Where
in NIH Funding Goes
Interactive rankings of every medical school, department, and investigator funded by the NIH. Open methodology, updated annually.
- NIH-funded institutions
- 2,569
- Principal investigators
- 54,289
- Medical schools
- 121
- Grant records
- 58,411
NIH-funded institutions
Principal investigators
Medical schools
Grant records
The leaders behind this year's NIH research.
Top Institutions · FY2026
Total FundingTop Medical Schools · FY2026
Total FundingFY2026 totals
$37.7B
across 58,411 grant records and 54,289 principal investigators.
Research directories
Browse NIH Funding Data
Explore the people, institutions, and fields behind current NIH funding.
Hospitals & Health Systems
Hospitals and health systems ranked by NIH funding, with their departments.
Medical Schools
Medical schools ranked by NIH funding, with department ranks.
Institutions
Every NIH-funded organization, from universities to research institutes.
Departments
Basic science and clinical departments compared across institutions.
States
NIH funding by state, with the change from the prior year.
Investigators
Principal investigators ranked by NIH award amounts.
NIH Institutes
Each NIH institute's awards, investigators, and shared data.
Datasets
Open datasets linked to NIH-funded research.
Researcher Stats
Funding, publication, and collaboration measures, defined and compared.
Funding workflow
Grant Planning Tools
Free tools backed by real NIH funding data.
Grant Budget Benchmark
Benchmark your NIH grant budget against funded awards in your field, mechanism, and institution.
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Try itFind Collaborators
Discover co-investigators and collaborators across NIH-funded research using PubMed and grant data.
Try itS10 Eligibility Finder
Check whether your institution qualifies for an NIH S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant.
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Review how ScienceDex uses public NIH RePORTER and ExPORTER data, normalizes institution records, and computes ranking tables.
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