NIAID's Response to the Recovery Act

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NIAID received an astounding $1.12 billion in two-year stimulus funds, a striking act of generosity and confidence on the part of our elected leaders.

We, together with our extramural research community, are truly grateful to President Barack Obama and the Congress for this unprecedented opportunity to fund high-quality research, create and save jobs, and boost the economy.

Spending in FY 2009

NIAID is responding by awarding hundreds of peer-reviewed grants. In FY 2009, that meant 936 awards worth more than $300 million, broken down as follows:

If you want to drill down deeper into these numbers, you can get detailed information at Recovery.gov.

About Recovery.gov

In keeping with President Obama's commitment to openness in government, agencies are making their activities and spending transparent to the public.

His administration set up the Recovery.gov site where you can figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is going.

As the data come in, you can see how, when, and where the money was spent.

Award recipients started report quarterly in October 2009. Read more in the Standard Terms and Conditions for ARRA Awards and the NOT-OD-09-080 Guide notice.

To comment or ask a question on Recovery.gov, use the Contact Us form there.

Find Out More

Here are additional relevant links:

• Office of Management and Budget memo, Initial and Implementing Guidance for the ARRA of 2009
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (HTML) or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF)
• Recovery.gov's synopsis of the ARRA at The Act.

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