NIH 1998 Almanac/The Organization/NEI/       National Eye Institute: Appropriations: Grants and Direct Operations [Amounts in thousands of dollars] Fiscal Year Total Grants1 $ Direct Operations2 $ Total $ 1970 22,141 2,201 24,342 1971 25,428 4,604 30,032 1972 29,939 7,194 37,133 1973 30,802 7,760 38,562 1974 32,746 8,885 41,631 1975 34,282 9,851 44,133 1976 40,150 10,062 50,212 1977 50,664 13,336 64,000 1978 69,373 16,027 85,400 1979 86,551 18,641 105,192 1980 93,329 19,660 1112,989 1981 97,852 20,131 117,983 1982 104,333 23,041 127,374 1983 115,723 26,178 141,901 1984 126,683 28,448 155,131 1985 150,210 31,468 181,678 1986 159,525 27,157 186,682 1987 184,815 31,822 216,637 1988 190,541 34,406 224,947 1989 193,890 37,340 231,230 1990 198,843 37,690 236,533 1991 211,932 41,306 253,238 1992 224,250 45,728 269,978 1993 229,961 45,407 275,368 1994 236,827 48,167 285,295 1995 249,769 49,614 299,383 1996 262,050 50,958 313,008 1997 277,721 53,885 331,606 1998 298,359 56,527 354,886 1Includes construction funds. 2Includes contracts, intramural laboratory and clinical research, the Biometry and Epidemiology Program, program management, and the NIH Management Fund assessment.

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