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Extramural Funding

Overall, NCI obligations for its extramural program, which includes grants and contracts, totaled $5.41 billion in fiscal year 2023.

  • Obligations for grants totaled approximately 82.8% of extramural funding
  • Obligations for contracts totaled approximately 17.2% of extramural funding

Obligations on this page include fiscal year 2023 Cancer Moonshot℠ funding and excludes fiscal years 2022 through 2017 Cures Moonshot carryover obligations.

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Extramural Funds, Fiscal Year 2023
(Whole Dollars)
Mechanism Amount Percent

Research & Development (R&D) Contracts

$899,070,171

16.6%
Buildings and Facilities $30,000,000 0.6%
Construction Contracts $0 0.0%
Subtotal Contracts

$929,070,171

17.2%
Research Project Grants (RPGs)

$3,145,236,780

58.1%

Cancer Centers/Specialized Centers/SPORES

$624,438,597

11.5%
NRSA

$90,324,558

1.7%
Other Research Grants

$621,500,774

11.5%
Subtotal Grants

$4,481,500,709

82.8%
Total Extramural Funds $5,410,570,880 100.0%
Intramural/RMS Funds

$1,776,330,616

 
Total NCI

$7,186,901,496

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