NIH Posts FY 2023 Funding Data; RO1 Success Rate Remained 21.6%
In fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ended Sept. 30, the success rate for NIH R01 awards was essentially unchanged from the previous FY, according to new data posted by Michael Lauer, NIH deputy director for extramural research. The success rate last FY was 21.6%, as it was the previous year, but this reflects a .3% increase, Lauer’s blog post shows. Last year, NIH received 35,072 R01 or equivalent applications, a decrease of 3.1% from 2022. It made 7,592 such awards, a decrease of 2.9%. The average amount of an R01 award was $600,957, a $2.7% increase. Overall, this category accounted for $19.761 billion in awards.
“We spent $34.9 billion of our total $47.7 billion appropriation in FY 2023 for competing and noncompeting grant awards. This is a 4.7% increase (or $1.58 billion) in spending over the previous year. Monies for grants and Other Transaction awards are included while monies for [Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health] and research and development contracts are excluded,” Lauer wrote on his Open Mike blog. “NIH supported 58,951 competing and non-competing awards in FY 2023. This was an additional 583 extramural grants compared to 58,368 in FY 2022, a 1.0% increase. NIH issued grants to 2,743 academic universities, hospitals, small businesses, and other organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally.”