Table 5 Brief description of features of funding institutions
Countries | Canada | Australia | United States of America | Singapore | Sweden | United Kingdom | The Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name of institution | Canadian Institutes of Health research (CIHR) | National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | National Medical Research Agency (NMRC) | Swedish Research Agency (SRC) –Scientific Council for Medicinea | National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) | The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) |
Date of constitution act | 2000 | 1992 | 1930 | 1994 | NA | 2006 | 2001 |
Budget, yearly (equivalent in eurosb) | CAD$1102.9 million CAD $ budget in 2017–2018 (€ 760 million) | AU$800 million 2016–2017 (€ 500 million) | NA | US$492.7 million budget in 2016 (€ 450 million) | 570 million SEK budget in 2006 on health and medical research (€ 53 million) | £207 million pounds budget in 2016–17 (€ 240 million) | NA |
Volume of projects/or researchers and trainees supported | 13,700 researchers and trainees in 2015 | 1035 grants (not grantees) | 10,000 research project grants | 1100 individual research projects | 420 projects approved in 2006 | 263 projects | NA |
5500 researchers annually | |||||||
In 2014, 35,000 principal investigators | |||||||
Investigator-initiated grants/targeted funding | 70–30% | Management of some priority-driven funding schemes of the Medical Research Future Fund perpetual fund | NA | 1/3–2/3 | Mostly investigator-initiated grants | Commissioned and research led | Targeted calls for Health Care Efficiency Research programmes |
Thematic institutes/centres | 13 | none | 27 | 0 | In the form of council | 0 | 0 |