| #1 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | School Of Medicine | $186.4M | 295 | 345 |
| #2 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | School Of Medicine | $83.4M | 213 | 221 |
| #3 | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis | Hospital | $60.5M | 98 | 107 |
| #4 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Memphis | University | $23.5M | 47 | 55 |
| #5 | Meharry Medical College | Nashville | School Of Medicine | $6.7M | 14 | 16 |
| #6 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | University | $5.5M | 13 | 13 |
| #7 | University of Tennessee Knoxville | Knoxville | University | $4.4M | 14 | 14 |
| #8 | University of Memphis | Memphis | University | $1.4M | 4 | 4 |
| #9 | Oak Ridge Associated Universities | Oak Ridge | Other | $1.3M | 1 | 2 |
| #10 | Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville | University | $474.1K | 1 | 1 |
| #11 | Tennessee State University | Nashville | University | $423.8K | 2 | 5 |
| #12 | Middle Tennessee Research Institute | Nashville | Research Institute | $408.2K | 1 | 2 |
| #13 | University of Tennessee Space Institute | Tullahoma | University | $157K | 1 | 1 |
| #14 | St. Jude Children'S Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Llc | Memphis | Hospital | $109.3K | 3 | 3 |
| #15 | College On Problems of Drug Dependence | Brentwood | University | $95K | 1 | 1 |
| #16 | International Mammalian Genome Society | Oak Ridge | Other | $56.5K | 1 | 1 |
| #17 | Tn State Department of Agriculture | Nashville | Other | $23.2K | 1 | 1 |
