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The study examined the ICMR-funded small and intermediate grant projects between 2023 to 2025 to evaluate institutional involvement, thematic concentration, and geographic dispersion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The data were extracted manually from six publicly available ICMR funding lists for small and intermediate grants (2023\u20132025). Institutes were categorised as: medical and non-medical\/technical. We used keywords to code project titles so we could find the main research themes. We also looked at the geographic distribution based on where the grantee institute was located.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 1,766 project grants, 1,220 (69.1%) of the projects that got funding were from government institutions, while 546 (30.9%) were from private, trust, or NGO institutions. Medical institutions received 1,084 (61.4%) of grants, while non-medical\/technical institutions received 682 (38.6%) grants with technical institutions increasingly participating throughout the study period. Subjects receiving maximum funding were oncology, infectious diseases (especially tuberculosis), and non-communicable diseases. About 70% of the funded projects were from institutions in north and south India, combined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interpretation and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The analysis shows that medical and technical institutions are getting almost similar funding from ICMR between 2023 and 2025. Geographic and institutional concentration remains high in north\/south India. 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