# Presentation: 922305

## R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS:Information on Number and Funding

**R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS:****Information on Number and Funding**

**Notes:**
R01 Equivalent Awards are the largest  investigator initiated activity of NIH.  They are normally defined as R01, R29 and R37.  R23 was part of the definition until the activity was discontinued, in the mid 1980’s.

## NIH COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* APPLICATIONS:                                           TRENDS IN NUMBER, AWARDS AND SUCCESS RATES FY 1998-2007

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**Success Rate**

**Notes:**
The number of applications  for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued.  The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.  

Source:  Success rate files

## NIH COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* APPLICANTS:                                            TRENDS IN NUMBER, AWARDS AND SUCCESS RATESFY 1998-2007

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**Success Rate**

**Notes:**
The number of applications  for competing RPG awards increased during the “Doubling period” (FY 1998 – 2003) and has continued.  The drop in the number of funded competing awards since then has resulted in lower success rates.  

Source:  Success rate files

## AVERAGE SIZE OF COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* AWARDSFY 1998-2007

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**AVERAGE SIZE OF COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* AWARDS****FY 1998-2007**

**Notes:**
NIH R01 equivalent awards are composed of R01, R29 and R37 activities

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## NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF ALL RESEARCH GRANTSFY 1998-2007

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF ALL RESEARCH GRANTS****FY 1998-2007**

**Notes:**
NIH R01 equivalent awards are composed of R01, R29 and R37 activities

## FUNDING OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF TOTAL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDINGFY 1998-2007 

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**FUNDING OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF TOTAL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING****FY 1998-2007**** **

**Notes:**
NIH awards more R01 Equivalent Awards (activity codes of R01, R29 and R37) than any other activity group.  In FY 1998, NIH (including NLM) awarded 24,310 R01 equivalent awards, and 33,700 research grants in total.  By FY 2006, NIH awarded 29,123 R01 equivalents, and 46,797 research grants.  72.1% of research grants were R01 equivalents in FY 1998, and 62.2% were R01 equivalents in FY 2006.

Source:  RG_Totals_070530_rfm

## TOTAL NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AWARDED                                                                         AND PERCENT FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCHFY 1998-2007

**R01 Equivalent* Includes R01, R23, R29 and R37**

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**TOTAL NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AWARDED                                                                         AND PERCENT FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCH****FY 1998-2007**

**Notes:**
Over half the funds awarded for NIH research grants went to R01 Equivalents in FY 2006.  That was a drop from over 61 percent in FY 1998.  

In FY 1998, NIH (including NLM) awarded $5,993 million in R01 equivalent awards.  That amount had increased to $10,685 million in FY 2005 before falling to $10,552 million in FY 2006.  

Source:  RG_Totals_070530_rfm

## TOTAL FUNDING FOR R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF FUNDING FOR SOLICITED RESEARCHFY 1998-2007

*** R01-Equivalent Grants include R01, R23, R29, and R37 mechanisms**

**TOTAL FUNDING FOR R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF FUNDING FOR SOLICITED RESEARCH****FY 1998-2007**

**Notes:**
Solicited research (awards resulting from responses to Requests for Applications – RFA’s)  account for a small and decreasing percentage of NIH R01 equivalent (R01, R29, R37) awards.  In FY 1995, solicited projects accounted for 7.7% of R01 equivalent awards.  IN FY 2006, that percentage was 5.6%.

Source:  rg_target_070530_rfm

## INDEX

| SLIDE TITLE | SLIDE NUMBER |
| --- | --- |
| NIH COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* APPLICATIONS: TRENDS IN NUMBER, AWARDS AND SUCCESS RATES FY 1998-2007 | 2 |
| NIH COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* APPLICANTS: TRENDS IN NUMBER, AWARDS AND SUCCESS RATES FY 1998-2007 | 3 |
| AVERAGE SIZE OF COMPETING R01-EQUIVALENT* AWARDS FY 1998-2007 | 4 |
| NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF ALL RESEARCH GRANTS FY 1998-2007 | 5 |
| FUNDING OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF TOTAL RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING FY 1998-2007 | 6 |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AWARDED AND PERCENT FUNDED THROUGH SOLICITED RESEARCHFY 1998-2007 | 7 |
| TOTAL FUNDING FOR R01-EQUIVALENT GRANTS* AND PERCENT OF FUNDING FOR SOLICITED RESEARCH FY 1998-2007 | 8 |