The extramural exocrine pancreas program of the U.S. National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the major agency in the federal government that supports both biomedical research and training in the digestive diseases as it relates to health maintenance, human development throughout life, disease prevention, and disease treatment. The present article summarizes the exocrine pancreas program in the context of digestive diseases expenditures of the NIH. This article is a follow-up review of the Pancreas Program as originally described by Roussos (Pancreas 1986;1:74-79). The period covered in this review is fiscal year (FY) 1987 to present. Data presented for FY 1987 to 1992 were provided by the NIH Data Book (U.S. Public Health Service, 1993). Fiscal data for FY 1993-FY 1994 are compiled from institutional databases. FY 1995 figures are presented from the President's budget request submitted to the Congress of the United States.