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)	Payline (2009)	(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 2009 Funding Strategy
NCI	27	24	20	19.4	20.1	--	14		Payline for 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/FY2009 Funding Strategy
NHLBI	34	29	24	19.7	21.0	--	16	12	Payline for 2009 (17 for new investigators) / FY 2009 Funding Strategy
NIA	29	21	19	17.4	22.1	20	14.2		Payline for 2008 (19.2 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	10	Interim Payline for FY2009 (expected to be 12 when budget is approved) 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)/ FY2009 Funding Strategy
NIBIB	19	17	20	16.9	21.5	--	19+		Payline for 2008 (24 for new investigators) /FY 2008 Funding Strategy
NICHD	27	17	18	15.2	20.6	--	----		Payline not published/FY 2009 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/ FY2009 Funding Strategy
NIDDK	33	27	24	21.2	20.9	--	17		Nominal payline (19 for new investigators) /FY2009 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	--	20	20	Payline for 2009/FY2009 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.