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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #33Med School Rank #31

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$191.9M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
369
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
422
Principal investigators
National Rank
#33
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$48.9M8179
Psychiatry$11.8M1112#20
Neurology$11.3M2127#15
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$10.9M1718
Pathology$10.3M2226#18
Pediatrics$10.3M2124#26
Other Health Professions$9.4M1317
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8.2M2017#21
Neurosciences$6.4M1715#27
Public Health & Prev Medicine$6.3M911
Nutrition$5.9M78
Obstetrics & Gynecology$5.7M914
Ophthalmology$5M1114#15
Genetics$4.3M811#31
Anesthesiology$4.2M1010#14
Surgery$3.6M1216#30
Biochemistry$2.9M78#75
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$2.5M77
Biomedical Engineering$2.3M68#43
Dentistry$2.2M76

Showing top 20 of 34 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
$5.1M
total funding
#5
Nita A Limdi
3 grants
$4.6M
total funding
#6
James O Hill
5 grants
$4.6M
total funding
#7
Jerri Edwards
1 grant
$4.2M
total funding
#8
Emily B Levitan
2 grants
$4.1M
total funding
#9
Pankaj Arora
5 grants
$3.7M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding