By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
PSC AN12 is applied research coded to the health care services subfunction of the Health budget function. That distinction matters more than most people realize. The manual runs four AN subfunctions: AN1x health care services, AN2x health research and training, AN3x consumer and occupational health and safety, and AN4x health care other. Research funded as part of health research and training, which is where the National Institutes of Health sits, belongs to AN2x. AN12 is applied research attached to the delivery of care, which points at military health, veterans health, and health system programs. FY2025 obligations were $1.39 billion.
A genuinely biomedical vendor mix
Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences R&D (541715) led at $1.08 billion, then 541714, Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology), at $195 million, 541711 at $85 million, computer systems design 541512 at $19 million, and social sciences R&D 541720 at $7 million. Two biotechnology registrations in the top three is unusual in this data set and confirms the code is buying real clinical and biomedical research.
The two systems, briefly
Budget subfunction and research stage live in the PSC. Industry lives in the NAICS code.
If you are targeting NIH, search the AN2x codes, not AN12.
NAICS crosswalk
Where FY2025 AN12 dollars landed, by the winning vendor's registered NAICS code.
- 541711Research and Development in Biotechnology$85.3M
- 541512Computer Systems Design Services$19.0M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
Frequently Asked
PSC AN12 questions, answered.
What does PSC AN12 cover?
Applied research under the health care services subfunction: clinical and biomedical research directed at a practical objective and tied to the delivery of health care rather than to the health research and training budget subfunction.
What NAICS codes win AN12 work?
Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences R&D (541715) took $1.08 billion of $1.39 billion in FY2025, with Research and Development in Biotechnology except Nanobiotechnology (541714) second at $195 million.
Is AN12 the NIH research code?
No. NIH-style research sits under the health research and training subfunction, which uses the AN2x codes. AN12 is the health care services subfunction.
What are the four AN subfunctions?
AN1x health care services, AN2x health research and training, AN3x consumer and occupational health and safety, and AN4x health care other, each with the same five R&D stages.
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