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FY2026 · $23B across 27 departments

NIH-Funded Departments

27 department types ranked by NIH funding in FY2026. Open one to compare the institutions that hold its awards.

Basic science departments

  1. #1Microbiology & ImmunologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$1.2BSchools118PIs2,000
  2. #2PharmacologyTop school: University of California, San FranciscoFunding$1.1BSchools132PIs2,109
  3. #3BiochemistryTop school: University of California, BerkeleyFunding$1BSchools136PIs2,164
  4. #4GeneticsTop school: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFunding$785.5MSchools58PIs1,265
  5. #5NeurosciencesTop school: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFunding$697.5MSchools74PIs1,361
  6. #6Anatomy & Cell BiologyTop school: University of Massachusetts Medical School WorcesterFunding$614.1MSchools93PIs1,304
  7. #7PhysiologyTop school: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFunding$569.6MSchools87PIs1,151
  8. #8Biomedical EngineeringTop school: Johns Hopkins UniversityFunding$483.7MSchools80PIs1,038

Clinical departments

  1. #1Internal MedicineTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$5.7BSchools133PIs9,759
  2. #2PediatricsTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$1.8BSchools107PIs3,213
  3. #3PsychiatryTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$1.5BSchools87PIs2,437
  4. #4Public HealthTop school: Johns Hopkins UniversityFunding$1.4BSchools127PIs2,729
  5. #5NeurologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$1.3BSchools81PIs1,946
  6. #6PathologyTop school: University of PennsylvaniaFunding$940.2MSchools91PIs1,553
  7. #7RadiologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$844.6MSchools75PIs1,639
  8. #8SurgeryTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$719.4MSchools81PIs1,362
  9. #9OphthalmologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$396.4MSchools69PIs758
  10. #10Obstetrics & GynecologyTop school: University of California, San FranciscoFunding$350.8MSchools76PIs681
  11. #11AnesthesiologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$311.7MSchools52PIs563
  12. #12NeurosurgeryTop school: University of California, San FranciscoFunding$293MSchools59PIs596
  13. #13OtolaryngologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$204.7MSchools53PIs418
  14. #14Emergency MedicineTop school: Yale UniversityFunding$172MSchools48PIs321
  15. #15Family MedicineTop school: University of MinnesotaFunding$134.9MSchools53PIs265
  16. #16OrthopedicsTop school: University of PennsylvaniaFunding$134.4MSchools54PIs305
  17. #17DermatologyTop school: Harvard Medical SchoolFunding$130.9MSchools35PIs258
  18. #18Physical Medicine & RehabilitationTop school: University of PittsburghFunding$101.6MSchools42PIs191
  19. #19UrologyTop school: University of California, San FranciscoFunding$97.1MSchools42PIs210