The National Institutes of Health supported 1,950 jobs and $264 million in economic activity in Maine during 2022 through $112.7 million in grants and contracts, according to a new report.
The sum was above NIH funding of $109.7 million in 2021. According to the report by United for Medical Research, a coalition of research institutions, patient and health advocates and private industry, every $1 invested yields $2.64 in new economic activity.
FY22 research funding in Maine was awarded to:
- ContinueYou LLC dba RAE Health, Newcastle, two grants totaling $1,001,644
- Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, 118 grants totaling $78,891,698
- MaineHealth, Portland, 19 grants totaling $13,046,276
- Mount Desert Island Biological Lab, Bar Harbor, 14 grants totaling $8,780,656
- National Partnership, South Portland, two grants totaling $1,917,877
- Prapela, Biddeford, one grant of $1,169,404
- University of New England, Biddeford, seven grants totaling $4,018,875
- University of Maine, Orono, seven grants totaling $2,726,984
- University of Southern Maine, Portland, one grant of $73,767
- Wabanaki Health and Wellness, Bangor, one grant of $1,114,057
Nationwide, $36.68 billion in research funding from the National Institutes of Health supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in new economic activity nationwide last year.
More than 80% of the NIH budget is awarded via grants each year. Funding supports employment and the purchase of research-related goods, services and materials.
The NIH budget has seen increases each year since 2016, putting the agency on a sustainable growth path after years of flat funding. Compared to FY15, increases to the NIH budget in FY22 resulted in $13.86 billion more grant funding to researchers, $36.13 billion more economic activity and 216,236 more jobss