As promised, here are the updated NIH graphs with the September data! Continuing on the trend of the last few months, September was another big month which has clawed back a lot of the deficit from earlier in the year so we’re now only 1.5% behind where we were this time last year! The graphs below show more detail.
Figure 1: NIH Funding by month 2024 versus 2025
2025 lagged behind 2024 for the first 6 months of the year, but September continued the trend of big Q3 results that begin to close that gap. This means for January to September totals, 2025 is only 1.5% behind 2024.
Figure 2: NIH Funding by difference each month between 2024 and 2025
While the rest of the year showed slower progress vs 2024, most of this was recouped in Q3 — with September showing the largest single month difference vs 2024.
Figure 3: NIH Funding by difference each month between 2023 and 2025
In terms of spread over the year, the past 3 years track pretty similarly.
What can you do about it?
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We’ll be back with an October update next month 🙂