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. 2008 Oct 10;9:472. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-472

Table 2.

Genetics Funding by the National Institutes of Health, in US$ (thousands)

Fiscal Year 2003 Fiscal Year 2004 Fiscal Year 2005 Fiscal Year 2006, Est Fiscal Year 2007, Bdgt
National Cancer Institute $1,275,213 $1,364,851 $1,451,384 $1,451,384a $1,435,419a

National Human Genome Research Institute $453,105 $475,735 $468,049 $463,900 $459,039

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $430,175 $455,079 $441,168 $438,079 $433,698

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke $354,940 $400,140 $416,474 $414,113 $409,972

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development $308,304 $320,310 $329,252 $329,600 $329,400

National Institute of Mental Health $194,484 $201,564 $239,907 $237,849 $235,625

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute $253,240 $229,478 $230,335 $231,487 $232,644

National Aging Institute $47,305 $52,273 $201,852 $200,300 $198,300

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences $169,231 $201,603 $199,125 $197,532 $195,754

National Eye Institute $176,028 $182,542 $198,605 $197,413 $195,242

National Center for Research Resources $157,993 $163,381 $165,859 $167,551 $166,890

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research $123,596 $136,914 $138,279 $136,752 $134,469

National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse $105,805 $108,196 $111,369 $110,255 $109,263

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders $74,813 $78,071 $79,568 $78,775 $77,985

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders $51,474 $52,253 $57,266 $56,715 $56,170

National Institute on Drug Abuse $39,142 $48,858 $52,036 $51,724 $51,465

Roadmap $38,712 $39,421 $39,421 $39,421

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering $9,157 $9,932 $8,975 $8,885 $8,823

Office of the Director $2,338 $7,085 $5,165 $4,754 $4,764

National Institute of Nursing Research $5,642 $4,600 $3,537 $3,509 $3,477

Fogarty International Center $3,712 $2,905 $1,978 $1,978 $1,978

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities $62 $289 $260 $259 $257

National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders

National Library of Medicine

Total NIH Genetics $4,235,759 $4,534,771 $4,839,864 $4,822,235b $4,780,055b

The amount of genetics research funded by NIH components (24 grant-issuing Institutes and Centers, the Office of the Director, and the Roadmap) is indicated in thousands of US$; Fiscal year 2006 is an estimate, and fiscal year 2007 is the President's budget. The values in this table were provided by the NIH Office of Budget (Personal Communication, Arlette Howard, May 2006).

a NCI actual genetics funding for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 was $1,530,200 and $1,523,628, respectively, in thousands (Personal Communication, Weston Ricks, July 2008).

b Total NIH Genetics funding (actual) for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 was $4,878,000 each year, in thousands [28].