Skip to main content

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #8Med School Rank #10

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$403.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
719
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
692
Principal investigators
National Rank
#8
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 Stanford University in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$73.4M141157
Psychiatry$48.7M4955#4
Pathology$33.2M4352#2
Genetics$28.5M4044#3
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$25.6M4749
Pediatrics$22.4M4550#12
Biology$18.7M3534
Neurology$15.9M2632#11
Biomedical Engineering$14.4M2019#5
Ophthalmology$12.6M2320#2
Anesthesiology$10.1M2520#3
Neurosurgery$9.5M2223#4
Surgery$9.1M1617#14
Pharmacology$8.7M1513#25
Emergency Medicine$8.2M1114#2
Otolaryngology$7.7M1613#3
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$7.6M1313
Chemistry$6.8M1815
Engineering (all Types)$6M1715
Biophysics$5.9M1310

Showing top 20 of 33 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Manisha Desai
3 grants
$14.6M
total funding
#2
Leanne Williams
2 grants
$11.6M
total funding
$11.3M
total funding
#4
Jun Ma
1 grant
$11.3M
total funding
#5
Dean W Felsher
2 grants
$11M
total funding
#6
Ruth M O'Hara
1 grant
$10M
total funding
#7
Crystal MacKall
5 grants
$9.8M
total funding
#8
Joseph C. Wu
13 grants
$9M
total funding
$7.1M
total funding
$6.9M
total funding