UVM Cancer Center

NIH Grant Data

I had Federal Grant Data from the NIH to hand from another project, updated to 2021 (see Vermont Science and Technology Plan). It shows that:

• UVM and non-UVM NIH grants combined were at record low levels in 2017 and were at their second-lowest level on record in 2021.
• UVM averaged around 150 NIH grants per year until about 2010. From 2011 to the present, it has averaged closer to 100 grants per year.
• The total value of NIH grants to UVM also fell in 2011 but has increased somewhat in the last 5 years.
• Non-UVM NIH grants experienced a boom from 2006 to 2016 but are now back to near-zero levels.

NCI Data

Files:

• The SQL is E:\projects\grants\NIH\LoadNIH.sql
• The images, analysis, and reference files are in Z:\projects\Vermont\Cancer Center

The number of National Cancer Institute grants received in Vermont follows a familiar pattern: It oscillates around a modest value from the start of the data in 1987 before declining precipitously at some point between 2000 and 2010. For the NCI data, this decline happened around 2005. The mean value in the late 20th century was around 20, and the mean following the decline is around 8. Moreover, before the collapse, a few grants were received by organizations other than UVM, but only UVM received NCI grants after 2012.

The NCI doesn't provide amounts for grants prior to 2012. When there are amounts available, only UVM received grants, and the grant amounts followed the same trend as the grant numbers. The mean grant amount is around $850,000.