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	$520.3M	959	959
#2	Stanford University	Stanford	School Of Medicine	$403.2M	719	692
#3	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	School Of Medicine	$354.2M	617	636
#4	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	School Of Medicine	$304.6M	550	608
#5	University of California at Davis	Davis	University	$209.6M	345	358
#6	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	School Of Medicine	$188.6M	298	349
#7	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	University	$148.1M	284	321
#8	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	University	$92.6M	202	194
#9	Scripps Research Institute	La Jolla	Research Institute	$90.4M	133	135
#10	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	Hospital	$75.9M	121	144
#11	Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope	Duarte	Research Institute	$59.1M	89	116
#12	Kaiser Foundation Research Institute	Oakland	Research Institute	$48.8M	61	82
#13	Salk Institute for Biological Studies	La Jolla	Research Institute	$43M	49	55
#14	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	Research Institute	$33.7M	55	51
#15	Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	La Jolla	Research Institute	$33M	42	40
#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	University of California Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	University	$22.5M	49	54
#19	San Diego State University	San Diego	University	$22.2M	57	56
#20	Children's Hospital of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Hospital	$17.9M	33	35
#21	La Jolla Institute for Immunology	La Jolla	Research Institute	$17.5M	25	19
#22	Rand Corporation	Santa Monica	Other	$14.4M	21	30
#23	University of California Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	University	$14.3M	36	39
#24	Revagenix, Inc.	San Mateo	Other	$14.2M	2	2
#25	Northern California Institute/Res/Edu	San Francisco	Research Institute	$10.8M	12	25
#26	Palo Alto Veterans Instit for Research	Palo Alto	Other	$10M	18	22
#27	Buck Institute for Research On Aging	Novato	Research Institute	$9.7M	16	13
#28	University of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab	Berkeley	University	$9.2M	12	14
#29	Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center	Torrance	Hospital	$8M	16	21
#30	J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.	La Jolla	Research Institute	$7.5M	4	3
#31	Cog Research Foundation, Llc	Arcadia	Research Institute	$6.5M	1	1
#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