Paylines and Success Rates

INSTITUTE	Success Rate FY 2003	Success Rate FY 2004	Success Rate FY 2005	Success Rate FY 2006	Success Rate FY 2007	Success Rate FY2008 (est)	PAYLINE** (2008)	(Further information. Click link for Institute's Current Funding Strategy)
FIC	19	22	24	19.3	25.1	10-15%	----	Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NCCAM	14	17	17	13.5	10.8	11	15	Payline for 2008/ FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NCI	27	24	20	19.4	20.1	--	14	Payline forfirst two cycles of 2008 (19 for new investigators)/ FY2008 Funding Strategy
NCRR	28	21	14	13.2	20.3	--	-----	Paylines set for individual programs/2008 Funding Strategy
NEI	33	30	26	23.4	26.6	26	-----	Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NHGRI	30	23	18	33.5	28.0	--	-----	Does not establish Paylines/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NHLBI	34	29	24	19.7	21.0	--	15	Payline for 2008 (20 for new investigators) / FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NIA	29	21	19	17.4	22.1	20	13	Payline for 2008 (18 for new investigators) /FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NIAAA	27	29	31	27.1	27.2	25	-----	Does not establish overall Paylines/ FY 2008 Financial Management Plan
NIAID	35	24	25	20.6	23.0	24	12	Payline for FY2008 (14 for new investigators) FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIAMS	20	20	20	19.3	20.0	--	15	Payline for FY2008 (18 for new investigators)/ FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIBIB	19	17	20	16.9	21.5	--	16+	Payline for 2008 (21 for new investigators) /FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NICHD	27	17	18	15.2	20.6	--	----	Payline not published/FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NIDA	35	27	22	19.8	23.4	--	--	Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIDCD	38	35	27	28.4	31.0	--	--	Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIDCR	27	30	24	18.6	22.4	18	----	Payline not published/ FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIDDK	33	27	24	21.2	20.9	--	17	Nominal payline (19 for new investigators) /FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIEHS	25	19	19	22.3	18.5	--	-----	Payline not published/ FY2008 Funding Strategy
NIGMS	38	30	27	26	32.1	22	----	Payline not published/FY2008 funding strategy
NIMH	27	24	21	19.7	22.1	22	20	Payline for 2008/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NINDS	31	25	22	18.4	18.7	18	10	Payline for 2008//FY2008 Funding Strategy
NINR	27	21	24	17.6	25.60	18	----	Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy
NCMHD***	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	----	Payline not published

*Success rates are defined as the percent of applications awarded compared with the total number of applications received.
Above figures are taken from NIH's page, Success Rates by Institute

***NCMHD is considered Not Applicable because of joint funding by other Institutes and Centers.