Budget

The budget for NCATS is based on the fiscal year (FY) appropriation provided by Congress and the President. The process starts with the President’s Budget request, which is usually released in February. The President's request typically is followed by appropriation hearings by Congress, which result in appropriation bills and reports. The final appropriation bill, if passed by Congress and signed by the President, provides NCATS with its budget for the fiscal year (Oct. 1 through Sept. 30).

As part of the President’s Budget request, we prepare a Congressional Justification to detail our scientific priorities and proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Information on the overall NIH budget is available from the NIH Office of Budget.

Current Fiscal Year: 2025

Appropriation Law

As of Oct. 1, 2024, NCATS is operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR), titled the "Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025", through Dec. 20, 2024.

Budget Request

On March 11, 2024, the President’s Budget for FY 2025 was released. Specifically, the FY 2025 budget request for NCATS is $926.1 million.

To learn more about NCATS’ FY 2025 budget request and research programs and priorities, view:

• FY 2025 Congressional Justification (PDF - 4.1MB)
• NCATS Congressional Justification fact sheet (PDF - 843.1KB)

Prior Fiscal Year: 2024

Appropriation Law

On March 23, 2024, the President signed into law (P.L. 118-47) the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024.” The Act provides the following for NCATS:

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program. 

Previous Budget Requests for NCATS

• FY 2024 Congressional Justification (PDF - 3.9MB) and fact sheet (PDF - 2.1MB)
• FY 2023 Congressional Justification (PDF - 715KB) and fact sheet (PDF - 607KB)
• FY 2022 Congressional Justification (PDF - 810KB) and fact sheet (PDF - 710KB)
• FY 2021 Congressional Justification (PDF - 830KB)
• FY 2020 Congressional Justification (PDF - 656KB)

Authorization

Learn about the authorizing language for NCATS.