Table 1. Major public funding agencies, annual funding levels, application success rates, and published details of the assessment process.
| Agency (Country) (last annual report) | Total annual funding (million US$)* | Success rate biomedical/life sciences | Abstract | Funding | Assessment summary | Final report |
| NIH (USA) (2013) | 30100 | 14% (Medical research, 2012) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NSF (USA) (2013–2014) | 7170 | 22% (General, 2013) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Wellcome Trust (UK) (2012–2013) | 3945 | 25% (General, 2012–2013) | No | Yes | No | No |
| JSPS (Japan) (2012–2013) | 3171 | 30.3% (General, 2012) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| DFG (Germany) (2013) | 3160 | 28.3% (Life Sciences) | Yes | No | No | No |
| NSFC (China) (2011) | 2976 | 16.9% (Health Science, 2011) 20.9% (Life Sciences, 2011) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ERC (European Union) (2013) | 2150 | 12% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| MRC (UK) (2013–2014) | 1357 | 21.6% (2013–2014) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| CONACyT (Mexico) (2012) | 937 | NR | No | Yes | No | No |
| NSERC (Canada) (2012–2013) | 933 | NR for Biomedical/Life Sciences | No | Yes | No | No |
| CSIC (Spain) (2013) | 894 | NR | No | No | No | No |
| SNF (Switzerland) (2012) | 789 | 50% | No | No | No | No |
| BBSRC (UK) (2013–2014) | 777 | 27% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NHMRC (Australia) (2013) | 748 | 20.5% | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Vetenskapsradet (Sweden) (2012) | 691 | NR | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ANR (France) (2013) | 548 | 16.5% (General) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Academy of Finland (Finland) (2014) | 395 | 17% (Health research, 2012) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ZonMW (Netherlands) (2011) | 364 | NR | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| NCN (Poland) (2013) | 302 | 22% (Life Sciences) | No | Yes | No | No |
| FWF (Austria) (2013) | 258 | 30.2% (General, 2012) | Yes | No | No | No |
| FNRS (Belgium) (2012) | 225 | 36.9%-38.2% (2011) | No | No | No | No |
| DFF (Denmark) (2013) | 205 | 23% (Medical science); 19% (General) | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| RFBR (Russian Federation) (2013) | 200 | NR | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Ministry of Health (Italy) (2012) | 171 | NR | No | Yes | No | No |
| CIRM (USA) (2013) | 163 | 42.8% | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| ISF (Israel) (2014) | 136 | 32.8% (General) | No | Yes | No | No |
| HFSP (International) (2012–2013) | 117 | 9% | Yes | No | No | No |
*Arranged by decreasing total annual funding.
Funding levels and success rates are the latest as available on the funding agencies websites on October 10. 2014, rounded to nearest million US$ according to exchange rates on that day. NR: not reported.