NIH Funding Rankings
The definitive source for NIH extramural funding data. Interactive rankings with open-source methodology — updated annually from NIH RePORTER.
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Top 10 Medical Schools
FY2024 — by total NIH funding
| Rank | Institution | Total Funding | Distribution | Grants | PIs |
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1 | Harvard Medical School | $1,873,817,227 | |||
2 | University of Washington | $834,540,220 | |||
3 | Johns Hopkins University | $790,790,215 | |||
4 | University of Pennsylvania | $765,450,461 | |||
5 | University of California, San Francisco | $755,456,942 | |||
6 | University of Michigan | $679,637,866 | |||
7 | Columbia University | $609,281,704 | |||
8 | University of Pittsburgh | $606,224,660 | |||
9 | Yale University | $603,618,593 | |||
10 | Washington University in St. Louis | $595,411,996 |
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Medical Schools
Rankings of schools of medicine by total NIH funding, with historical trends and department breakdowns.
All Institutions
Every NIH-funded institution ranked — universities, research centers, hospitals, and government labs.
Departments
27 medical departments ranked — basic science and clinical science disciplines.
Disciplines
Cross-tabulation of all 27 departments — aggregate funding, school counts, and national totals.
Investigators
Every NIH-funded principal investigator ranked by total award amount.
Geographic
NIH funding by state, city, and per capita — with an interactive US map.
Compare
Side-by-side comparison of up to 5 institutions — funding, departments, and trends.
Open-Source Methodology
Our ranking methodology is fully open-sourced. Anyone can verify, reproduce, and improve upon our rankings. Data sourced from the NIH RePORTER API. FY2024 data.