South Carolina
SCRank #27NIH Funding · FY2026
Total Funding
$146.9M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
273
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
316
Principal investigators
Institutions in South Carolina
17 NIH-funded institutions in South Carolina, ranked by total funding in FY2026.
| Rank | Institution | City | Type | Funding | Grants | PIs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | School Of Medicine | $102M | 182 | 199 |
| #2 | University of South Carolina at Columbia | Columbia | School Of Medicine | $39.4M | 72 | 82 |
| #3 | Clemson University | Clemson | University | $9.9M | 25 | 33 |
| #4 | Spartanburg Regional Medical Center | Spartanburg | Hospital | $3M | 1 | 3 |
| #5 | Advanced Smart Systems/Evaluation Techno | Columbia | Other | $1.6M | 1 | 1 |
| #6 | Prisma Health - Upstate | Greenville | Other | $1.3M | 1 | 1 |
| #7 | Expanse Bio Llc | North Charleston | Other | $983.1K | 1 | 4 |
| #8 | Doty Scientific, Inc. | Columbia | Other | $946.1K | 1 | 1 |
| #9 | Sc State Department of Agriculture | Columbia | Other | $907.1K | 3 | 1 |
| #10 | Sojourn Medtech Llc | Pendleton | Other | $905.2K | 1 | 3 |
| #11 | Toomer Therapeutics, Inc. | Mount Pleasant | Other | $400K | 1 | 2 |
| #12 | Lipo-Immuno Tech, Llc | Mount Pleasant | Other | $348.4K | 1 | 1 |
| #13 | Datanova Scientific Llc | Surfside Beach | Other | $307K | 1 | 3 |
| #14 | Claflin University | Orangeburg | University | $222.1K | 1 | 1 |
| #15 | University of South Carolina | Spartanburg | University | $172.5K | 1 | 1 |
| #16 | South Carolina State University | Orangeburg | University | $145.8K | 1 | 1 |
| #17 | Benedict College | Columbia | University | $137.3K | 1 | 1 |