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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #129

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$62.5M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
116
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
123
Principal investigators
National Rank
#129
Among 2,933 institutions, FY2025

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 10 departments with NIH funding at Harvard University in FY2025, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Microbiology & Immunology$16.4M2626#1Harvard Medical School
Anatomy & Cell Biology$15.4M1713#3Harvard Medical School
Chemistry$7.7M1917Not ranked
Biology$4.1M108Not ranked
Psychology$2.7M89Not ranked
Physics$1.5M26Not ranked
Miscellaneous$1.3M32Not ranked
Social Sciences$1.3M32Not ranked
Other Basic Sciences$772K33Not ranked
Engineering (all Types)$648.9K57Not ranked
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  • Not ranked: ScienceDex ranks 27 medical-school department categories, and this department is outside them.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Harvard University based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Paola Arlotta
3 grants
$7.5M
total funding
$6.3M
total funding
#3
Hongkui Zeng
1 grant
$6.3M
total funding
#4
Jeff W Lichtman
3 grants
$5.6M
total funding
$2.6M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding
#8
Kanaka Rajan
1 grant
$2.2M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding
#10
Naoshige Uchida
3 grants
$2M
total funding