NIH/NIDCR Funding from
Economic Stimulus Package

• NIDCR/ARRA Funding Update (7/22/10)
  
  
• NIH has announced several new funding opportunities
  (6-11-09)
  
  
• 9,000+ Reviewers Waiting for Application Onslaught & Additional Funding Opportunities (4-24-09)
  
  
• NIH Receives First Funding Opportunity:
  $200 Million for "Challenge Grants" (3-12 -09)


• Funding Mechanisms (2-26-09)


• $10 Billion in Aid to NIH Included in Economic Stimulus Package
  (our overview article below, updated 2-26-09)


• NIH Director Comments (2-20-09)


• More info coming soon!

$10 Billion in Aid to NIH Included in Economic Stimulus

President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009. The Act, otherwise known as the Economic Stimulus Package, will contain $10 billion in aid to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Friends of NIDCR Outreach to Congress
Helps Establish Amount of Aid to NIH
“This is a tremendous step toward reversing the devastating flat-funding NIH has received over the past six years,” said FNIDCR President Dr. Bruce Donoff.  “We applaud Senators Harkin, Specter and Durbin for championing NIH in this bill.”

In late December and early January, the Friends of NIDCR called on President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to include $10 billion in stimulus aid to NIH. Since that time, Friends of NIDCR members have responded to the organization’s call to outreach to their members of Congress, requesting that $10 billion in NIH funding be included in stimulus aid.

Funding for NIH Research Around the U.S., Create 70,000 Jobs & More!
The $10 billion in funding will create an estimated 70,000 jobs. The funding will provide a boost in the economy throughout the country as NIH research is conducted in each state and in 90 percent of our nation’s congressional districts.

Impact of NIH Recovery Act Spending
The impact of NIH stimulus spending will be far-reaching. It will extend beyond the investigators who receive the funds, to: - Allied Health Workers

• Technicians
• Students
• Trade Workers
• and others who will receive leveraged benefits. 

The more than 3,000 institutions across the country that receive NIH support have a direct impact on the local economies in their towns, cities and states. Beyond the immediate economic stimulus, scientific progress resulting from Recovery Act spending will have a positive effect on the nation’s health for many years to come.

Breakdown of NIH Funding
The Recovery Act makes $10.4 billion available to NIH through September 2010. NIH must obligate stimulus funds within that 18-month time period, and the funds must be spent on projects that can be completed within two years. NIH expects to spend as much as possible in Fiscal Year 2009.

$8.2 billion will support Research Priorities

• $7.4 billion will be transferred to the Institutes and Centers and the NIH Common Fund, using a percentage formula based on their appropriations.  The NIDCR will receive approximately $100 million.
• $800 million will go to the NIH Office of the Director to support Challenge Grants and other scientific priorities.

$1 billion will support Extramural Construction, Repairs and Alterations

• These resources will be allocated to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR); all NIH-funded research institutions can apply for the funds.

$300 million will support Shared Instrumentation and other Capital Equipment

• These funds will be allocated to NCRR to support all NIH activities.

$500 million will support NIH Building and Facilities projects

• These funds will be used for high-priority repair, construction and improvement projects on NIH campuses that align with the overall purpose of the Recovery Act.

$400 million will support Comparative Effectiveness Research

Funds for NIDCR & Oral Health Community
There are four areas of funding that are of interest to our dental and craniofacial community:

• NIDCR – approximately $100 million over FY09 and FY10
• NCRR infrastructure and shared instrumentation - $1.3 billion
• NIH Office of the Director Challenge Grants - $800 million
• Comparative Effectiveness Research - $1.1 billion

Next Steps
NIH is working closely with the Recovery Act Implementation Team at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure transparency and accountability for the Recovery Act funds. As NIH spending plans are approved through this process, we will keep you informed. 

Apply for Funding Opportunities
The availability of Recovery Act funds is an extraordinary opportunity for science in pursuit of improved health, and we strongly urge all members of the dental and craniofacial research community to carefully consider applying for specific funding opportunities as they are announced. 

NIDCR program staff will be identified with each funding opportunity, and we urge you to contact them with your questions.

For more information, please visit www.nih.gov