Sources for Information on NIH Research Grants

The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum holds a large collection of PHS/NIH grants and fellowships reports going back to the 1950s. The list below is not comprehensive. Please contact us for access. 

U.S. National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants

• Research Grants Awarded by the Public Health Service, by David E. Price, suppl. 205 to the Public Health Reports, revised 1948, addendum 1949. Includes all NIH grants back to 1946; NCI grants back to 1938.
• PHS Research Grants in Aid, 1948 (PDF - 1.7MB)
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the National Institutes of Health of the Public Health Service, September 2, 1949 Through August 31, 1950, by Ernest M. Allen (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 63, 1951).
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the National Institutes of Health of the Public Health Service, from Fiscal Year 1951 Funds, by Ernest M. Allen (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 164, 1952).
• Public Health Service Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded from Fiscal Year 1952 Funds(Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 289, 1953).
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the Public Health Service, Fiscal Year 1953 Funds (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 339, 1954).
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the Public Health Service, Fiscal Year 1954 Funds (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 423, 1955).
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the Public Health Service, Fiscal Year 1955 Funds (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 469, 1956).
• Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the Public Health Service, Fiscal Year 1956 Funds (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 532, 1957).
• Research Grants and Awards, National Institutes of Health, Fiscal Year 1957 Funds(Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 571, 1958).
• Public Health Service Grants and Fellowships Awarded by the National Institutes of Health, Fiscal Year 1958 Funds (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 624, 1959).
• Public Health Service Grants and Awards by the National Institutes of Health, Fiscal Year 1959, Part I: Health Facilities Construction and Research Projects (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 701, Part I, 1960).
• Public Health Service Grants and Awards by the National Institutes of Health, Fiscal Year 1960, Part I: Health Facilities Construction and Research Projects (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 777, Part I, 1961).
• Public Health Service Grants and Awards by the National Institutes of Health, Fiscal Year 1961, Part I: Health Facilities Construction and Research Projects (Washington, D.C.: Public Health Service Publication No. 883, Part I, 1962). Also for 1960-1961 the first edition of a new format was issued. For the years 1960-1975, the citation is (with changing dates for each year): U.S., National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants.
• Research Grants Index, Fiscal Year 1961 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, n.d.). From 1976-1987, the title changed to Research Awards Index. Since 1988, the title has been Biomedical Index to PHS-Supported Research.
• Information about awards in the RePORT. The Research Portfolio Online Report Tools data replaced the CRISP database in 2010.