The graph shows the budget for NIH from Fiscal Year 1995 to 2007 in millions of dollars. In 1995 the budget was 11,300 million dollars. The budget increases incrementally each year, reaching just over double in 2002 at 23,462 million dollars, at which point it increases more slowly and then plateaus. Between 2005 and 2006 the budget drops from 28,653 million dollars to 28,587 million dollars and is estimated to remain at 28,587 in 2007.

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