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Research Project Success Rates by NIH Institute for 2012

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NIH Institute/Center Number of Applications Reviewed Number of Applications Awarded Award Amount Success Rate
 Common Fund 2,430 194 $156,288,057 8% 2012
 FIC 144 23 $2,717,692 16% 2012
 NCATS 2 0 $7,140,335 N/A 1 2012
 NCCAM 474 45 $18,047,445 9.5% 2012
 NCI 3 7,972 1,085 $414,110,721 13.6% 2012
 NEI 994 296 $119,736,091 29.8% 2012
 NHGRI 377 90 $46,419,879 23.9% 2012
 NHLBI 5,208 768 $381,438,943 14.7% 2012
 NIA 2,020 314 $140,499,717 15.5% 2012
 NIAAA 908 167 $60,881,138 18.4% 2012
 NIAID 5,416 1,255 $525,809,795 23.2% 2012
 NIAMS 1,504 234 $74,158,331 15.6% 2012
 NIBIB 1,338 162 $53,009,210 12.1% 2012
 NICHD 3,554 443 $170,466,344 12.5% 2012
 NIDA 1,886 399 $161,937,132 21.2% 2012
 NIDCD 696 185 $61,419,306 26.6% 2012
 NIDCR 769 163 $71,945,076 21.2% 2012
 NIDDK 3,055 606 $363,398,113 19.8% 2012
 NIEHS 1,213 177 $56,891,080 14.6% 2012
 NIGMS 3,966 968 $349,993,292 24.4% 2012
 NIMH 2,702 584 $236,838,653 21.6% 2012
 NIMHD 141 14 $5,193,999 9.9% 2012
 NINDS 3,592 702 $264,031,452 19.5% 2012
 NINR 623 81 $30,427,478 13% 2012
 NLM 2 156 20 $6,669,178 12.8% 2012
 OD ORIP-SEPA* 59 11 $2,946,617 18.6% 2012
 OD Other** 114 46 $29,389,180 40.4% 2012
FY Totals 51,313 9,032 $3,811,804,254 17.6% 2012

1 For NIMHD, the Success Rate for applicable fiscal years are considered not applicable (NA) because of joint funding by other Institutes & Centers.

2 Beginning in FY 2007, National Library of Medicine (NLM) dollars are separately distinguished

3 Beginning in 2007, the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Control dollars are included in the Research Projects Grants (RPG) portion of Success Rate table. Included in NCI's RPG total are 49 Applications in success rate base, 18 obligated applications and $5,479,917 related to cancer control records.

* The category “OD ORIP-SEPA” includes Office of the Director (OD) applications and awards associated with the Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA), which is part of the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP); and other ORIP.

** The “OD Other” category includes all Office of the Director (OD) applications and awards that do not fall into the OD-categories of Common Fund; and OD ORIP-SEPA.