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National Institutes of Health Support of Sleep-Related R01 Grants
The following information is a summary of extramural sleep research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Institute of Medicine staff searched the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) database for key-terms relevant to sleep. These terms include insomnia, periodic limb movement disorder, restless legs syndrome, circadian rhythm, sudden infant death syndrome, sleep disorder, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleep, hibernation, and dream. Abstracts were reviewed and only those grants with these terms listed in both the thesaurus and abstract, and not the abstract alone, were considered in the counts. The numbers for each grant reflect individual, unduplicated counts for a given year (Table G-1 and Figure G-1). All institutes were searched. Note that every abstract from 1995 and 2004 was analyzed to determine its relevance to somnology and somnopathy (see Table 6-3). This resulted in even fewer grants being relevant to the field. This analysis was not performed on grants awarded from 1996 to 2003; therefore these numbers may be slightly inflated.
TABLE G-1 Sleep-Related R01 Grants, 1995–2004
Fiscal Year |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Number of Awards |
116 |
79 |
243 |
259 |
244 |
332 |
369 |
402 |
420 |
331 |
Number of New Awards |
37 |
24 |
68 |
71 |
43 |
86 |
118 |
101 |
113 |
82 |
There are 12 institutes that are members of the Trans-NIH Sleep Research Coordinating Committee. Table G-2 shows the annual NIH support of sleep-related research for various institutes. However, analysis of NIH support of sleep-related R01 grants shows that two of the largest supporters of sleep grants, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the National Eye Institute, are not members of the Trans-NIH Sleep Research Coordinating Committee.
TABLE G-2 Annual NIH Institute Support of Sleep-Related Research
|
NIMH |
NHLBI |
NINDS |
NIA |
NIGMS |
NINR |
NEI |
NIDA |
NIAAA |
1995 |
35 |
20 |
29 |
16 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
1996 |
26 |
15 |
14 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1997 |
56 |
46 |
41 |
30 |
7 |
12 |
11 |
8 |
10 |
1998 |
57 |
47 |
49 |
32 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
1999 |
53 |
48 |
57 |
29 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
2000 |
72 |
84 |
59 |
33 |
10 |
16 |
14 |
11 |
9 |
2001 |
87 |
80 |
53 |
35 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
2002 |
105 |
93 |
50 |
40 |
17 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
11 |
2003 |
101 |
104 |
53 |
36 |
21 |
22 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
2004 |
88 |
102 |
49 |
31 |
22 |
19 |
15 |
13 |
12 |
ABBREVIATIONS: NCCAM = National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; NCI = National Cancer Institute; NEI = National Eye Institute; NHLBI = National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NIA = National Institute on Aging; NIAAA = National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; NIAID = National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIAMS = National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; NICHD = National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; NIDA = National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIDCD = National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; NIDCR = National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; NIDDK = National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; NIGMS = National Institute of General Medical Sciences; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NIMH = National Institute of Mental Health; NINDS = National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; NINR = National Institute of Nursing Research; NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. |