Obligations by Budget Mechanism and Division

All NIH Institutes and Centers report their actual obligations each fiscal year by budget mechanism. The tables below display NCI funding by mechanism and division. The number of awards, trainees, or employees for each mechanism, as well as the dollar amount and percent share of the total NCI budget for each funding mechanism is also included.

NCI Obligations by Mechanism

Other Research mechanisms includes the following grants: Career Programs (K Awards), Cancer Education, Clinical Cooperative Groups, Pre-Doc Post-Doc Transition Awards, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Research Pathway in Residency, Resource Grants, International Research Training grants, Cooperative Conference Agreements, and Conference grants.

All items in italics are non add entries.
*Includes FY 2018 Cures-Moonshot funding.
*Excludes FY 2017 Cures-Moonshot carryover obligations.

NCI Obligations by Mechanism, FY 2018
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Number	Amount	% of Total Amount
Research Project Grants (RPGs)	Non-Competing	3,338	$1,699,682,348	28.7%
	Administrative Supplements	280	36,754,377	0.6%
	Competing	1,162	571,221,786	9.6%
	Subtotal, without SBIR/STTR Grants	4,500	$2,307,658,511	38.9%
	SBIR/STTR Grants	280	142,899,233	2.4%
	Subtotal, RPGs	4,780	$2,450,557,744	41.3%
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	91	331,429,940	5.6%
	SPOREs-P50	55	115,829,834	2.0%
	Other P50s/P20s	0	0	0.0%
	Other Specialized Centers	92	178,315,713	3.0%
	Subtotal, Centers	238	$625,575,487	10.6%
Other Research	Career Program			0.0%
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	30	2,293,876	0.0%
	Temin & Minority Mentored Awards-K01/K43	41	5,979,795	0.1%
	Estab. Inv. Award-K-05	5	444,131	0.2%
	Preventive Oncology-K07	73	11,271,537	0.4%
	Clinical Investigator-K08	113	20,858,368	0.2%
	Clinical Oncology-K12	21	14,228,491	0.2%
	Transitional Career Development-K22	58	10,304,211	0.0%
	Mentored Patient Oriented RCDA-K23	13	2,165,733	0.0%
	Mid-Career Invest. & Patient Orient. Res-K24	13	2,379,742	0.0%
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	6	847,484	0.1%
	Pathway to Independence Awards K99	59	7,564,148	1.3%
	Subtotal, Career Program	432	$78,337,516	1.3%
	Cancer Education Program-R25(including BD2K)	76	21,181,892	0.4%
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	101	255,340,505	4.3%
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99	47	1,769,662	0.0%
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0	97,802	0.0%
	Research Pathway in Residency-R38	1	358,020	0.0%
	Resource Grants-R24/U24	90	179,028,691	3.0%
	Int'l Rsrch Training Grants Conference- D43/U2R		943,987	0.0%
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13	2	9,000	0.0%
	Conference Grants-R13	46	798,659	0.0%
	Subtotal, Career and Other Research Grants	795	$537,865,734	9.1%
Subtotal, Research Grants		5,813	$3,613,998,965	61.0%
National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships	Trainees	1,532	82,413,198	1.4%
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	402	752,280,456	12.7%
	SBIR Contracts	45	24,363,729	0.4%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment		48,761,825	0.8%
	Subtotal, Contracts	447	$825,406,010	13.9%
Intramural Research	Program		739,537,951	12.5%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment		205,957,758	3.5%
	Subtotal, Intramural Research (FTEs)	1,709	$945,495,709	16.0%
Research Management & Support (RMS)	Research Management and Support (RMS)		340,686,109	5.7%
	SBIR RMS		0	0.0%
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment		101,729,113	1.7%
	Subtotal, RMS (FTEs)	1,243	$442,415,222	7.5%
Buildings & Facilities			18,000,000	0.3%
*Total NCI	(FTEs)	2,952	$5,927,729,104	100.0%

Division Obligations by Mechanism

Division Obligations

Total Division Obligations, FY 2018
*(Whole Dollars)*
Division	Total
Center for Cancer Research (CCR)	$448,457,653
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)	105,897,928
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)	529,420,747
Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)	108,920,638
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)	125,506,592
Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)	196,721,315
Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)	22,575,736
Office of the Director (OD)	1,485,904,925
Total Division	$3,023,405,534

Center for Cancer Research (CCR)

CCR Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Intramural Research	Program	$448,457,653
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund	0
Total CCR		$448,457,653

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)

DCEG Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	$26,519,224
R&D Contracts	SBIR Contracts	0
Intramural Research	Program	79,378,704
Intramural Research	NIH Management Fund	0
Total DCEG		$105,897,928

Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)

DCTD Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	111,504,723
	Other P50s/P20s	0
	U54s	14,212,588
	Subtotal, Centers	$125,717,311
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25	0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	136,773,118
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0
	Sci Eval-U09/T09 & Rsch Enhance-SC1	0
	Continuing Education	0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24	0
	Explor Coop Agreement-U56	0
	Global Infect. Disease Rsrch Training Prog - D43	0
	Conference Grants-R13/U13	0
	Subtotal, Other Research-Grants	$136,773,118
Subtotal, Research Grants		$262,490,429
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	211,716,905
	SBIR Contracts	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$211,716,905
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	55,213,413
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$55,213,413
Total DCTD		$529,420,747

Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)

DCB Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	0
	Other P50s/P20s	0
	U54s	97,099,895
	Subtotal, Centers	$97,099,895
Other Research-Grants	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$97,099,895
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	11,820,743
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$11,820,743
Total DCB		$108,920,638

Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)

DCCPS Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	0
	Other P50s/P20s	0
	U54s	475,000
	Subtotal, Centers	$475,000
	Cancer Education Program-R25
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	679,899
	PreDoc PostDoc Transition Awards-F99
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06
	Research Pathway in Residency-R38
	Resource Grants-R24/U24/U2C	700,000
	Global Infect. Disease Rsrch Training Prog - D43/U2R
	Cooperative Conference Agreements-U13
	Conference Grants-R13	74,250
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$1,453,149
	Subtotal, Research Grants	$1,928,149
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	88,479,872
	SBIR Contracts	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$88,479,872
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	35,098,571
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$35,098,571
Total DCCPS		$125,506,592

Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)

DCP Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	$0
	SPOREs-P50	0
	Other P50s/P20s	0
	U54s	2,346,884
	Subtotal, Centers	$2,346,884
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25	0
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	112,164,519
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	0
	Sci Eval-U09/T09 & Rsch Enhance-SC1	0
	Continuing Education	0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24	0
	Explor Coop Agreement-U56	0
	Global Infect. Disease Rsrch Training Prog - D43	0
	Conference Grants-R13/U13	0
	Subtotal, Other Research Grants	$112,164,519
Subtotal, Research Grants		$114,511,303
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	56,472,670
	SBIR Contracts	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$56,472,670
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	25,737,342
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$25,737,342
Total DCP		$196,721,315

Division of Extramural Activities (DEA)

DEA Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	$22,575,736
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund	0
	Total DEA	$22,575,736

Office of the Director (OD)

OD Obligations
*(Whole Dollars)*
Type of Mechanism	Mechanism	Amount
Research Project Grants (RPGs)	Non-Competing	$0
	Administrative Supplements	0
	Competing	0
	Subtotal, without SBIR/STTR Grants	$0
	SBIR/STTR Grants	142,899,233
	Subtotal, RPGs	$142,899,233
Centers & SPOREs	Cancer Centers Grants-P20/P30	331,429,940
	SPOREs-P50	4,325,111
	Other P50s/P20s	0
	U54s	64,181,446
	Subtotal, Centers	$399,936,497
Other Research–Career Program	Career Program	0
	Post-Doc-Fellow Awards-K00	2,293,876
	Temin & Minority Mentored Awards-K01	5,979,795
	Estab. Inv. Award-K05	444,131
	Preventive Oncology-K07	11,271,537
	Clinical Investigator-K08	20,858,368
	Clinical Oncology-K12	14,228,491
	Transitional Career Development-K22	10,304,211
	Mentored Patient Oriented RCDA-K23	2,165,733
	Mid-Career Invest. & Patient Orient. Res-K24	2,379,742
	Mentored Quant. Res Career-K25	847,484
	Pathway Award-K99	7,564,148
	Subtotal, Career Program	$78,337,516
Other Research–Grants	Cancer Education Program-R25	21,181,892
	Clinical Cooperative Groups-U10/UG1	5,723,969
	Minority Biomedical Support-S06	1,769,662
	Sci Eval-U09/T09 & Rsch Enhance-SC1	0
	Continuing Education	0
	Resource Grants-R24/U24	0
	Explor Coop Agreement-U56	0
	Global Infect. Disease Rsrch Training Prog - D43	0
	Conference Grants-R13/U13	0
	Subtotal, Other Research–Grants	$28,675,523
Subtotal, Research Grants		$649,848,769
NRSA Fellowships		82,413,198
R&D Contracts	R&D Contracts	314,126,912
	SBIR Contracts	24,363,729
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, Contracts	$338,490,641
Intramural Research	Program	211,701,594
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, Intramural Research	$211,701,594
Research Management & Support (RMS)	RMS	190,240,303
	SBIR RMS	0
	NIH Management Fund/SSF Assessment/Program Evaluation	0
	Subtotal, RMS	$190,240,303
Buildings and Facilities		18,000,000
Total OD		$1,485,904,925