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Find Funded Projects and More Using NIH Databases

Staying at the cutting edge involves more than just keeping up with the journals and attending scientific conferences. You can leverage NIH databases to learn about emerging research in your field, find potential collaborators for future projects, identify promising research areas, and much more.

Use the tips and links on this page to explore these free NIH databases:

Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)

NIH’s Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) displays interactive charts, reports, and tables of historic and current data on grants, contracts, and award recipients.

RePORT has the following five major sections:

1. RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER)

RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) to customize queries on funded projects, investigators, publications, and patents. This can be a great way to get a snapshot of research areas in your field and look for potential collaborators or competitors. You may spot research areas that are underrepresented or highly supported.

Try the Quick Search field or Advanced Project Search. Your search results include tabs to check Publications and more.   

Export and share your search results, save MyRePORTER queries, or download raw data through ExPORTER. Advanced users can retrieve data for analysis and/or reuse in other applications through the RePORTER Application Programming Interface (API).

2. Matchmaker

Matchmaker allows you to enter scientific text (e.g., an abstract) and find similar projects or NIH program officers:

  • The Similar Projects option helps you find potential collaborators or determine which NIH institute and study section your application could target. (Note that Special Emphasis Panel labels start with a “Z”. You cannot request assignment to a SEP.)
  • The Similar Program Officials option lists relevant NIH institutes and program officers.

3. Awards by Location and Organization

Check RePORT’s NIH Awards by Location and Organization for year-by-year NIH funding by institution, state, congressional district, principal investigator, funding mechanism, and more. Similar to the options above, you can use this to find collaborators and evaluate support for your area of science.

4. Categorical Spending (RCDC)

The Categorical Spending option on the RePORT main page brings you to the Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC) section.

RCDC shows you the annual support level for each category of research. NIH determines the category for each project based on application text. RCDC includes historic data since fiscal year (FY) 2008 and projections for the current FY.

5. NIH Data Book

The NIH Data Book section of RePORT offers interactive charts and reports on extramural grants and contracts, awardee organizations, and the national biomedical workforce. Most reports include controls to fine tune the details and dates displayed. You can also use the Data, Export, and View More options.

Learn more about RePORT in the Frequently Asked Questions. Direct your feedback, corrections, or questions to RePORT General Inquiries.

ClinicalTrials.gov

Search public information about NIH-funded clinical trials at ClinicalTrials.gov. Use it to find other researchers’ projects, uncover new developments in clinical research, and find potential collaborators. 

Note: NIH is currently working on Modernization of ClinicalTrials.gov. Check out the Beta Test Website and Share Your Feedback.  

The main ClinicalTrials.gov page offers a basic keyword search form. As a working example, here are Search Results for Clinical Trials Related to COVID-19.

Create detailed queries through the Find Studies section’s Advanced Search, categorized Studies by Topic, or regional Studies on Map. Learn How to Search.

Subscribe to Search Results or use the Download button. Also consider the advanced techniques at Downloading Content for Analysis and the ClinicalTrials.gov API.

Check ClinicalTrials.gov Questions and Answers for more detail or Write to the Help Desk.

More Data Sources

Find many more Electronic Databases and Directories at NIH and beyond. For example:

Have Questions?

A program officer in your area of science can give you application advice, NIAID's perspective on your research, and confirmation that NIAID will accept your application.

Find contacts and instructions at When to Contact an NIAID Program Officer.

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