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Howard University

Washington, DC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #297Med School Rank #96

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$10.7M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
16
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
32
Principal investigators
National Rank
#297
Among 2,529 institutions, FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 8 departments with NIH funding at Howard University in FY2026, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Biochemistry$4.9M16#76
Internal Medicine$997.6K23#114
Physiology$753.6K24#73
Microbiology & Immunology$730.6K33#110
Biology$703.2K22Not ranked
Radiology$389K11#72
Chemistry$190.3K11Not ranked
Anatomy & Cell Biology$176.8K11#89
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Top funded principal investigators

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

$6.2M
total funding
#2
Byron D. Ford
1 grant
$4.9M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
#7
Xinbin Gu
2 grants
$1.5M
total funding
$1.4M
total funding
#9
Heng Li
1 grant
$1.4M
total funding
$1.4M
total funding