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History of Competing Research Project Grants (RPG)
Updated January 30, 2012
| 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% |
*Success rates indicate the percentage of reviewed RPG applications that receive funding.
**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.



