Aging Research — CFDA 93.866

Extramural aging research at $27.5 billion

USAspending.gov records $27,544,239,147.80 in obligations under CFDA 93.866. Ten thousand six hundred thirty-four awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $2.59 million per award, in line with multi-year research-project assistance rather than a single block grant to each state. The assistance-listing title is AGING RESEARCH; the CFDA number 93.866 is what has to appear on an award for it to roll into this total.

Research assistance files accumulate competing renewals, supplements, and subprojects as separate award actions. That is one reason award count (10,634) runs far ahead of recipient count (903). The packet does not classify those actions by activity type.

Nine hundred three recipients, 53 states

Nine hundred three recipients share 10,634 awards, or about 12 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $27.5 billion evenly would assign about $30.5 million per recipient. Research universities and medical centers often hold many concurrent 93.866 awards; smaller organizations may appear once. The extract reports the count, not the concentration curve.

Fifty-three states in the geographic count describe a nationwide research footprint in the USAspending state field. It is not a claim that aging-research dollars track elderly population by state. Place-of-performance follows the recipient’s coded location, which can cluster in a handful of research metros even when 53 state labels appear.

What the listing does not measure

CFDA 93.866 does not score scientific output, clinical-trial enrollment, or disease burden. The four facts are dollars, awards, recipients, and states. A high obligation stock means the assistance file tagged a large volume of aging-research awards; it does not grade those awards.

Other research CFDAs — allergy, cardiovascular, biomedical training — are separate listings. Adding them to 93.866 would invent a combined “health research” total that this packet does not contain.

Obligations versus draws on research awards

The $27.5 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays on research awards often trail obligations as institutions draw over a project period. This page does not publish a drawdown rate. Deobligations at closeout reduce the stock; competing renewals increase it.

When a university’s own ledger disagrees with USAspending, check CFDA 93.866 specifically, obligations rather than expenditures, and whether modifications were included. Those filters explain most mismatches before anyone assumes the extract is wrong.

Aging Research tables on SpendingVault

The Aging Research program page is the overlay for CFDA 93.866. The all-programs index ranks it among other assistance listings by obligation size. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include 93.866 among other research listings. For this CFDA only, use the program page.

CFDA 93.866 pairs a $27,544,239,147.80 obligation stock with 10,634 awards and 903 recipients. That many-row, many-institution pattern is the signature of extramural research assistance in this extract. Fifty-three states in the geographic count describe coded locations, not a map of where older adults live. About $2.59 million per award on a simple average is a scale ratio, not a typical R01-size claim this packet does not make.

Scientific output is not a field in the four facts. Outlays on multi-year research awards are not in the packet. Keep Aging Research on CFDA 93.866 only. The program page, programs index, and agencies index are the internal routes in the packet’s link set. Source: USAspending.gov.

Reading an extramural aging-research file

Aging Research, CFDA 93.866, is a high-award-count research listing: $27,544,239,147.80 in obligations, 10,634 awards, 903 recipients, 53 states, all from USAspending.gov. About $2.59 million per award and about 12 awards per recipient on simple averages put 93.866 in the same structural family as other extramural research CFDAs with tens of billions and about a thousand named organizations. The title does not split basic science from clinical research in these four facts.

Nine hundred three recipients across 53 states does not mean aging-research dollars follow the elderly population. Place-of-performance follows coded recipient locations. Research metros can dominate even when the state count is wide. The packet reports the count, not a demographic allocation. Anyone citing 93.866 in an aging-policy debate should keep that unit straight.

Do not add other research listings into the $27.5 billion. Do not treat 10,634 awards as papers published. Do not treat the stock as outlays. The program page is the overlay; the programs index ranks 93.866; agency pages may include this CFDA among other research listings. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for Aging Research on USAspending.gov?

USAspending.gov records $27,544,239,147.80 in obligations for CFDA 93.866. SpendingVault indexes 10,634 awards, 903 recipients, and 53 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of published studies. CFDA 93.866’s $27.5 billion on 10,634 awards and 903 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many institutions receive Aging Research awards?

The extract lists 903 recipients against 10,634 awards. That many-awards-per-recipient pattern is typical of extramural research files. A simple even split of $27.5 billion would be about $30.5 million per recipient; actual portfolios are uneven. Names are on the program page.

Does 53 states mean aging-research dollars follow the elderly population?

No. Fifty-three states appear in the USAspending geographic count. That reports how many state labels are attached to 93.866 awards. It does not allocate dollars by age demographics. Place-of-performance often follows research institutions, which can cluster even when the state count is wide.

Is $27.5 billion already spent on aging research?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments on assistance awards tagged 93.866. Outlays are payments as institutions draw. This page reports the obligation stock from USAspending.gov and does not publish a remaining-balance or cash-paid series. CFDA 93.866’s $27.5 billion on 10,634 awards and 903 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.