University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #32Med School Rank #32

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$160.9M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
301
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
366
Principal investigators
National Rank
#32
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 University of Alabama at Birmingham in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$44.4M7066
Psychiatry$11.3M1012#19
Neurology$11.2M1825#13
Pediatrics$9.5M1822#22
Pathology$7.8M1720#21
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$7.7M1113
Anatomy/Cell Biology$5.8M1514#26
Nutrition$5.4M56
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M79
Neurosciences$5.3M1515#28
Obstetrics & Gynecology$4.9M814
Ophthalmology$4.8M1013#15
Other Health Professions$4.4M1013
Genetics$4.3M710#30
Surgery$3.2M1114#30
Anesthesiology$3.1M78#15
Biochemistry$2.8M67#68
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$2.5M77
Biomedical Engineering$2.2M57#41
Dentistry$2.2M76

Showing top 20 of 33 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of Alabama at Birmingham based on NIH grant totals.

$11.8M
total funding
$9.7M
total funding
#3
Barbara A Gower
5 grants
$5.4M
total funding
$4.8M
total funding
#5
Nita A Limdi
3 grants
$4.6M
total funding
#6
James O Hill
4 grants
$4.4M
total funding
#7
Jerri Edwards
1 grant
$4.2M
total funding
#8
Pankaj Arora
5 grants
$3.7M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding