Useful Stats: Top 100 NIH Cities and Five-Year Funding by State

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) data on the top 100 cities for NIH awards in FY 2003 indicates Boston reasserted its leadership over New York for the top spot by increasing its spread by $401 million. Philadelphia and Baltimore remain in third and fourth place for the second year.

The fourth year NIH has made the information available, FY 2003 shows the most shift in rankings for many cities. Seattle moved up to fifth place after three consecutive years at sixth. San Diego continued its three-year fall in the rankings, dropping from third place in FY 2001 to eighth place in the latest available data. (Note: One possible explanation could be the addition of La Jolla as a distinct city in the rankings in FY 2002 and FY 2003. Funding to La Jolla institutions doubled between the two years, pushing the city's ranking from 21st in FY 2002 to 7th in 2003).

The complete four-year stats are available at:

• FY 2003: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/top100fy03.htm
• FY 2002: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/top100fy02.htm
• FY 2001: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/citytop100fy01.htm
• FY 2000: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/top100fy2000.txt

NIH Funding by State

SSTI has compiled a table of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards in total dollars and state rankings from fiscal years 1999-2003. The states are listed in order by percent change over the five-year period. The greatest gains were posted in Alaska (418.54 percent), Wyoming (380.53 percent), South Dakota (305.25 percent), Idaho (300.40 percent) and Montana (215.35 percent). Despite the significant increase, these states hold some of the lowest rankings in FY 2003 -­ Wyoming being last, with a total of $7,607,825 in awards.

The top five largest dollar amounts in FY 2003 were awarded to California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively. Overall, total NIH awards grew considerably over the five-year period with a national increase of 69.15 percent. However, FY 2003 totals are 0.87 percent lower than FY 2002. While most states exhibited an increase of total dollars, four states sustained a decrease from FY 2002: Idaho, Arkansas, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, which incurred the largest decrease of $40,850,841.

SSTI's table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/022805t.htm

Details of the NIH awards and statistics can be found at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/awardtr.htm