World Report: an interactive mapping database of global biomedical research

World Report is an interactive, open-access online database and mapping tool of global research investments. The site depicts direct and indirect awards supported by some of the world’s largest biomedical research funders by continent, country, funding organization, research organization and year. It includes funding data starting from 2016 onward. Users can search research projects by keywords in titles and abstracts; and filter them by location (continent, country or city), funding organization, research organization, principal investigator name, or any combination.

World Report provides a public means to track international research activities and partnered investments, increase awareness of funding opportunities and share results with the broader research and funding community. The goal is to improve understanding of the research landscape, identify gaps in funding and areas where there might be a duplication of effort, and enable funders to more effectively synergize investments.

World Report

World Report Data in Use: Partner Publications

• Investments on grants for biomedical research by funder, type of grant, health category and recipient (World RePORT)
  Global Observatory on Health R&D, January 2021
• Analysis using World Report:
  • Number of grants for biomedical research by funder, type of grant, duration and recipients
    WHO Global Observatory on Health R&D, January 2021
  • Collaborations (between institutions) that resulted from grants for biomedical research
    WHO Global Observatory on Health R&D, December 2020
• A Mechanism for Reviewing Investments in Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
  Annals of Global Health, August 2020
• Resource allocation for biomedical research: analysis of investments by major funders [Open access] using World Report
  Health Research Policy and Systems, February 17, 2020
  
• World Report shows scant research conducted in Middle East region
• Addressing challenges of data scarcity in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region: How World RePORT can identify research disparities and pave the path for the future [PDF]
  ACCESS news, June 2019
• WHO uses World Report funding data in its analyses
• Editorial: Biomedical research; what gets funded where?
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, August 2019
• BIO Ventures examines global cancer research funding using World Report
• Global cancer research investments are not reaching Africa - How the African Access Initiative is changing the trend
  Blog post by Jennifer Dent, President, BIO Ventures for Global Health, June 18, 2019
• Building an evidence base to advocate for TB research using NIH databases, including World Report
  TB Online blog post from the Treatment Action Group (TAG), March 29, 2019
  

Related News

• World Report data aids entrepreneurship in Africa
  Global Health Matters, March / April 2022
• World RePORT: a database for mapping biomedical research funding
  The Lancet Global Health, Dec 13, 2019
• New data now available in World Report
  Global Health Matters, Nov / Dec 2018
  

World Report Participants

World Report is hosted by NIH; managed by a steering committee of participants; and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the European Commission, the NIH, the U.K.'s Medical Research Council, and Wellcome Trust.

World Report includes funding data from:

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• European Commission
• European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
  
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
• Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
• Institut Pasteur
  
• Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
• Max Planck Society
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Swedish Research Council
• U.K. Medical Research Council
  
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  
• U.S. National Institutes of Health
• Wellcome Trust

Updated April 25, 2023