Table 1.

NIEHS asthma-related grants compared with total extramural grants, 1983–2005.

Fiscal year	Total no. of NIEHS extramural grants	Total no. of active NIEHS asthma-related grants	Total NIEHS extramural funding ($)	Total NIEHS extramural asthma-related funding ($)	Total extramural asthma-related (%)
1983	821	4	60,736,000	310,635	0.51
1984	834	4	68,882,000	314,222	0.46
1985	876	1	78,523,000	59,011	0.08
1986	839	4	79,238,000	505,059	0.64
1987	869	5	89,803,000	653,824	0.73
1988	894	3	90,198,000	413,336	0.46
1989	855	3	92,923,000	603,383	0.65
1990	896	2	97,001,000	473,105	0.49
1991	1,000	3	103,996,000	646,597	0.62
1992	929	5	113,469,000	938,711	0.83
1993	909	8	115,708,000	1,447,726	1.25
1994	966	8	129,238,000	1,395,976	1.08
1995	943	10	130,212,000	2,231,820	1.71
1996	1,021	7	139,670,000	1,908,528	1.37
1997	996	16	149,399,000	4,253,311	2.85
1998	1,036	21	159,321,000	4,428,412	2.78
1999	1,072	29	187,196,000	11,526,989	6.16
2000	1,144	81	224,091,000	20,169,948	9.00
2001	1,264	99	318,519,000	26,190,674	8.22
2002	1,308	124	368,815,000	33,802,154	9.17
2003	1,305	96	385,440,000	37,742,742	9.79
2004	1,288	103	383,233,000	37,368,968	9.75
2005	1,237	100	383,925,000	30,476,463	7.94
Total	23,302	736	3,949,536,000	217,861,594	5.51