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Estimates of Funding for Various Diseases, Conditions, Research Areas

(Table updated August 17, 2004)
This table displays FY2003 funding levels for various diseases, conditions, and research areas, based on actual grants, contracts, research conducted at NIH, and other mechanisms of support in FY2003.  The FY2004 and FY2005 figures are estimates, and are based on the FY2003 levels, the FY2004 enacted level, and the FY2005 Budget.  They will change as grants and contracts are awarded and research is conducted at NIH.  Note that this table includes estimates for research in many diseases/conditions/research areas which are also included under other disease/conditions/research areas, because the research contributes to multiple fields of research.  The table is therefore not additive.

Research/Disease Areas
(Dollars in millions)
FY 2003
Actual
FY 2004
Estimate
FY 2005
Estimate
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
$77
 
$79
 
$80
Agent Orange & Dioxin
18
 
19
 
19
Aging Research
2,211
 
2,286
 
2,345
Alcoholism
493
 
507
 
523
Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) Research
2
 
2
 
2
             
ALS
40
 
41
 
42
Alzheimer's Disease
658
 
680
 
699
American Indians/Alaska Natives
108
 
111
 
114
Anorexia
10
 
11
 
11
Anthrax Research
219
 
218
 
109
             
Antimicrobial Resistance
181
 
208
 
214
Arthritis Research
380
 
389
 
398
Arctic Research
33
 
34
 
35
Assistive Technology
126
 
130
 
133
Asthma
248
 
268
 
279
             
Ataxia Telangiecstasia
10
 
11
 
11
Atherosclerosis
318
 
327
 
335
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
103
 
106
 
109
Autism
93
 
96
 
99
Autoimmune Disease
591
 
603
 
616
             
Batten's Disease
8
 
8
 
8
Behavioral and Social Science
2,684
 
2,762
 
2,831
Biodefense
1,554
 
1,621
 
1,694
Bioengineering
1,006
 
1,054
 
1,084
Biotechnology Research
9,893
 
10,418
 
10,716
             
Brain Cancer
164
 
173
 
178
Brain Disorders
4,740
 
4,887
 
5,023
Breast Cancer
693
 
736
 
768
Burden of Illness
424
 
436
 
448
Cancer Research 5,432   5,605   5,760
             
Cardiovascular Research
2,286
 
2,355
 
2,414
Cerebral Palsy
18
 
18
 
18
Cervical Cancer
92
 
95
 
98
Childhood Leukemia
70
 
73
 
75
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
6
 
6
 
6
             
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 348   357   365
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
54
 
56
 
57
Clinical Research
8,028
 
8,383
 
8,678
Colo-Rectal Cancer
295
 
306
 
314
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
296
 
305
 
315
             
Conditions affecting unborn children
111
 
115
 
119
Contraception/Reproduction Research
330
 
340
 
351
Cooley's Anemia
55
 
56
 
58
Crohn's Disease
50
 
51
 
52
Cystic Fibrosis
117
 
120
 
122
             
Dental/Oral Disease
401
 
412
 
423
Depression Research
288
 
296
 
304
Diabetes Research
910
 
993
 
1,024
Diagnostic Radiology
717
 
742
 
761
Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
8
 
8
 
8
             
Digestive Diseases
1,137
 
1,169
 
1,197
Digestive Diseases - (Gallbladder)
7
 
7
 
7
Digestive Diseases - (Peptic Ulcer) Research
17
 
18
 
18
Down Syndrome
23
 
24
 
25
Drug Abuse
1,023
 
1,050
 
1,079
             
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
16
 
17
 
17
Dystonia Research
13
 
13
 
14
Emerging Infectious Diseases
1,362
 
1,566
 
1,611
Emphysema
18
 
19
 
19
Endometriosis
14
 
14
 
15
             
Epilepsy Research
94
 
98
 
99
Estrogen Research
210
 
215
 
221
Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision
688
 
709
 
729
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
29
 
30
 
31
Fibroid Tumors (Uterine)
15
 
15
 
16
             
Fibromyalgia
10
 
10
 
10
Food Safety
208
 
213
 
220
Fragile X Syndrome
19
 
20
 
20
Gene Therapy
410
 
422
 
432
Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
39
 
40
 
41
             
Genetic Testing
426
 
438
 
450
Genetics 4,236   4,384   4,499
Health Effects of Climate Change
158
 
163
 
167
Heart Disease
2,013
 
2,072
 
2,125
Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease
429
 
442
 
452
             
Hematology
1,120
 
1,158
 
1,189
Hepatitis-C
112
 
118
 
130
HIV/AIDS 1/
2,716
 
2,850
 
2,930
Minority AIDS
588
 
636
 
669
Pediatric AIDS
318
 
330
 
337
Vaccine AIDS
405
 
468
 
515
             
Hodgkin's Disease 17   18   19
Homelessness
24
 
25
 
25
Homicide and Legal Interventions
13
 
14
 
14
Human Fetal Tissue Research
26
 
26
 
27
Human Genome Research
1,100
 
1,129
 
1,157
             
Huntington's Disease
45
 
46
 
47
Hyperbaric Oxygen
3
 
3
 
3
Hypertension
347
 
358
 
366
Immunization
1,059
 
1,482
 
1,447
Infant Mortality/ (LBW)
523
 
539
 
555
             
Infectious Diseases
2,441
 
2,732
 
2,809
Infertility
38
  39   41
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 58   60   61
Influenza 57  
65
 
66
Injury - Childhood Injuries 24   25   26
             
Injury - Trauma, (Head and Spine) 234   241   245
Injury - Traumatic brain injury 74   78   78
Injury - Unintentional Childhood Injury 21   22   22
Injury -ALL Accidents/Adverse Effects 349   360   367
Interstitial Cystitis 20   20   21
             
Kidney and Urologic - End Stage Renal 99   102   104
Kidney and Urologic - Incontinence 23   24   24
Kidney and Urologic - Prostate Disease 378   395   413
Kidney and Urologic - Urinary Infection
18
 
19
 
20
Kidney and Urologic Diseases including Nephritis
802
 
831
 
860
             
Kidney Disease
393
 
403
 
413
Lead Poisoning
14
 
15
 
15
Liver Disease
388
 
413
 
424
Lung Cancer
296
 
312
 
321
Lung Research
980
 
1,013
 
1,040
             
Lupus
96
 
97
 
99
Lyme Disease
30
 
31
 
31
Lymphoma
157
 
162
 
167
Macular Degeneration 53   55   56
Malaria 72   74   77
             
Malaria Vaccine 23   24   27
Mental Health 1,762   1,817   1,867
Mental Retardation 190   196   201
Mind and Body 146   149   153
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) 9   9   10
             
Multiple Sclerosis
99
 
101
 
103
Muscular Dystrophy
39
 
40
 
41
Myasthenia Gravis
5
 
5
 
5
Neurodegenerative 1,129   1,162   1,192
Neurofibromatosis 19   19   20
             
Neurosciences Research
4,711
 
4,859
 
4,995
Nutrition
1,016
 
1,050
 
1,077
Obesity
379
 
400
 
440
Organ Transplantation 314   326   340
Orphan Drug Research 1,138   1,172   1,202
             
Osteogenesis Imperfecta 9   9   9
Osteoporosis 190   195   200
Otitis Media 15   15   16
Ovarian Cancer 119   124   128
Paget's Disease 5   6   6
             
Pain Conditions, Chronic 199   204   209
Parkinson's Disease 230   237   243
Pediatric Research
3,066
 
3,168
 
3,251
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
5
 
6
 
6
Perinatal - Birth, Preterm (LBW) 407   421   433
             
Perinatal - Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome 9   9   10
Perinatal - Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period 430   444   456
Pneumonia & Influenza 184   188   190
Polycystic Kidney Disease
37
 
38
 
39
Prevention 6,546   7,265   7,364
             
Prostate Cancer 379   398   417
Psoriasis 5   5   5
Rehabilitation Research 291   301   309
Rett's Syndrome 5   5   5
Reye's Syndrome 1   1   1
             
Rural Health
169
 
175
 
180
Schizophrenia
335
 
345
 
354
Scleroderma 13   14   14
Septicemia 30   31   31
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Herpes
220
 
226
 
232
             
Sickle Cell Disease
95
 
98
 
100
Sleep Disorders
197
 
203
 
208
Smallpox
99
 
157
 
131
Smoking and Health
532
 
552
 
566
Spina Bifida 17   17   18
             
Spinal Cord Injury
89
 
92
 
93
Spinal Muscular Atrophy 13   13   13
Stem Cell Research 521   N/A   N/A
  (Human Embryonic Stem Cell) (25)   N/A   N/A
Stroke 330   342   352
             
Substance Abuse 1,462   1,502   1,546
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
69
 
71
 
73
Suicide
31
 
32
 
33
Teenage Pregnancy 32   32   33
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ) 16   17   18
             
Therapeutic Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation 0.3   0.3   0.3
Tobacco Research
531
 
552
 
568
Topical Microbicides
58.
 
63
 
70
Tourette Syndrome 17   17   18
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)
31
 
33
 
34
             
Transplantation Research 504   521   539
Tuberculosis Research
122
 
126
 
129
Tuberculosis Vaccine
13
 
14
 
14
Urologic Diseases 551   573   595
Uterine Cancer 34   36   38
             
Vaccine Development
978
 
1,398
 
1,359
Vaccine Related
1,066
 
1,489
 
1,454
Vector-Borne Diseases
296
 
302
 
305
Violence Against Women 21   22   22
Violence Research 111   115   118
             
West Nile Virus
37
 
42
 
43
Women's Health
3,498
 
3,626
 
3,732
Xenotransplantation
21
 
21
 
24
Youth and Tobacco
184
 
180
 
177
           

1/ Includes research on HIV/AIDS, its associated opportunistic infections, malignancies, & clinical manifestations as well as basic science that also benefits a wide spectrum of non-AIDS disease research.

N/A = Data not available.

Updated on 8/17/2004 to correct amounts reported for American Indians/Alaska Natives in FY 2003 - FY 2005 and Minority AIDS in FY 2003.

 

This page was last reviewed on October 15, 2004 .

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