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History of Competing Research Project Grants (RPG)
Updated January 30, 2013
| Fiscal Year |
Total Number of Awards |
Total Dollars Awarded |
Average Cost | Percentile Payline |
NIAMS Success Rate* |
NIH Success Rate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 |
281 |
$77,244,000 |
$274,890 |
24.0 |
28.6% |
32.1% |
2002 |
257 |
$74,806,000 |
$291,074 |
21.0 |
23.2% |
31.2% |
2003 |
242 |
$75,109,000 |
$310,368 |
18.5 |
20.4% |
29.9% |
2004 |
245 |
$73,147,000 |
$298,559 |
17.0 |
20.1% |
24.6% |
2005 |
244 |
$74,842,000 |
$306,730 |
16.0 |
20.2% |
22.3% |
2006 |
247 |
$77,412,000 |
$313,409 |
14.5 |
19.3% |
20.0% |
2007 |
261 |
$75,954,000 |
$291,011 |
15.0 |
20.0% |
21.3% |
2008 |
253 |
$78,822,000 |
$311,549 |
15.0 |
20.9% |
21.8% |
2009** |
238 |
$78,880,000 |
$331,429 |
15.0 |
19.9% |
20.6% |
2010** |
301 |
$93,887,000 |
$311,917 |
15.0 |
21.4% |
20.6% |
2011 |
228 |
$76,962,000 |
$337,553 |
11.0 |
14.9% |
17.7% |
2012 |
234 |
$74,158,000 |
$316,915 |
12.0 |
15.6% |
17.6% |
*Success rates indicate the percentage of reviewed RPG applications that receive funding.
See link to NIAMS funding patterns in adjacent “Related Information” box for graphs illustrating the number of R01 applications received and grants funded at each percentile.
**Excludes funds appropriated to NIAMS in 2009 for short-term stimulus purposes under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) available for obligation across a two-year timeframe until September 30, 2010.



