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Howard University

Washington, DC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #301Med School Rank #101

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$5.4M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
12
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
21
Principal investigators
National Rank
#301
Among 2,359 institutions

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Howard University in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$997.6K23
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$730.6K33
Biology$566.1K11
Physiology$428.9K11#80
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$389K11
Anatomy/Cell Biology$176.8K11#85

Top funded principal investigators

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

$1.5M
total funding
$1.5M
total funding
$1.5M
total funding
$1.5M
total funding
$1.5M
total funding
#6
Byron D. Ford
1 grant
$1.5M
total funding
$748.6K
total funding
#8
Sergei Nekhai
1 grant
$748.6K
total funding
#9
Jinrui Xu
1 grant
$566.1K
total funding
$428.9K
total funding
Howard University — NIH Funding & Grants | ConductScience