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NIH PAYLINES AND SUCCESS RATES [other funding statistics]

Understanding Paylines and Percentiles
NIH Comparison of Success Rates to Percentile Paylines       NIH Success Rate Page 



Updated 5/17/13

INSTITUTE Success Rate FY2010 Succes Rate FY2011 Success Rate FY2012 Payline (2012) Payline (2013) Further information. Click link for Institute's Current Funding Strategy)
FIC 26.1 15.3 16     Payline not published/FY2013 Funding Strategy  
NCCAM 11.0 9.1 9.5     FY 2012 Funding Strategy  
NCI 17.1 13.8 13.6 7   No official payline but (except in rare cases) will fund up to this percentile. New & Early Stage-Investigators will be considered on an individual basis.  2012 plan   
NEI 26.8 28.8 29.8     Payline not published/FY2013 Fiscal Policy  (continuing resolution)
NHGRI 32.2 29.2 23.9     Does not establish Paylines/FY2012 Funding Strategy  
NHLBI 19.9

17.4

14.7 10 11 21 for Early Stage Investigators/ FY 2013Funding Strategy  
NIA 14.5

16.1

15.5 11   FY 2013 Funding Strategy  
NIAAA 26.5 18.6 18.4      Does not establish overall Paylines/ FY 2013 Financial Management Plan  (continuing resolution)
NIAID 23.9

20.2

23.2 10 8 Payline for FY2013 (Funding Strategy ) 12 for new investigators
NIAMS 21.4 14.9 15.6 12 12 New Investigators: 15. Funding Strategy for 2013 (continuing resolution)
NIBIB 15.9 12.7 12.1 10   Payline for FY2012  (New Investigators: 15) 
/FY 2012 Funding Strategy    
NICHD 15.2 12.4 12.5 10 5 FY 2013 Funding Strategy  (Interim/New & Early Stage Investigators: 7)
NIDA 19.8 18.2 21.2     Payline not published/FY2012 Funding Strategy  
NIDCD 30.2 27.5 26.6     Payline not published/FY2012 Funding Strategy 
NIDCR 22.2 22.5 21.2     Payline not published/ FY2013Funding Strategy  
NIDDK 25.9 20.7 19.8 13   Paylines for FY2012 (18 for new investigators) /FY2013 Funding Strategy     (continuing resolution)
NIEHS 25.1 14.7 14.6 16    2012 Funding Strategy 
NIGMS 26.9 23.7 24.4     Payline not published/interim funding policy 
NIMH 22.1
17.0
 
21.6 10   Expected Payline (New Investigators: 15)/FY2012 Funding Strategy     
NINDS 22.6 21.1 19.5 14   FY2013 Funding Strategy  
NINR 13.2 8.7 13     Payline not published/FY2012 Funding Strategy  
NCMHD *** n/a -- --     Payline not published

Success rates are defined as the percent of applications awarded compared with the total number of applications received.Above figures are taken from NIH's page, Success Rates by Institute  

For competing research project grants.

NCMHD is considered Not Applicable because of joint funding by other Institutes and Centers.

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