Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report

At a glance

NIOSH made 107.5 million in extramural awards in fiscal year (FY) 2023 for research, training, and surveillance. Investigator-initiated grants had an 18% success rate and advanced occupational safety and health in all 10 NORA industry sectors. NIOSH supported 544 graduates who will become the next generation of occupational safety and health professionals.
Simple illustrations representing a range of industries where people work.

NIOSH extramural grant distribution

The chart below shows NIOSH's extramural spending in FY 2023 across categories.

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Pie chart showing funding across multiple categories in FY 2023.
The majority of funding in FY 2023 went to multidisciplinary centers.

More detail on FY 2023 spending

Multidisciplinary centers received $67.6 million dollars (62.9%). This category includes:

Cooperative research agreements received $17.3 million dollars (16.1%). This category includes:

Research and career development received $13.4 million dollars (12.5%). This category is also sometimes called investigator-initiated research.

Small Business Innovation Research grants received $1.9 million dollars (1.7%). This is a special subset of grants for small businesses.

Specialty training programs received $7.2 million dollars (6.7%)

Overall success rates for research grants

NIOSH tracks the success rates for investigator-initiated grant applications (R01, R03, R21). See success rates for full data tables.

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Chart showing that FY 23 success rate was 18%, higher than recent years.
The success rate was 18% in FY 2023.

Research funding by sector programs

NIOSH uses the 10 sector programs from the National Occupational Research Agenda as an organizing structure. The chart below shows the sector categories for research grants funded in FY 2023.

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Chart showing greatest amount of funding went to Healthcare and Social Assistance
The greatest amount of funding ($3.1 million) related to the Healthcare and Social Assistance sector.

Chart data

  • HSA= Healthcare and Social Assistance ($3.1 million)
  • ALL= All Sectors ($2.8 million)
  • AFF= Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing ($2.5 million)
  • PSS= Public Safety ($1.3 million)
  • SRV= Services ($1.2 million)
  • MNF= Manufacturing ($1.0 million)
  • CON= Construction ($0.8 million)
  • TWU= Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities ($0.3 million)
  • WRT= Wholesale and Retail Trade ($0.2 million)
  • MIN= Mining ($0.2 million)
  • OGE= Oil and Gas Extraction ($0.0 million)

NIOSH-supported occupational safety and health graduates

Education and Research Centers

The table below summarizes the students and graduates from Education and Research Centers (ERCs).

Education and Research Center students, graduates, and employment by discipline, FY 2023
Program Area NIOSH Supported Programs Enrolled Graduates Employed or seeking occupational safety and health employment (%)
Industrial Hygiene 18 279 74 74 (100%)
Occupational Health Nursing 9 120 36 36 (100%)
Occupational Medicine 15 70     33 33(100%)
Occupational Safety 10 322 142 141(99%)
Allied Disciplines 45 358 80 74 (92%)
Total 97 1205 364 358 (98%)

Training Project Grants

The table below summarizes the students and graduates from Training Project Grants (TPGs).

Training Project Grant students, graduates, and placement of employment by discipline, FY 2023
Program Area Academic Programs supported by NIOSH Students Graduates Employed in occupational safety and health field or seeking advanced training (%)
Industrial Hygiene 9 247 55 54 (98%)
Occupational Safety 6 183 68 65 (96%)
Occupational Medicine 5 25 13 12 (92%)
Allied Disciplines 7 183 44 44 (100%)
Total 27 652 180 175 (97%)

Summary of all awards by funding type

Summary of All Awards by Type of Funding
Award Category Award Name Award Mechanism Number of Awards Total Funding
Multidisciplinary Centers 41 $67,636,616
Education and Research Centers Training Grant (T42) 18 $30,789,403
Agriculture Safety and Health Centers Cooperative Research Agreement (U54) 12 $18,530,931
National Center for Construction Research & Training Cooperative Research Agreement (U60) 1 $5,750,000
Total Worker Health Centers Cooperative Research Agreement (U19) 10 $12,566,282
Investigator-Initiated Research Grants   51 $13,424,569
Research Grants Investigator Initiated (R01, R03, R21, R13, U13) 44 $12,672,076
Career Developmental Research Mentored Career Scientist (K01) 7 $752,493
Other Research (Cooperative Agreements)   34 $17,302,842
Surveillance Cooperative Research Agreement (U60) 23 $7,374,972
Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Collaboration, Education, and Translation (U24) Cooperative Research Agreement (U24) 1 $275,000
Underground Mine Evacuation Technologies and Human Factors Research Cooperative Research Agreement (U60) 2 $2,837,289
Mesothelioma Tissue Bank Cooperative Research Agreement (U24) 1 $1,079,229
Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Research Agreement (U01) 6 $3,736,352
NIOSH Robotics and Intelligent Mining Technology and Workplace Safety Research (U60) Cooperative Research Agreement (U60) 1 $2,000,000
Specialty Training Programs   32 $7,238,725
Training Project Grants  T03 27 $4,822,879
Miner Safety and Health Training Program Cooperative Research Agreement (U60) 2 $485,938
Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Training T03 3 $1,929,908
Small Business Innovation Research   5 $1,850,303
Small Business Innovation Research Phase I (R43) & Phase II (R44) 5 $1,850,303
Total Extramural Funding   163 $107,453,055
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