How are the NIH Roadmap Initiatives funded?
NIH Roadmap initiatives are funded through a combination of funds appropriated to the NIH Director’s Discretionary Fund in the Office of the NIH Director, and from contributions from the NIH Institutes and Centers (0.34 percent of their budgets for FY 2004, and 0.63 percent of their budgets for FY 2005.) The total published budget for FY 2004 is $128 million. It is estimated that NIH Roadmap initiatives will be funded at $237 million in FY 2005. Through FY 2009, each Institutes and Center’s annual contribution to the Roadmap is likely to be less than 1 percent of their appropriation.
