Table 1.
Proportion of NIH Budget Allocated to Research in Areas of Interest to Women’s Health
| Institute | Percentage of NIH Total Budget |
|---|---|
| NICHD | 4.1 |
| NIMH | 4.8 |
| NHLBI | 9.6 |
| NCI | 16.1 |
| Women’s healtha | 14 |
Of the total $32.3 billion NIH budget, a small proportion is allocated to the areas of maternal, fetal, and women’s health specifically, despite the potential to pay huge dividends in life span. It is not currently possible to discern specific funding lines.
Abbreviations: NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NICHD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National institute of Child Health and Human Development; NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health.
Reporting for this category does not follow the standard NIH Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization process. This category assigns project funding according to populations tracked by sex or ethnicity. The databases used to track sex or ethnicity are complex and are not currently compatible with the NIH Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization system (https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx#legend11).