Massachusetts
MARank #3NIH Funding · FY2026
Total Funding
$2.1B
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
3,516
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
3,494
Principal investigators
Institutions in Massachusetts
50 NIH-funded institutions in Massachusetts, ranked by total funding in FY2026.
| Rank | Institution | City | Type | Funding | Grants | PIs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Hospital | $388.7M | 721 | 728 |
| #2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | Hospital | $253M | 401 | 419 |
| #3 | Boston Children's Hospital | Boston | Hospital | $183.3M | 306 | 297 |
| #4 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston | Research Institute | $148M | 203 | 221 |
| #5 | Boston University | Boston | School Of Medicine | $144.5M | 293 | 328 |
| #6 | University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester | Worcester | School Of Medicine | $139.2M | 268 | 262 |
| #7 | Harvard Medical School | Boston | School Of Medicine | $112.1M | 215 | 207 |
| #8 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Hospital | $98.4M | 151 | 155 |
| #9 | Broad Institute, Inc. | Cambridge | Research Institute | $97M | 73 | 92 |
| #10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | Research Institute | $82.4M | 135 | 160 |
| #11 | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Boston | Other | $78.3M | 86 | 100 |
| #12 | Tufts University | Boston | University | $52.7M | 87 | 89 |
| #13 | Harvard University | Cambridge | School Of Medicine | $50.9M | 92 | 87 |
| #14 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Hadley | University | $40.5M | 74 | 77 |
| #15 | Northeastern University | Boston | University | $35.7M | 73 | 88 |
| #16 | Boston Medical Center | Boston | Hospital | $25.8M | 52 | 58 |
| #17 | McLean Hospital | Belmont | Hospital | $24.1M | 37 | 40 |
| #18 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary | Boston | Other | $22.2M | 44 | 50 |
| #19 | Brandeis University | Waltham | University | $22.1M | 44 | 39 |
| #20 | Tufts Medical Center | Boston | Hospital | $20.7M | 24 | 33 |
| #21 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care | Canton | Other | $18.2M | 21 | 20 |
| #22 | Joslin Diabetes Center | Boston | Other | $14.3M | 24 | 29 |
| #23 | Tufts University Medford | Boston | University | $14.2M | 29 | 29 |
| #24 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Res | Cambridge | Research Institute | $11.3M | 14 | 17 |
| #25 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill | University | $10.9M | 24 | 23 |
| #26 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | University | $9.3M | 18 | 18 |
| #27 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear | Boston | Other | $8.7M | 15 | 16 |
| #28 | Pascall Systems, Incorporated | Boston | Other | $7M | 6 | 5 |
| #29 | Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | Charlestown | Hospital | $6.3M | 13 | 12 |
| #30 | Ada Forsyth Institute, Inc. | Somerville | Research Institute | $5.5M | 12 | 10 |
| #31 | Marine Biological Laboratory | Woods Hole | Other | $5.3M | 14 | 21 |
| #32 | University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | University | $4.7M | 11 | 12 |
| #33 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Research Institute | $4.6M | 9 | 10 |
| #34 | Helixbind, Inc. | Boxborough | Other | $4M | 4 | 1 |
| #35 | Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged | Boston | Other | $3.7M | 9 | 10 |
| #36 | Mgh Institute of Health Professions | Charlestown | Research Institute | $3.4M | 7 | 8 |
| #37 | Clear Scientific, Llc | Cambridge | Other | $3M | 1 | 1 |
| #38 | Quiver Bioscience Inc. | Cambridge | Other | $2.9M | 2 | 3 |
| #39 | National Bureau of Economic Research | Cambridge | Other | $2.3M | 4 | 6 |
| #40 | Biosensics, Llc | Newton | Other | $2.2M | 2 | 3 |
| #41 | Baystate Medical Center, Inc. | Springfield | Hospital | $2.2M | 4 | 5 |
| #42 | Highland Instruments, Inc. | Cambridge | Other | $1.9M | 1 | 2 |
| #43 | Microbiotix, Inc | Worcester | Other | $1.6M | 2 | 3 |
| #44 | Rendever, Inc. | Boston | Other | $1.5M | 2 | 5 |
| #45 | Micro-Leads, Inc. | Somerville | Other | $1.5M | 1 | 1 |
| #46 | Imagine Scientific, Inc. | Norwood | Other | $1.5M | 1 | 1 |
| #47 | Tissuevision, Inc. | Newton | Other | $1.4M | 1 | 1 |
| #48 | Implenomics Llcs | Marblehead | Other | $1.4M | 4 | 3 |
| #49 | Boston Va Research Institute, Inc. | Boston | Research Institute | $1.3M | 2 | 5 |
| #50 | Syntis Bio Inc | Boston | Other | $1.2M | 1 | 1 |