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NCI Funding Trends

Funding amounts and percentages reflect actual obligations for each fiscal year.

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NCI Funding

Funding by Mechanism, FY 2018-2023
(Dollars in Millions)
Mechanism 2018** 2019** 2020** 2021** 2022** 2023**

*Other mechanisms includes the Career Program, Cancer Education, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Other Research Grants, National Research Service Awards (NRSA), Research Management & Support, and Buildings & Facilities.

**Fiscal years 2023 through 2017 includes Cancer Moonshot funding appropriated that fiscal year and excludes all carryover obligations for fiscal years 2023 through 2018.

Total NCI $5,927.6 $5,992.3 $6,383.3 $6,442.7 $6,833.7 $7,186.8
Research Project Grants 2,450.6 2,541.7 2,749.4 2,822.4 2,966.5 3,145.2
Cancer Centers 331.4 337.1 382.0 344.7

339.7

353.5
SPOREs 115.8 110.7 113.2 119.6

128.2

124.1
Other P50s/P20s  0.0 7.4 7.9 3.3

13.2

5.3
Specialized Centers 178.3 200.8 110.7 95.9

105.9

141.5
Clinical Cooperative Groups 255.3 290.1 295.6 300.0

307.9

303.6
R&D Contracts 825.4 768.1 823.0 812.2

835.8

899.1
Intramural Research 945.5 964.9 1,072.6 1,102.5

1,230.4

1,278.5
Other Mechanisms* 825.3 771.5 829.0 842.0

906.1

936.0

Percent Change by Mechanism

Percent Change by Mechanism, FY 2018-2023
Mechanism 2017 to 2018** 2018 to 2019** 2019 to 2020** 2020 to 2021** 2021 to 2022** 2022 to 2023**
*Other mechanisms includes the Career Program, Cancer Education, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Other Research Grants, National Research Service Awards (NRSA), Research Management & Support, and Buildings & Facilities.
**Fiscal years 2023 through 2017 includes Cancer Moonshot funding appropriated that fiscal year and excludes all carryover obligations for fiscal years 2023 through 2018.
Total NCI 5.2% 1.1% 6.5% 0.9% 6.1% 5.2%
Research Project Grants 7.6% 3.7% 8.2% 2.7% 5.1% 6.0%
Cancer Centers 5.9% 1.7% 13.3% -9.8%

-1.5%

4.1%
SPOREs 3.9% -4.4% 2.3% 5.6%

7.2%

-3.2%
Other P50s/P20s -100.0% 0.0% 6.5% -58.4%

299.4%

-59.9%
Specialized Centers 31.5% 12.6% -44.9% -13.3%

10.4%

33.6%
Clinical Cooperative Groups 4.1% 13.6% 1.9% 1.5%

2.6%

-1.4%
R&D Contracts -6.2% -6.9% 7.1% -1.3%

2.9%

7.6
Intramural Research 5.1% 2.1% 11.2% 2.8%

11.6%

3.9
Other Mechanisms* 7.0% -6.5% 7.5% 1.6%

7.6%

3.3%

Percent Share of Total NCI Dollars

Mechanism Share of NCI Budget, FY 2018-2023
Mechanism 2018** 2019** 2020** 2021** 2022** 2023**
*Other mechanisms includes the Career Program, Cancer Education, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Other Research Grants, National Research Service Awards (NRSA), Research Management & Support, and Buildings & Facilities.
**Fiscal years 2023 through 2017 includes Cancer Moonshot funding appropriated that fiscal year and excludes all carryover obligations for fiscal years 2023 through 2018.
Research Project Grants 41.3% 42.4% 43.1% 43.8%

43.4%

43.8%
Cancer Centers 5.6% 5.6% 6.0% 5.4%

5.0%

4.9%
SPOREs 2.0% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9%

1.9%

1.7%
Other P50s/P20s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

0.2%

0.1%
Specialized Centers 3.0% 3.4% 1.7% 1.5%

1.6%

2.0%
Clinical Cooperative Groups 4.3% 4.8% 4.6% 4.7%

4.5%

4.2%
R&D Contracts 13.9% 12.8% 12.9% 12.6%

12.2%

12.5%
Intramural Research 16.0% 16.1% 16.8% 17.1%

18.0%

17.8%
Other Mechanisms* 13.9% 12.9% 13.0% 13.1%

13.3%

13.0%
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