California

CARank #1

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding

$3.1B

Fiscal year 2026

Grants Awarded

5,260

Active NIH grants

Funded PIs

5,418

Principal investigators

Institutions in California

50 NIH-funded institutions in California, ranked by total funding in FY2026.

Rank	Institution	City	Type	Funding	Grants	PIs
#1	University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	School Of Medicine	$571.7M	1,013	1,026
#2	Stanford University	Stanford	School Of Medicine	$431.4M	751	716
#3	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	School Of Medicine	$376M	647	657
#4	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	School Of Medicine	$323M	565	623
#5	University of California at Davis	Davis	University	$226.8M	360	381
#6	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	School Of Medicine	$206.8M	310	364
#7	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	University	$156.3M	293	330
#8	Scripps Research Institute	La Jolla	Research Institute	$95M	138	138
#9	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	University	$94.2M	204	194
#10	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	Hospital	$83.1M	129	150
#11	Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope	Duarte	Research Institute	$76.1M	111	133
#12	Kaiser Foundation Research Institute	Oakland	Research Institute	$54.2M	67	88
#13	Salk Institute for Biological Studies	La Jolla	Research Institute	$50.9M	53	57
#14	Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	La Jolla	Research Institute	$40.9M	47	46
#15	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	Research Institute	$33.9M	56	52
#16	J. David Gladstone Institutes	San Francisco	Research Institute	$30.6M	40	37
#17	University of California Riverside	Riverside	University	$28.5M	66	72
#18	Cog Research Foundation, Llc	Arcadia	Research Institute	$26.6M	2	2
#19	University of California Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	University	$25.5M	50	55
#20	San Diego State University	San Diego	University	$24.9M	61	58
#21	Children's Hospital of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Hospital	$22.4M	38	40
#22	La Jolla Institute for Immunology	La Jolla	Research Institute	$19.4M	27	19
#23	Rand Corporation	Santa Monica	Other	$15.2M	25	33
#24	University of California Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	University	$14.3M	36	39
#25	Revagenix, Inc.	San Mateo	Other	$14.2M	2	2
#26	University of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab	Berkeley	University	$12.8M	13	21
#27	Northern California Institute/Res/Edu	San Francisco	Research Institute	$10.8M	12	25
#28	Palo Alto Veterans Instit for Research	Palo Alto	Other	$10M	18	22
#29	Buck Institute for Research On Aging	Novato	Research Institute	$9.7M	16	13
#30	Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center	Torrance	Hospital	$8M	16	21
#31	J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.	La Jolla	Research Institute	$7.5M	4	3
#32	Loma Linda University	Loma Linda	School Of Medicine	$6.3M	10	15
#33	University of California, Merced	Merced	University	$6.2M	17	17
#34	SRI International	Menlo Park	Other	$6M	8	7
#35	Chapman University	Orange	University	$5.5M	8	14
#36	Ensysce Biosciences, Inc.	La Jolla	Other	$5.3M	1	1
#37	California State Dept/Food/Agriculture	Sacramento	Other	$5.2M	2	3
#38	Public Health Institute	Oakland	Research Institute	$5.1M	4	5
#39	San Diego Biomedical Research Institute	San Diego	Research Institute	$4.6M	8	8
#40	Public Health Foundation Enterprises	City of Industry	Research Institute	$4.3M	7	10
#41	Charles R. Drew University of Med & Sci	Los Angeles	School Of Medicine	$3.9M	9	16
#42	Reacx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	South San Francisco	Other	$3.5M	1	1
#43	Scintillon Institute for Photobiology	San Diego	Research Institute	$3.3M	6	6
#44	Hungry Heart Media, Inc.	Los Angeles	Other	$3.1M	1	1
#45	Western University of Health Sciences	Pomona	School Of Medicine	$2.7M	8	10
#46	Artery Therapeutics, Inc.	San Ramon	Other	$2.6M	1	1
#47	Veterans Medical Research Fdn/San Diego	San Diego	Other	$2.6M	7	8
#48	Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute	San Francisco	Research Institute	$2.6M	5	5
#49	Eicosis, Llc	Davis	Other	$2.4M	1	2
#50	Institute for Molecular Medicine	Huntington Beach	Research Institute	$2.1M	1	3