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RCDC

Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC)


Table Published: April 10, 2013

The table below displays the annual support level for various research, condition, and disease categories based on grants, contracts, and other funding mechanisms used across the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

At the request of Congress, the NIH embarked on a process to provide better consistency and transparency in the reporting of its funded research. This new process, implemented in 2008 through the Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) system, uses sophisticated text data mining (categorizing and clustering using words and multiword phrases) in conjunction with NIH-wide definitions used to match projects to categories. RCDC use of data mining improves consistency and eliminates the wide variability in defining the research categories reported. The definitions are a list of terms and concepts selected by NIH scientific experts to define a research category. The research category levels represent the NIH’s best estimates based on the category definitions.

The NIH does not expressly budget by category. The annual estimates reflect amounts that change as a result of science, actual research projects funded, and the NIH budget. The research categories are not mutually exclusive. Individual research projects can be included in multiple categories so amounts depicted within each column of this table do not add up to 100 percent of NIH-funded research.

Consistent with the Administration’s emphasis on transparency, two separate columns are used to distinguish FY 2009 and FY 2010 actual support funded from American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) accounts from projects funded by regular NIH appropriations.

The table shows historical data for FY 2009 through FY 2012. The FY 2013-2014 estimates are based on RCDC actual data.

Total Number of Research/Disease Areas: 235

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(Dollars in millions and rounded)		FY 2009Actual

(Non-ARRA)		FY 2009Actual

(ARRA)10/		FY 2010Actual

(Non-ARRA)		FY 2010Actual

(ARRA) 10/		FY 2011ActualFY 2012ActualFY 2013EstimatedFY 2014Estimated
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome $103 $17 $110 $22 $96 $98 $98 $98
Adolescent Sexual Activity + + $80 $7 $69 $76 $76 $77
Agent Orange & Dioxin $13 $2 $11 $1 $8 $8 $8 $8
Aging $3,015 $554 $2,517 $443 $2,572 $2,593 $2,591 $2,596
Alcoholism $441 $75 $454 $65 $452 $455 $458 $460
Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) $4 $1 $3 $1 $7 $7 $7 $7
ALS $43 $13 $47 $12 $44 $44 $44 $44
Alzheimer's Disease $457 $77 $450 $79 $448 $503 $484 $562
American Indians / Alaska Natives $169 $19 $151 $16 $136 $170 $153 $153
Anorexia $8 $2 $9 $2 $11 $14 $14 $14
Anthrax $102 $13 $118 $12 $87 $84 $84 $84
Antimicrobial Resistance $251 $52 $356 $66 $369 $377 $379 $379
Aphasia $22 $3 $21 $1 $21 $24 $25 $25
Arctic $28 $6 $34 $3 $28 $23 $23 $23
Arthritis $246 $65 $249 $59 $231 $258 $260 $260
Assistive Technology $249 $43 $250 $48 $250 $237 $239 $240
Asthma $284 $51 $244 $33 $221 $229 $230 $231
Ataxia Telangiectasia $13 $2 $12 $1 $13 $11 $11 $11
Atherosclerosis $495 $112 $544 $104 $475 $477 $480 $480
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) $71 $13 $66 $15 $55 $60 $60 $60
Autism $132 $64 $160 $58 $169 $192 $193 $192
Autoimmune Disease $879 $138 $856 $125 $869 $867 $871 $872
Basic Behavioral and Social Science $1,410 $206 $1,163 $198 $1,173 $1,215 $1,213 $1,216
Batten Disease $5 $2 $5 $1 $4 $4 $4 $4
Behavioral and Social Science $3,471 $582 $3,526 $603 $3,573 $3,682 $3,685 $3,708
Biodefense 1/ $1,755 $213 $1,794 $221 $1,803 $1,791 $1,802 $1,804
Bioengineering $3,155 $569 $3,166 $760 $3,303 $3,498 $3,482 $3,516
Biotechnology $5,619 $1,051 $5,682 $1,203 $5,823 $6,089 $6,127 $6,154
Brain Cancer $234 $42 $274 $36 $280 $281 $283 $284
Brain Disorders $3,538 $685 $3,847 $619 $3,864 $3,968 $3,992 $3,993
Breast Cancer $722 $111 $763 $61 $715 $800 $805 $808
Burden of Illness $43 $11 $48 $8 $40 $84 $85 $85
Cancer $5,629 $1,120 $5,823 $803 $5,448 $5,621 $5,649 $5,671
Cardiovascular $2,008 $396 $2,144 $398 $2,049 $2,040 $2,051 $2,052
Cerebral Palsy $21 $4 $19 $3 $23 $42 $42 $42
Cervical Cancer $84 $15 $93 $8 $119 $112 $113 $113
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease $14 $2 $15 $1 $13 $13 $13 $13
Child Abuse and Neglect Research $32 $5 $32 $5 $30 $32 $33 $32
Childhood Leukemia $47 $12 $55 $12 $59 $77 $77 $78
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) $5 $0 $6 $0 $6 $5 $5 $5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis $274 $37 $284 $45 $303 $288 $289 $290
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease $96 $18 $118 $15 $108 $101 $102 $102
Climate Change $4 $2 $4 $2 $6 $8 $8 $8
Climate-Related Exposures and Conditions 11/ $179 $35 $188 $23 $155 $157 $158 $158
Clinical Research $10,336 $1,854 $10,720 $1,540 $10,503 $10,951 $11,018 $11,068
Clinical Trials $2,966 $485 $3,286 $356 $3,093 $3,208 $3,194 $3,201
Colo-Rectal Cancer $281 $48 $291 $26 $313 $302 $303 $305
Comparative Effectiveness Research $194 $246 $558 $320 $517 $597 $581 $583
Complementary and Alternative Medicine $513 $70 $521 $55 $442 $493 $496 $497
Conditions affecting unborn children $95 $8 $98 $21 $157 $165 $166 $167
Contraception/Reproduction $427 $65 $419 $56 $415 $448 $451 $452
Cooley's Anemia $21 $3 $20 $3 $20 $20 $20 $20
Cost Effectiveness Research $52 $16 $80 $14 $71 $78 $78 $78
Crohn's Disease $55 $14 $66 $12 $67 $76 $76 $76
Cystic Fibrosis $86 $13 $86 $13 $79 $86 $86 $87
Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease $490 $75 $497 $67 $501 $516 $519 $518
Depression $402 $48 $420 $50 $426 $429 $432 $428
Diabetes 2/ $1,030 $121 $1,046 $153 $1,076 $1,061 $1,066 $1,067
Diagnostic Radiology $976 $206 $1,073 $280 $1,071 $1,090 $1,096 $1,096
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) $4 $1 $4 $1 $3 $3 $3 $3
Digestive Diseases $1,538 $243 $1,657 $228 $1,698 $1,719 $1,729 $1,734
Digestive Diseases - (Gallbladder) $7 $1 $5 $0 $4 $11 $11 $11
Digestive Diseases - (Peptic Ulcer) $17 $3 $30 $3 $18 $20 $20 $20
Down Syndrome $18 $4 $22 $6 $20 $20 $20 $21
Drug Abuse (NIDA Only) 3/ $1,040 $135 $1,067 $125 $1,051 $1,052 $1,060 $1,072
Duchenne/ Becker Muscular Dystrophy $27 $6 $33 $5 $32 $34 $35 $35
Dystonia $16 $2 $14 $1 $13 $14 $14 $14
Eating Disorders 4/ $26 $5 $28 $4 $27 $34 $34 $34
Emerging Infectious Diseases $2,080 $307 $2,118 $350 $2,190 $2,153 $2,161 $2,162
Emphysema $28 $11 $23 $9 $22 $20 $20 $20
Endometriosis $15 $2 $15 $1 $14 $9 $9 $9
Epilepsy $128 $21 $134 $27 $152 $156 $157 $158
Estrogen $235 $34 $231 $23 $227 $221 $222 $223
Eye Disease And Disorders Of Vision $862 $129 $817 $110 $831 $841 $846 $840
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy $3 $2 $5 $1 $6 $5 $5 $5
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome $34 $7 $33 $5 $36 $32 $32 $32
Fibroid Tumors (Uterine) $18 $2 $12 $2 $12 $14 $14 $14
Fibromyalgia $11 $2 $9 $0 $11 $13 $13 $13
Food Allergies + + + + $33 $31 $31 $31
Food Safety $262 $37 $290 $35 $287 $257 $259 $259
Fragile X Syndrome $27 $5 $25 $4 $29 $27 $28 $28
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) $22 $2 $18 $1 $23 $26 $27 $27
Gene Therapy $221 $28 $248 $32 $248 $256 $257 $258
Gene Therapy Clinical Trials $11 $0 $14 $0 $14 $15 $16 $16
Genetic Testing $316 $76 $298 $121 $270 $255 $256 $257
Genetics $7,278 $1,676 $7,473 $1,440 $7,223 $7,632 $7,678 $7,703
Global Warming Climate Change $3 $1 $2 $2 $5 $6 $6 $6
Headaches + + $18 $1 $21 $24 $25 $25
Health Disparities 5/ $2,806 $434 $2,728 $351 $2,718 $2,740 $2,757 $2,764
Health Services $1,102 $316 $1,143 $334 $1,172 $1,317 $1,264 $1,295
Heart Disease $1,202 $227 $1,329 $235 $1,236 $1,278 $1,286 $1,286
Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease $426 $98 $457 $80 $437 $468 $470 $471
Hematology $908 $151 $961 $141 $1,006 $1,091 $1,098 $1,100
Hepatitis $178 $23 $204 $25 $208 $210 $212 $212
Hepatitis - A $4 $0 $4 $0 $4 $2 $2 $2
Hepatitis - B $51 $6 $66 $4 $58 $51 $51 $51
Hepatitis - C $97 $12 $100 $12 $114 $112 $113 $113
HIV/AIDS 6/ $3,019 $319 $3,085 $322 $3,059 $3,074 $3,095 $3,122
Hodgkin's Disease $26 $1 $24 $1 $20 $21 $21 $21
Homelessness $16 $3 $15 $3 $9 $10 $10 $10
Homicide and Legal Interventions $2 $1 $1 $0 $1 $1 $1 $1
HPV and/or Cervical Cancer Vaccines $25 $2 $25 $2 $24 $26 $26 $26
Human Fetal Tissue 7/ $41 $22 $55 $24 $66 $71 $71 $71
Human Genome $1,775 $566 $1,904 $598 $1,907 $2,271 $2,284 $2,313
Huntington's Disease $57 $12 $65 $7 $56 $65 $66 $66
Hydrocephalus + + + + + $7 $7 $7
Hyperbaric Oxygen $3 $0 $2 $0 $2 $2 $2 $2
Hypertension $266 $41 $251 $50 $240 $215 $216 $216
Immunization $1,773 $191 $1,798 $231 $1,756 $1,733 $1,743 $1,746
Infant Mortality/ (LBW) $246 $32 $273 $53 $286 $287 $288 $290
Infectious Diseases $3,627 $526 $3,890 $568 $3,883 $3,867 $3,885 $3,885
Infertility $75 $17 $76 $16 $74 $74 $74 $74
Inflammatory Bowel Disease $91 $22 $106 $19 $113 $121 $122 $122
Influenza $316 $46 $308 $88 $272 $251 $252 $252
Injury - Childhood Injuries $33 $3 $36 $3 $33 $37 $37 $37
Injury - Trauma - (Head and Spine) $161 $33 $179 $31 $166 $171 $173 $176
Injury - Traumatic brain injury $71 $15 $85 $9 $81 $79 $80 $83
Injury - Unintentional Childhood Injury $19 $1 $22 $1 $20 $22 $22 $22
Injury (total) Accidents/Adverse Effects $340 $58 $372 $46 $356 $366 $369 $372
Interstitial Cystitis $11 $1 $12 $1 $13 $10 $10 $10
Kidney Disease $570 $85 $552 $98 $557 $556 $559 $560
Lead Poisoning $11 $3 $11 $1 $10 $8 $8 $8
Liver Cancer $94 $12 $102 $10 $74 $73 $74 $74
Liver Disease $572 $79 $627 $85 $623 $632 $636 $638
Lung $1,265 $234 $1,269 $207 $1,278 $1,286 $1,294 $1,296
Lung Cancer $178 $36 $201 $22 $221 $233 $234 $235
Lupus $115 $19 $112 $15 $106 $108 $109 $109
Lyme Disease $25 $5 $24 $5 $28 $25 $25 $25
Lymphoma $184 $22 $195 $14 $199 $213 $214 $215
Macular Degeneration $85 $8 $104 $9 $105 $101 $101 $100
Malaria $110 $11 $134 $14 $145 $152 $153 $153
Malaria Vaccine $34 $3 $41 $4 $39 $40 $40 $40
Mental Health $2,129 $382 $2,246 $334 $2,275