Information about previous fiscal year (FY) budgets for NCATS is available below.
- Fiscal Year 2022
- Fiscal Year 2021
- Fiscal Year 2020
- Fiscal Year 2019
- Fiscal Year 2018
- Fiscal Year 2017
- Fiscal Year 2016
- Fiscal Year 2015
- Fiscal Year 2014
- Fiscal Year 2013
- Fiscal Year 2012
Fiscal Year 2022
Appropriation Law
On March 15, 2022, the President signed into law (P.L. 117-103) the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.” 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, $882,265,000: Provided, That up to $60,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $606,646,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards Program.
Budget Request
On May 28, 2021, the President’s Budget for FY 2022 was released. The FY 2022 budget request for NIH is $51,957.7 million. The FY 2022 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 1.9MB) is $879.0 million. A 2-page NCATS fact sheet (PDF - 388KB) is also available.
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Congressional Justification FY 2022
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Fiscal Year 2021
Appropriation Law
On Dec. 27, 2020, the President signed into law (P.L. 116-260) the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.” 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, $855,421,000: Provided, That up to $60,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $586,841,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards Program.
Budget Request
On Feb. 10, 2020, the President’s Budget for FY 2021 was released. The FY 2021 budget request for NIH is $38,694,000,000. The FY 2021 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 830KB) is $787,703,000.
Fiscal Year 2020
Appropriation Law
On Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed into law (P.L. 116-94) the “FY 2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.” 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, $832,888,000: Provided, That up to $60,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $578,141,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards Program.
Congressional Appropriations Hearings
The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on the NIH budget request:
House Hearing: Sept.25, 2019
- Subcommittee Website
- Hearing Website
- Title: Investments in Medical Research at Five Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health
- NCATS Director’s Statement for the Record (PDF - 333KB)
Senate Hearing: April 11, 2019
- Subcommittee Website
- Hearing Website
- Title: Review of the FY2020 Budget Request for NIH
House Hearing: April 2, 2019
- Subcommittee Website
- Hearing Website
- Title: National Institutes of Health Budget Request for FY 2020
Budget Request
On March 18, 2019, the full President’s Budget for FY 2020 was released. The FY 2020 budget request for NIH is $34,367,629,000. The FY 2020 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 656KB) is $694,112,000.
On March 11, 2019, an overview of the President’s Budget for FY 2020, A Budget for a Better America (PDF - 1.9MB), was released. NIH is described on page 46 under “Prioritizes Critical Health Research.”
On the same day, HHS Secretary Azar released a statement on President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget. HHS also released an HHS Budget in Brief (PDF - 7MB), which describes NIH on pages 52-59.
Fiscal Year 2019
Appropriation Law
On Sept. 28, 2018, the President signed into law (P.L. 115-245), the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, funding NIH/NCATS for the full fiscal year. 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, $806,373,000: Provided, That up to $80,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $559,736,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards Program.
Congressional Appropriations Hearings
The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies usually hold hearings on the NIH budget request.
Senate Hearing: May 17, 2018
Subcommittee Website • NCATS Director's Statement for the Record (PDF - 28KB)
House Hearing: April 11, 2018
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2019 budget on Feb. 12, 2018. The FY 2019 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 436KB) is $685,087,000.
NIH is described on pages 40-46 of the HHS Budget-in-Brief (PDF - 1.9MB).
Fiscal Year 2018
Appropriation Law
On March 23, 2018, the President signed into law (P.L. 115-141), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (also known as the Omnibus), funding NIH/NCATS through the end of the fiscal year. 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, $742,354,000: Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $542,771,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.
The Explanatory Statement accompanying the Act includes the following:
Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program.—The bill provides $542,771,000, an increase of $26,651,000, for the CTSA program. The agreement continues to support the program, a stabilization in the number of hubs funded, and a five year grant cycle. The agreement acknowledges the positive changes made to the program in response to language included in the fiscal year 2018 Senate Report, including the increase in communication and collaboration with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The agreement expects the Director to provide quarterly updates to principal investigators of CTSA hubs beginning within 30 days of enactment of this Act and to continue the ongoing updates to the Committees. Finally, the agreement expects written notification to continue to be provided to the Committees at least three days in advance of any public release of CTSA grant awards.
Continuing Resolutions
Per Public Law 115-56 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018), as amended by Public Law 115-90 (Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018), Public Law 115-96 (Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018), Public Law 115-120 (Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018), and Public Law 115-123 (Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018), the federal government operated under a Continuing Resolution through March 23, 2018.
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2018 budget on May 23, 2017. The FY 2018 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 563KB) is $557,373,000.
Fiscal Year 2017
Appropriation Law
On May 5, 2017, the President signed into law (P.L. 115-31), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, funding NIH/NCATS through the end of the fiscal year. The law provides the following for NCATS:
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Services (PHS Act) with respect to translational sciences, $705,903,000: Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $516,120,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.
Congressional Appropriations Hearings
The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies usually hold hearings on the NIH budget request.
Senate Hearing: April 7, 2016
Subcommittee Website • Archived Webcast • NCATS Director's Statement for the Record (PDF - 24KB)
House Hearing: March 16, 2016
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2017 budget on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. The FY 2017 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 402KB) is $685.417 million, which is the same as the FY 2016 enacted level.
Fiscal Year: 2016
Appropriation Law
On Dec. 18, 2015, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, funding NIH/NCATS through the end of the FY. The law (H.R. 2029) provides the following for NCATS:
National Center for Advancing Translational Science
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $685,417,000: Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $500,000,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.
Congressional Appropriations Hearings
The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies usually hold hearings on the NIH budget request.
Senate Hearing: April 30, 2015
Subcommittee Website • Archived Webcast • NCATS Director's Statement for the Record (PDF - 70KB)
House Hearing: March 3, 2015
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2016 budget on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. The FY 2016 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 418KB) is $660.131 million, an increase of $27.421 million over the FY 2015 enacted level.
Fiscal Year: 2015
Appropriation Law
On Dec. 16, 2014, the President signed an appropriations bill (the “CRomnibus”) into law that funds NIH/NCATS through the end of the FY. The law (P.L. 113-235) provides the following for NCATS:
“For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $635,230,000: Provided, That up to $9,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $474,746,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.”
Congressional Appropriations Hearings
The Congressional Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies usually hold hearings on the NIH budget request.
Senate Hearing: April 2, 2014
Subcommittee Website • Archived Webcast • NCATS Director's Statement for the Record (PDF - 178KB)
NCATS Director Christopher P. Austin, M.D., attended this hearing.
House Hearing: March 26, 2014
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2015 budget on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The FY 2015 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 539KB) is $657.471 million, an increase of $25.075 million over the FY 2014 enacted level. Requested changes reflect funding for new initiatives; additional competing research project grants over FY 2014; Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer awards; expanded NCATS collaboration with the NIH Clinical Center; and redirected AIDS research funds to expand NIH support for research directed toward a cure for HIV.
Fiscal Year: 2014
Appropriation Law
On Jan. 17, 2014, Congress passed and the President signed an appropriations bill that funds NIH/NCATS through the end of the FY. The law (P.L. 113-76) provides the following for NCATS:
"For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $633,267,000: Provided, That up to $9,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $474,746,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program."
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2014 budget on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The FY 2014 budget request for NIH was $31.3 billion. The FY 2014 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 835KB) was $665.688 million, an increase of $91.391 million over the FY 2012 level. Specific increases were requested for the Cures Acceleration Network (+$40.111 million); Clinical and Translational Science Awards (+$1.108 million); the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases program (+$3.79 million); and Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer program (+$3.4 million). Requested increases reflect the beginning of direct funding (+$31.34 million) by NCATS of the Bridging Interventional Development Gaps program, the NCATS Chemical Genomics Center, the BioAssay Research Database, and the Small Molecule Repository, which were previously supported by the NIH Common Fund. In addition, there was a requested increase for Translational Research Resources (+$10.704 million) to provide for NCATS’ increased share of trans-NIH programs and initiatives that support the entire spectrum of biomedical research.
Fiscal Year 2013
Appropriation Law
On Sept. 28, 2012, the President signed into law the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175 [PDF - 136KB]). In absence of an appropriation law, this Continuing Resolution (CR) funded the federal government through March 27, 2013, at levels provided in FY 2012. To meet the bipartisan agreement between the House, Senate and White House that ensured a total rate of government operations at $1.047 trillion, a government-wide, across-the-board increase of 0.612 percent over the base rate also was included in the CR.
Budget Request
The President released his FY 2013 budget request on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The FY 2013 budget request for NIH was $30.9 billion, the same as the FY 2012 level. This level demonstrated the Administration’s commitment to placing a priority on investing in innovative biomedical and behavioral research to advance medical science. NCATS was a priority of the NIH Director, with an additional $64.32 million provided over FY 2012. The FY 2013 budget request for NCATS (PDF - 783KB) was $639.033 million, an increase of $64.32 million over the FY 2012 level. Specific increases were provided for the Cures Acceleration Network (+$39.63 million); direct funding of the NCATS Chemical Genomics Center (+$13 million), Clinical and Translational Science Awards (+$1.11 million), and small increases for mandatory costs such as Small Business Innovative Awards and NCATS share of shared resources.
Fiscal Year 2012
Appropriation Law
NCATS received its first appropriation (funding) in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2012 (P.L. 112-74) on Dec. 23, 2011:
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $576,456,000: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available to implement section 402C of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That funds appropriated may be used to support the reorganization and activities required to eliminate the National Center for Research Resources: Provided further, That the Director of the NIH shall ensure that, of all funds made available to Institute, Center, and Office of the Director accounts within ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,’’ at least $487,767,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.
After an across the board rescission, the FY 2012 appropriation for NCATS is $574,713,000, plus funding provided by the NIH Common Fund and other sources.
Budget Request
In June 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services sent detailed budget information for the proposed NCATS, titled Restructuring the National Institutes of Health to Advance Translational Science, to appropriators in the House and Senate.