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Stanford University

Stanford, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #11Med School Rank #10

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$580.4M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
1,092
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
984
Principal investigators
National Rank
#11
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$99.9M202196
Psychiatry$49M6972#6
Genetics$42.1M5552#3
Pediatrics$40.7M7681#5
Pathology$39.1M5760#3
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$33.4M6662
Neurology$26.2M5052#13
Biology$21.8M4741
Biomedical Engineering$18.4M2726#4
Surgery$17.9M2626#6
Anesthesiology$17.4M3930#4
Ophthalmology$16.3M3525#3
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$13.8M2117
Chemistry$12.1M2723
Neurosurgery$11.2M2325#7
Otolaryngology$11.1M2219#2
Biophysics$9.1M2217
Pharmacology$8.9M1613#33
Emergency Medicine$8.7M1515#4
Engineering (all Types)$6.9M2324

Showing top 20 of 34 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Joseph C. Wu
19 grants
$13.5M
total funding
#2
Dean W Felsher
3 grants
$11.6M
total funding
$11.4M
total funding
#4
Manisha Desai
3 grants
$10.6M
total funding
#5
Ruth M O'Hara
2 grants
$10.4M
total funding
$8.3M
total funding
#7
Wah Chiu
2 grants
$7.2M
total funding
$6.5M
total funding
#9
Katy Borner
1 grant
$6.5M
total funding
#10
Liming Pei
1 grant
$6.5M
total funding