# | Public and philanthropic health research funding organizations | Country | Type of funding organization | Year for which funding data were collected | Total health research expenditures (in million 2013 US $) | Specificity of the funding dataa | Research area that the funding data refer toa | Reporting format of the funding dataa |
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1 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | USA | Public | 2013 | 26,081.3 | I | A | 1 |
2 | European Commission (EC)b | EU | Public | 2013 | 3717.7 | II | A | 1 |
2a FP7 - Cooperation programme - Health Theme/Health Directorate c | EU | Public | 2013 | 1181.7 | II | A | 1 | |
2b European Research Council (ERC) | EU | Public | 2013 | 783.4 | II | A | 1 | |
3 | UK Medical Research Council (MRC) | GBR | Public | 2013 | 1321.5 | I | A | 1 |
4 | Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) | FRA | Public | 2013 | 1041.2 | I | A | 1 |
5 | United States Department of Defense (US DoD)b | USA | Public | 2013 | 1017.7 | I | A | 2 |
5a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) | USA | Public | 2012 | 409.0 | I | A | 1 | |
6 | Wellcome Trustd | GBR | Philanthropic | 2013 | 909.1 | I | A | 1 |
7 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | CAN | Public | 2012 | 883.6 | I | A | 1 |
8 | Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | AUS | Public | 2013 | 777.6 | I | A | 1 |
9 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) | USA | Philanthropic | 2013 | 752.0 | I | A | 1 |
10 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG) | DEU | Public | 2012 | 630.6 | I | A | 1 |
11 | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) | CHN | Public | 2012 | 621.3 | II | A | 1 |
12 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | FRA | Public | 2013 | 531.0 | III | B | 2 |
13 | UK Department of Health / National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | GBR | Public | 2012 | 491.2 | I | A | 1 |
14 | Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) | JPN | Public | 2011 | 472.5 | I | A | 1 |
15 | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung / Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) | DEU | Public | 2013 | 472.1 | I | A | 1 |
16 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)e | USA | Philanthropic | 2011 | 462.6 | I | A | 1 |
17 | Ministero della Salute / Ministry of Health of Italy | ITA | Public | 2007 | 438.6 | I | A | 2 |
18 | Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)e | ESP | Public | 2011 | 388.2 | I | A | 1 |
19 | Ministry of Health of China | CHN | Public | 2011 | 371.7 | I | A | 1 |
20 | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)e | JPN | Public | 2012 | 338.5 | I | C | 2 |
21 | Institut Pasteur | FRA | Philanthropic | 2013 | 220.9 | I | A | 1 |
22 | Singapore National Medical Research Council (NMRC) | SGP | Public | 2012 | 220.7 | – | A | 1 |
23 | Korean National Research Foundation (NRF) | KOR | Public | 2011 | 191.5 | I | A | 1 |
24 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)e | ARG | Public | 2012 | 184.4 | II | B | 1 |
25 | Vetenskapsrådet-Medicine / Swedish Research Council | SWE | Public | 2012 | 177.9 | – | A | 1 |
26 | Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | CHE | Public | 2012 | 172.9 | I | A | 1 |
27 | ZonMw / Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development | NLD | Public | 2012 | 172.7 | I | A | 1 |
28 | Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)e | BRA | Public | 2012 | 154.2 | I | A | 1 |
29 | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) | IND | Public | 2011 | 140.3 | I | A | 3 |
30 | Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO) | BEL | Public | 2010 | 136.9 | I | A | 1 |
31 | Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) | KOR | Public | 2013 | 120.0 | III | A | 2 |
32 | Forskingsrådet / Research Council of Norway | NOR | Public | 2012 | 113.5 | III | A | 2 |
33 | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) | BRA | Public | 2013 | 110.8 | I | A | 2 |
34 | Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung / Austrian Science Fund (FWF) | AUT | Public | 2012 | 99.5 | I | C | 1 |
35 | South African Medical Research Council (SA MRC) | ZAF | Public | 2012 | 63.2 | I | A | 3 |
36 | Health Research Council of New Zealand | NZL | Public | 2012 | 61.6 | III | A | 1 |
37 | Danish Council for Independent Research / Medical Sciences | DNK | Public | 2012 | 58.5 | II | A | 1 |
38 | Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) | RUS | Public | 2013 | 53.6 | III | B | 2 |
39 | Danish Council for Strategic Research (two programmes: Individuals, Disease and Society & Health, Food and Welfare) | DNK | Public | 2012 | 40.3 | II | C | 1 |
40 | Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) | MEX | Public | 2010 | 21.9 | II | A | 2 |
41 | South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) | ZAF | Public | 2012 | 13.5 | I | B | 1 |
42 | Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Technologica (Agenica - ANPCyT) | ARG | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
43 | Biomedical Research Council of the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (BMRC of A*STAR) | SGP | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
44 | Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) | CHN | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
45 | Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) | IND | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
46 | Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) | IND | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
47 | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) | SAU | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
48 | Le Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) | BEL | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
49 | Lipi Indonesian Research Council | IDN | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
50 | Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation | RUS | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
51 | National Research Foundation South Africa (NRF SA) | ZAF | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
52 | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) | BRA | Philanthropic | – | No data | – | – | – |
53 | Rockefeller foundation | USA | Philanthropic | – | No data | – | – | – |
54 | Tubitak / Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey | TUR | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
55 | Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) | TUR | Public | – | No data | – | – | – |
Total for the 10 largest funders of health research | 37,132.2 | |||||||
Total for funders 11 to 41 | 7116.2 | |||||||
Total for all 41 funding organizations for which data were available | 44,248.3 |