NIH PAYLINES AND SUCCESS RATES
[other funding statistics]

UNDERSTANDING PAYLINES AND PERCENTILES       NIH Comparison of Success Rates to Percentile Paylines

NIH SUCCESS RATE PAGE

INSTITUTE

Success Rate FY 2006  Success
Rate FY
2007 
Success Rate FY2008 Success
Rate FY2009
(est)

PAYLINE**
(2008)

Payline
(2009)

(Further information. Click link for Institute's Current Funding Strategy)

FIC 19.3 25.1 27.4 10-15% ----  --- Payline not published/FY2009 Funding Strategy
NCCAM 13.5 10.8 12.10 12 15 15-20 Payline for 2009 (25 for new investigators)/FY 2009 Funding Strategy

NCI

19.4 20.1 20.6  

14

16

Payline for 2009 (22  for new investigators)/ FY2009  Funding Strategy  

NCRR 13.2 20.3 15.20   -----   Paylines set for individual programs/2009 Funding Strategy

NEI

23.4 26.6 29.5  

-----

 

Payline not published/FY2008 Funding Strategy

NHGRI

33.5 28.0 32.10  

-----

 

Does not establish Paylines/FY2009 Funding Strategy

NHLBI

19.7 21.0 22.2  

16

12

Payline for 2009 (17 for new investigators)/ FY 2009 Funding Strategy

NIA

17.4 22.1 20.40 20

14.2

11.6

Payline for 2009 (16.6 for new investigators/ 23.1  for early-stage investigators)/ FY 2009 Funding Strategy

NIAAA

27.1 27.2 26.40 25

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Does not establish overall Paylines/ FY 2009 Financial Management Plan

NIAID

20.6 23.0 22.8  

12

12

Payline for FY2009 (25  for new investigators/12-25 for 2 year ARRA grants) / FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIAMS

19.3 20.0 20.9  

15

15

Payline for FY2009 (18  for new investigators)/ FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIBIB 16.9 21.5 18.8   19+ 19+ Payline for 2009  (24  for new investigators) 
/
FY 2009 Funding Strategy  

NICHD

15.2 20.6 16.8   ----  

Payline not published/FY 2009  Funding Strategy

NIDA

19.8 23.4 24.3  

--

 

Payline not published/FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIDCD

28.4 31.0 28.8  

--

 

Payline not published/FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIDCR

18.6 22.4 19.8  

----

 

Payline not published/ FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIDDK

21.2 20.9 25.1   17 17

Nominal payline (19 for new investigators) /FY2009 Funding Strategy 

NIEHS 22.3 18.5 18   -----   Payline not published/ FY2009 Funding Strategy

NIGMS

26 32.1 27.2 25 ----  

Payline not published/FY2009  funding strategy

NIMH

19.7 22.1 21.7  

20

20

Payline for 2009/FY2009 Funding Strategy   

NINDS

18.4 18.7 21.4  

10

 

Payline for 2008//FY2008 Funding Strategy

NINR 17.6 25.60 20.3 21 ----   Payline not published/FY2009 Funding Strategy
NCMHD*** 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

**For competing research project grants.

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

Updated 5/28/09

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