Annual Statistical Package - FY 2015

TABLE I

APPLICATIONS ASSIGNED TO COUNCILS IN FY 2015 (September 2014, January 2015, May 2015, and August 2015 Councils)* (By Division and Mechanism)

MECHANISM	DBSR: Number	DBSR: Dollars Requested	DAB: Number	DAB: Dollars Requested	DGCG: Number	DGCG: Dollars Requested	DN: Number	DN: Dollars Requested	Total Number	Total Dollars Requested
Grants (R01, R03, R15, R21, R33, R34, R36, R37, P01, U01, U19, U34, UH2)	578	186,587,964	748	192,054,515	320	117,027,171	1094	376,062,962	2740	871,732,612
Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIR) (R43, R44)	33	6,505,249	13	2,954,748	42	11,535,423	84	28,507,937	172	49,503,357
Small Business Technology Transfer Grants (STTR) (R41, R42)	3	432,387	3	489,238	12	2,564,405	12	3,394,966	30	6,880,996
Center Grants (P30, P50)	0	0	13	8,148,422	6	4,985,699	24	27,069,545	43	40,203,666
Research Career Awards (K awards)	34	4,334,309	59	6,547,909	35	5,011,342	87	10,659,313	215	26,552,873
Other Research Projects (R13, R24, R25, U13, U24)	9	1,380,244	18	1,555,747	5	2,558,736	2	120,000	34	5,614,727
Training Grants (T32, T35)	18	3,811,806	5	1,406,380	15	1,652,964	11	3,173,830	49	10,044,980
Fellowships (F30, F31, F32, F33)	38	1,520,000	41	1,640,000	10	400,000	99	3,960,000	188	7,520,000
TOTALS BY DIVISION	713	203,051,959	859	213,156,959	435	145,335,740	1,314	448,988,553	3,471	1,018,053,211

* Applications that had been withdrawn were excluded from Table I. Contracts are not included. Dollar amounts shown are the first year total direct costs requested. See last page for definition of various NIA award mechanisms.

Table II

RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS ASSIGNED TO THREE MOST RECENT COUNCIL ROUNDS*
September 2014, January 2015 and May 2015
(By Division and Percentile Rank)

DIVISION	Total # Reviewed	0-10 #	0-10 %	10.1-20 #	10.1-20 %	20.1-30 #	20.1-30 %	30.1-40 #	30.1-40 %	40.1-50 #	40.1-50 %	> 50.0, or Not Scored #	> 50.0, or Not Scored %
Aging Biology (DAB):
DAB May 2015	218	18	8%	11	5%	26	12%	21	10%	27	12%	115	53%
DAB January 2015	226	15	7%	23	10%	20	9%	27	12%	28	12%	113	50%
DAB September 2014	223	24	11%	14	6%	18	10%	23	11%	23	10%	121	54%
DAB Subtotal:	667	57	9%	48	7%	64	10%	71	11%	78	12%	349	52%
Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR):
DBSR May 2015	179	16	9%	14	8%	15	8%	12	7%	21	12%	101	56%
DBSR January 2015	195	17	9%	26	13%	13	7%	24	12%	21	11%	94	48%
DBSR September 2014	157	22	14%	15	10%	8	5%	15	10%	19	12%	78	50%
DBSR Subtotal:	531	55	10%	55	10%	36	7%	51	10%	61	11%	273	51%
Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (DGCG):
DGCG May 2015	101	9	9%	15	15%	6	6%	15	15%	11	11%	45	45%
DGCG January 2015	93	9	10%	7	8%	10	11%	8	9%	11	12%	48	52%
DGCG September 2014	69	6	9%	6	9%	6	9%	5	7%	8	12%	38	55%
DGCG Subtotal:	263	24	9%	28	11%	22	8%	28	11%	30	11%	131	50%
Neuroscience (DN) :
DN May 2015	342	41	12%	20	6%	28	8%	32	9%	40	12%	181	53%
DN January 2015	342	38	11%	34	10%	28	8%	26	8%	31	9%	185	54%
DN September 2014	272	21	8%	24	9%	27	10%	18	7%	18	7%	164	60%
DN Subtotal:	956	100	10%	78	8%	83	9%	76	8%	89	9%	530	55%
GRAND TOTAL (Last six Council Rounds):	2417	236	10%	209	9%	205	8%	226	9%	258	11%	1283	53%

* Only applications that had a percentile were included. As applications in response to RFAs, and a few other applications, are not normally percentiled, the number of applications in Table II is usually less than the corresponding number of RPG applications in Table I.

NIA AWARD MECHANISMS

RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS: P01 - Research Program Project, R01 - Research Project (Traditional), R03 - Small Research Grant, R15 - Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA), R21 - Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant, R33 - Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase II, R34 - Clinical Trial Planning Grant, R36 - Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity, R56 - High Priority Short Term Project Award, UH2 - Cooperative Agreement Research Project, U01 - Cooperative Agreement Research Project Award and U19 - Cooperative Agreement Research Project

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANTS: R43 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant - Phase I, R44 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant - Phase II

SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GRANTS: R41 - Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant - Phase I, R42 - Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant - Phase II

CENTER MECHANISMS: P30 - Center Core Grant, P50 - Specialized Center Grant

OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS: R13 - Scientific Meeting Grant, U13 - Cooperative Agreement Scientific Meeting Award, U24 - Cooperative Agreement - Resource-related Research Award, R24 - Research Resource Grant, R25 - Education Project Grant

RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS: K01 - Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, K02 - Independent Scientist Award, K07 - Academic Career Award, K08 - Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award, K12 - Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award, K23 - Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, K24 - Mid-career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research, K25 - Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award, K26 - Mid-career Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research, K99/R00 - NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award

TRAINING GRANTS: T32 - Institutional Research Training National Research Service Award, T35 - Short-Term Institutional Research Training National Research Service Award

FELLOWSHIPS: F30 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, F31 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows, F32 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows, F33 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows

LOAN REPAYMENT MECHANISMS: L30 - Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program, L40 - Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program