Table 5.
Brief description of features of funding institutions
| Countries | Canada | Australia | United States of America | Singapore | Sweden | United Kingdom | The Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of institution | Canadian Institutes of Health research (CIHR) | National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | National Medical Research Agency (NMRC) | Swedish Research Agency (SRC) –Scientific Council for Medicinea | National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) | The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) |
| Date of constitution act | 2000 | 1992 | 1930 | 1994 | NA | 2006 | 2001 |
| Budget, yearly (equivalent in eurosb) | CAD$1102.9 million CAD $ budget in 2017–2018 (€ 760 million) | AU$800 million 2016–2017 (€ 500 million) | NA | US$492.7 million budget in 2016 (€ 450 million) | 570 million SEK budget in 2006 on health and medical research (€ 53 million) | £207 million pounds budget in 2016–17 (€ 240 million) | NA |
| Volume of projects/or researchers and trainees supported | 13,700 researchers and trainees in 2015 | 1035 grants (not grantees) | 10,000 research project grants | 1100 individual research projects | 420 projects approved in 2006 | 263 projects | NA |
| 5500 researchers annually | |||||||
| In 2014, 35,000 principal investigators | |||||||
| Investigator-initiated grants/targeted funding | 70–30% | Management of some priority-driven funding schemes of the Medical Research Future Fund perpetual fund | NA | 1/3–2/3 | Mostly investigator-initiated grants | Commissioned and research led | Targeted calls for Health Care Efficiency Research programmes |
| Thematic institutes/centres | 13 | none | 27 | 0 | In the form of council | 0 | 0 |
aSweden has no institute dedicated solely to the health and medical sector. The SRC is the main contributor to R&D, including for health research. Other national sources also contribute to health research. For example, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare funds research on public health and the public health system [39]. The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) distributed around US $55 million in 2014 [40]
bIn current dollars, 2019
NA not available