 $242,145 9 $360,171 $332,875 10 $235,778 $227,365 11 $194,894 $194,894
  K18 4 $167,778 $137,298 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  K20 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 24 $142,312 $137,234 44 $142,991 $142,991
  K21 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 3 $112,860 $104,307 29 $116,830 $112,662 49 $116,493 $116,493
  K22 122 $143,555 $117,475 92 $141,268 $120,949 54 $140,709 $124,853 27 $130,838 $120,922 5 $133,605 $128,838 0 $0 $0
  K23 845 $135,816 $111,142 664 $132,977 $113,850 496 $130,725 $115,994 327 $127,297 $117,650 140 $122,869 $118,485 1 $132,948 $132,948
  K24 298 $114,245 $93,490 261 $110,143 $94,301 215 $109,016 $96,731 158 $104,640 $96,710 81 $101,948 $98,311 0 $0 $0
  K25 72 $122,455 $100,209 53 $123,753 $105,953 31 $123,790 $109,840 8 $121,699 $112,476 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  K26 11 $101,839 $83,338 10 $95,301 $81,593 8 $82,966 $73,617 3 $94,134 $87,000 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  K30 59 $205,255 $167,966 59 $204,989 $175,504 57 $201,768 $179,031 57 $200,335 $185,152 35 $194,748 $187,799 0 $0 $0
Other Research All 2,311 $469,790 $384,444 2,237 $463,828 $397,113 1,855 $453,449 $402,350 1,767 $432,274 $399,514 1,647 $365,538 $352,496 1,516 $307,223 $307,223
  P20 4 $541,491 $443,119 3 $549,681 $470,617 2 $498,564 $442,382 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  P41 6 $571,365 $467,565 6 $616,360 $527,705 7 $652,240 $578,740 4 $793,941 $733,772 5 $530,093 $511,179 6 $466,019 $466,019
  R01 53 $321,435 $263,040 48 $340,886 $291,854 44 $297,284 $263,783 49 $272,090 $251,470 47 $271,396 $261,713 47 $226,293 $226,293
  R03 9 $102,034 $83,498 1 $118,560 $101,507 1 $95,100 $84,383 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  R10 1 $747,804 $611,951 1 $646,175 $553,232 19 $388,132 $344,394 25 $368,367 $340,450 40 $312,688 $301,531 50 $329,470 $329,470
  R13 459 $23,119 $18,919 398 $22,154 $18,967 385 $24,194 $21,468 332 $20,906 $19,322 313 $20,838 $20,095 276 $19,223 $19,223
  R18 13 $595,267 $487,125 17 $638,605 $546,751 17 $653,290 $579,672 23 $657,973 $608,108 18 $754,602 $727,678 16 $736,217 $736,217
  R21 1 $606,068 $495,964 1 $149,300 $127,825 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  R24 269 $428,821 $350,917 213 $477,323 $408,667 162 $530,120 $470,382 153 $517,894 $478,645 105 $453,519 $437,338 64 $392,839 $392,839
  R25 521 $274,886 $224,948 462 $273,936 $234,534 406 $302,489 $268,402 374 $263,994 $243,987 328 $197,772 $190,716 312 $170,383 $170,383
  R29 0 $0 $0 1 $147,600 $126,370 5 $103,143 $91,520 7 $111,172 $102,747 11 $109,357 $105,455 18 $106,862 $106,862
  R33 1 $546,889 $447,536 1 $427,435 $365,955 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  RC1 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 23 $26,000 $24,030 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  S06 85 $823,382 $673,799 102 $644,719 $551,985 85 $709,017 $629,119 83 $690,566 $638,231 88 $549,821 $530,203 82 $519,909 $519,909
  S07 117 $187,641 $153,552 142 $177,126 $151,649 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  S10 164 $428,927 $351,004 169 $436,381 $373,614 152 $298,480 $264,845 156 $280,224 $258,987 146 $247,002 $238,189 99 $232,180 $232,180
  S11 14 $422,952 $346,115 14 $429,430 $367,663 12 $501,287 $444,798 9 $440,386 $407,011 7 $579,127 $558,464 3 $269,491 $269,491
  S14 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 2 $181,782 $168,006 6 $168,106 $162,108 6 $122,175 $122,175
  S21 9 $4,166,667 $3,409,711 10 $3,811,045 $3,262,881 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  S22 4 $937,500 $767,185 5 $937,500 $802,654 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  U10 446 $1,033,185 $845,487 508 $874,862 $749,026 456 $847,842 $752,300 442 $787,575 $727,888 463 $623,948 $601,686 468 $466,118 $466,118
  U13 28 $84,103 $68,824 28 $89,387 $76,530 16 $103,008 $91,400 15 $112,880 $104,325 11 $118,240 $114,021 11 $83,922 $83,922
  U18 1 $4,381,594 $3,585,592 6 $1,186,618 $1,015,940 6 $1,052,663 $934,040 6 $974,710 $900,841 5 $958,252 $924,062 5 $600,000 $600,000
  U24 45 $1,052,468 $861,267 57 $858,823 $735,294 46 $909,016 $806,580 25 $831,597 $768,574 24 $863,230 $832,430 27 $576,035 $576,035
  U2R 1 $1,000,000 $818,331 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  U45 26 $1,497,024 $1,225,061 26 $1,550,465 $1,327,453 26 $1,272,603 $1,129,195 26 $1,278,462 $1,181,573 26 $1,254,771 $1,210,001 26 $1,298,269 $1,298,269
  U56 29 $555,681 $454,731 14 $494,662 $423,512 4 $350,328 $310,850 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  UC1 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 9 $2,119,444 $1,958,821 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  UH1 5 $585,055 $478,768 4 $692,050 $592,509 4 $718,671 $637,685 4 $643,750 $594,963 4 $625,000 $602,700 0 $0 $0
Training Grants All 2,160 $283,900 $232,324 2,100 $264,675 $226,605 2,070 $240,435 $213,341 2,024 $226,462 $209,299 2,022 $210,539 $203,027 1,965 $182,541 $182,541
  T14 1 $40,000 $32,733 0 $0 $0 1 $97,395 $86,420 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  T15 52 $376,950 $308,470 40 $348,721 $298,563 32 $337,833 $299,763 42 $329,036 $304,100 37 $231,910 $223,635 30 $239,860 $239,860
  T22 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  T32 1,891 $290,802 $237,972 1,820 $273,310 $233,998 1,801 $247,042 $219,203 1,750 $232,429 $214,814 1,752 $218,519 $210,722 1,722 $187,415 $187,415
  T34 75 $333,998 $273,321 75 $338,825 $290,090 72 $333,772 $296,160 73 $300,487 $277,714 77 $260,728 $251,425 70 $249,003 $249,003
  T35 117 $77,843 $63,701 123 $64,709 $55,402 123 $63,567 $56,404 121 $60,293 $55,724 125 $57,950 $55,882 126 $49,008 $49,008
  T36 14 $367,730 $300,925 15 $384,627 $329,304 13 $351,062 $311,501 10 $311,472 $287,867 6 $254,362 $245,286 8 $205,773 $205,773
  T37 9 $463,186 $379,039 27 $196,402 $168,152 28 $194,846 $172,889 28 $194,357 $179,628 25 $186,867 $180,200 9 $307,347 $307,347
  TU2 1 $201,918 $165,236 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
Fellowships All 2,763 $39,303 $32,163 2,731 $37,168 $31,822 2,782 $34,375 $30,501 2,685 $32,654 $30,179 2,699 $32,294 $31,142 2,650 $26,886 $26,886
  F05 5 $55,451 $45,377 1 $38,320 $32,808 2 $84,798 $75,242 9 $39,970 $36,941 21 $32,737 $31,569 28 $32,234 $32,234
  F06 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 9 $31,231 $27,712 23 $28,542 $26,379 17 $32,552 $31,391 21 $29,086 $29,086
  F15 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 1 $99,000 $95,468 1 $248,706 $248,706
  F30 108 $34,450 $28,191 96 $31,426 $26,906 74 $30,473 $27,039 63 $29,599 $27,356 56 $27,283 $26,310 55 $22,108 $22,108
  F31 1,003 $29,995 $24,546 928 $27,798 $23,800 837 $26,176 $23,226 682 $24,528 $22,669 640 $23,723 $22,877 617 $20,409 $20,409
  F32 1,615 $45,101 $36,908 1,682 $42,471 $36,362 1,824 $38,077 $33,786 1,875 $35,532 $32,839 1,929 $35,060 $33,809 1,899 $28,715 $28,715
  F33 19 $53,584 $43,849 13 $44,531 $38,126 23 $36,208 $32,128 17 $32,683 $30,206 21 $40,417 $38,975 15 $32,724 $32,724
  F34 3 $45,297 $37,068 2 $43,723 $37,434 2 $39,473 $35,025 4 $35,857 $33,140 5 $29,777 $28,715 4 $31,462 $31,462
  F35 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
  F37 7 $51,604 $42,229 2 $57,531 $49,256 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 3 $22,550 $22,550
  F38 3 $52,872 $43,267 7 $62,221 $53,271 11 $59,311 $52,627 12 $62,211 $57,496 9 $53,548 $51,637 7 $59,606 $59,606
Construction All 80 $6,462,154 $5,288,178 75 $1,626,384 $1,392,452 63 $1,407,508 $1,248,898 64 $1,312,012 $1,212,580 52 $724,957 $699,091 35 $806,572 $806,572
  C06 41 $3,184,338 $2,605,841 57 $1,984,559 $1,699,109 43 $1,776,744 $1,576,525 45 $1,696,948 $1,568,344 31 $965,078 $930,644 22 $972,318 $972,318
  G20 28 $494,695 $404,824 18 $492,160 $421,370 20 $613,650 $544,499 19 $400,322 $369,983 21 $370,493 $357,274 13 $526,077 $526,077
  UC6 11 $33,869,364 $27,716,337 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0
R/D Contracts All 1,248 $1,698,618 $1,390,031 1,035 $1,369,025 $1,172,110 996 $1,154,481 $1,024,384 1,133 $991,072 $915,963 1,185 $882,067 $850,595 1,169 $765,398 $765,398
  N01 1,151 $1,822,498 $1,491,406 980 $1,428,158 $1,222,738 923 $1,227,483 $1,089,160 1,080 $1,026,492 $948,699 1,140 $906,588 $874,241 1,114 $791,214 $791,214
  N43 59 $103,158 $84,417 23 $96,148 $82,318 46 $114,408 $101,516 28 $135,382 $125,122 25 $104,744 $101,007 32 $98,704 $98,704
  N44 38 $423,502 $346,565 32 $472,957 $404,929 27 $430,861 $382,308 25 $419,316 $387,538 20 $456,021 $439,750 23 $442,571 $442,571
Other Awards All 255 $183,019 $149,770 255 $188,349 $161,258 268 $167,514 $148,637 184 $192,815 $178,202 148 $210,438 $202,930 121 $206,941 $206,941
  D43 123 $291,806 $238,794 106 $338,009 $289,391 112 $309,844 $274,928 113 $246,900 $228,189 71 $330,759 $318,958 58 $307,640 $307,640
  G07 32 $46,722 $38,234 45 $73,037 $62,532 13 $58,470 $51,881 9 $77,369 $71,506 6 $66,823 $64,439 3 $66,023 $66,023
  G08 31 $164,101 $134,289 32 $146,947 $125,811 71 $70,222 $62,309 29 $169,343 $156,509 40 $134,200 $129,412 35 $157,104 $157,104
  G11 37 $52,306 $42,804 37 $53,936 $46,178 34 $59,971 $53,213 33 $59,727 $55,201 31 $61,032 $58,854 25 $60,000 $60,000
  G13 32 $70,628 $57,797 35 $63,294 $54,190 38 $63,327 $56,191 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0 0 $0 $0