Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · Medical research
Which NIH institutes spend the most on research?
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) spent the most of NIH's institutes and centers in fiscal 2025, $6.6 billion of the $42.2 billion in research projects, followed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), at $5.72 billion, and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), at $4.22 billion. When institutes share a project, each is counted for its part.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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