Brown University Health (Lifespan)
Providence, RI · Health system
NIH Funding · FY2026
NIH funds Brown University Health (Lifespan)'s hospitals as separate organizations. These figures add up the FY2026 NIH awards of its member organizations. Default medical-school and department rankings count them toward Brown University.
#10 of 82 health systems by FY2026 NIH funding. All health systems
Member hospitals
3 of Brown University Health (Lifespan)'s members have FY2026 NIH awards, shown with the ScienceDex institution that holds them.
| Member hospital | NIH organization | Funding | Grants | PIs | All-institution rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island HospitalHospital | Rhode Island Hospital | $43.4M | 77 | 94 | #153of 2,376 |
| The Miriam HospitalHospital | Miriam Hospital | $16.6M | 36 | 37 | #237of 2,376 |
| Emma P Bradley HospitalHospital | Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital | $6.7M | 13 | 19 | #363of 2,376 |
- No FY2026 NIH awards: Newport Hospital.
- Members: AHRQ, Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2023 (data year 2023, retrieved September 27, 2026), which lists 4 hospitals in this system. Hospital names are AHRQ's, which AHRQ sometimes shortens. NIH organizations were matched to AHRQ hospitals by name, city and state, and every inexact match was checked by hand. Rank is each organization's place among 2,376 institutions in the FY2026 all-institution ranking. How health systems are counted
Departments by funding
All 11 departments across the members in FY2026. The rank is Brown University Health (Lifespan)'s place in each department's ranking when hospitals and health systems are listed separately.
| Department | Funding | Grants | PIs | Rank, listed separately |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry | $23.9M | 46 | 54 | #18 of 98 |
| Internal Medicine | $19.1M | 34 | 41 | #62 of 147 |
| Pediatrics | $11.2M | 20 | 24 | #41 of 117 |
| Emergency Medicine | $3.9M | 5 | 11 | #12 of 49 |
| Orthopedics | $3.7M | 7 | 9 | #10 of 58 |
| Surgery | $2.9M | 7 | 6 | #52 of 89 |
| Anatomy & Cell Biology | $1.2M | 1 | 5 | #74 of 101 |
| Public Health | $472.6K | 3 | 3 | #110 of 131 |
| Family Medicine | $188.2K | 1 | 1 | #48 of 50 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | $161.2K | 1 | 1 | #76 of 80 |
| Neurosurgery | $76.8K | 1 | 1 | #61 of 61 |
- Select a department to see the principal investigators on its awards. A rank opens that department's ranking with hospitals and health systems listed separately.
- Department figures follow the department-ranking rules: awards with an NIH or assigned department, not R&D contracts. They cover $66,741,503 of the $66,741,503 total; awards without a department count only in the total.
- NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each one counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations. When no affiliation names a department, the department comes from the award's topic. Cancer centers, research institutes and other organizations that are not typed as hospitals have no department. How departments are assigned
Top funded principal investigators
Highest-funded PIs across Brown University Health (Lifespan)'s members in FY2026, by the full amounts of the awards that list them.