NIH has a formal process to resolve disagreements between applicants and NIH review committees and/or NIH staff concerning the referral (assignment) and review of applications. Although procedural aspects of technical merit review are subject to appeal, differences in scientific opinion, such as may occur between applicants and reviewers, may not

Updated August 4, 2020 NIAMS FY 2020 Enacted Level: $624,889,000 The NIAMS is operating under the FY 2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. The interim funding plan below for research and training grants represents the most current information as of the date cited above; however, many factors including a quarterly apportionment

October 28, 2019 Fiscal Year 2018 Actual Obligations Budget Mechanism No. of Awards Amount Research Grants Research Project Grants (RPG): Noncompeting 739 $280,157,984 Administrative Supplements (39) 3,071,821 Competing 266 95,968,967 Subtotal 1,005 379,198,772 Small Business Innovation/Technology 47 17,852,612 Subtotal, RPGs 1,052 397,051,384 Research Centers 39 40,922,076 Other Research: Career Programs

The FY2023 NIAMS Congressional Justification is the annual presentation to Congress that justifies the entire NIAMS budget request and reflects the continuing mission to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.