TABLE 3.
Average percentages of total institute obligations spent on dietary supplement research by the primary NIH institutes funding this type of research and the ODS in fiscal years 2009–20111
NIH ICs | Dietary supplement research funding | Total IC obligations | Dietary supplements |
$, millions | $, millions | % of total obligations | |
NCI | 62.8 | 5024.0 | 1.25 |
NHLBI | 45.0 | 3059.0 | 1.47 |
NCCAM | 33.2 | 127.0 | 26.12 |
NIDDK | 22.6 | 1937.0 | 1.17 |
NICHD | 26.5 | 1312.0 | 2.02 |
NIA | 12.4 | 1095.0 | 1.13 |
ODS | 10.6 | — | — |
IC, institute and center; NCCAM, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHLBI, National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NIA, National Institute on Aging; NICHD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; NIDDK, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; ODS, Office of Dietary Supplements.