National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, a sub-agency of the National Institutes of Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, administers federal grants and contracts to support research and evidence-based practice in complementary and integrative health. NCCIH funds investigator-initiated research through competitive grants, contracts for operational and research-support services, and cooperative agreements with academic medical centers and research institutions.

NCCIH has issued 381 federal contract awards across its portfolio history since 2002, with combined potential value of $144.9 million and $41.3 million obligated to date. Contract award volume has been modest and steady: 7 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 7 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is September 21, 2026. Among the 182 distinct prime contractors awarded over the agency's contract history, competitive concentration is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, Transnetyx, Inc. leads by award count with 4 contracts valued at $89 thousand combined, followed by Netcomm, Inc., QST Lab, Travel Concepts Inc., and New TECH Solutions, Inc., each holding 2 awards; these five vendors account for 32 percent of recent awards. By potential value, concentration is far more dispersed: EMD Strategies LLC holds the largest recent contract at $4.1 million, followed by Can Softtech Inc. at $2 million; the top five by-value vendors combined represent only 5 percent of recent contract potential value. Two recent awards lack reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders or BPA calls. Contract set-asides are minimal: 86 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with 8 percent total small-business set-asides, 4 percent 8(a) sole-source awards, and 1 percent each HUBZone and woman-owned small-business awards.

NCCIH has obligated $1.85 billion in federal grant funding across 962 grant awards since 1992, with combined total dollars (federal and non-federal share) reaching $1.97 billion. Grant volume has ranged from 40 awards in 2025 to 83 in 2024, with 58 year-to-date in 2026 and 3 recorded awards in 2027. The most recently recorded grant award date is February 28, 2027. Grant recipients are highly fragmented: the top five recipients by award count — The General Hospital Corporation (15 awards, $21 million federal), University of California San Diego (12 awards, $30.7 million federal), University of California Irvine (8 awards, $12.8 million federal), University of Washington (8 awards, $8.1 million federal), and Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. (7 awards, $9.4 million federal) — account for only 15 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars, concentration is similarly dispersed: University of California San Diego leads at $30.7 million, followed by The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation at $25.5 million, with the top five recipients representing just 6 percent of obligated federal dollars. Across 279 distinct recipients, grants are predominantly Project Grants (93 percent of awards) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (7 percent).