Boston University

Boston, MA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #41Med School Rank #33

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding

$258.2M

Fiscal year 2026

Grants Awarded

451

Active NIH grants

Funded PIs

466

Principal investigators

National Rank

#41

Among 2,529 institutions, FY2026

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

All 23 departments with NIH funding at Boston University in FY2026, largest first.

Department	Funding	Grants	PIs	National Rank
Internal Medicine	$66.6M	76	88	#25
Public Health	$38.1M	85	88	#10
Engineering (all Types)	$25.2M	58	65	Not ranked
Microbiology & Immunology	$16.4M	9	14	#24
Anatomy & Cell Biology	$13.4M	27	31	#15
Neurology	$13.3M	7	21	#22
Pharmacology	$12.1M	30	29	#26
Biochemistry	$9.6M	25	26	#40
Chemistry	$8.8M	19	20	Not ranked
Psychology	$7M	24	25	Not ranked
Other Health Professions	$6.2M	13	15	Not ranked
Biology	$5.6M	12	12	Not ranked
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci	$4.2M	10	13	Not ranked
Pathology	$3.9M	8	9	#56
Psychiatry	$3.5M	9	11	#53
Radiology	$3.5M	4	6	#44
Miscellaneous	$2.8M	4	5	Not ranked
Dentistry	$2.6M	5	5	Not ranked
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	$1.5M	7	9	#17
Dermatology	$1.1M	3	2	#28
Surgery	$839K	4	5	#67
Physics	$396K	1	1	Not ranked
Orthopedics	$166.3K	1	2	#50

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Not ranked: ScienceDex ranks 27 medical-school department categories, and this department is outside them.