Overview: What NCCIH Funds

What is NCCIH?

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

View NCCIH's mission

What does NCCIH fund?

NCCIH funds:

• Scientific research on complementary and integrative health.
• Training of researchers. Find out about training opportunities.

In Fiscal Year 2024, NCCIH’s success rate for research project grants was 16 percent. The success rate is defined as the total number of competing applications funded divided by the total number of competing applications reviewed.

To better understand our goals and priorities, review:

• NCCIH's Funding Priorities and Research Focus
• Strategic Plan

How does NCCIH make funding decisions?

We only award funding in response to grant applications sent to NIH.

NCCIH, like other NIH Institutes and Centers, accepts investigator-initiated applications that are based on ideas formulated by the applicant. Researchers may refer to Types of Grants and Active Funding Announcements to find grant opportunities that may be appropriate for them.

Scientific review groups at the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) or NCCIH Special Emphasis Panels provide peer review by assessing the scientific merit of all applications. The funding process is competitive. Applications with the best ratings are considered for funding.

The Funding Strategy explains how NCCIH funds applications.