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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #27Med School Rank #27

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$328.5M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
546
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
563
Principal investigators
National Rank
#27
Among 2,376 institutions, FY2026

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$92.8M132146—
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$21M2929—
Neurology$18.7M3245#18
Psychiatry$17.8M2221#23
Pediatrics$15.6M3332#30
Family Medicine$15.6M46#1
Pathology$15M2735#17
Anatomy/Cell Biology$12.4M2825#21
Genetics$11.2M1218#25
Other Health Professions$11M1822—
Public Health & Prev Medicine$9.5M1718—
Obstetrics & Gynecology$9.4M2918—
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$9.2M510—
Nutrition$8.6M1015—
Neurosciences$6.5M1816#38
Surgery$6.3M1721#33
Anesthesiology$5.4M1311#18
Ophthalmology$5.3M1114#24
Biomedical Engineering$5M913#34
Biochemistry$4.9M1111#71

Showing top 20 of 36 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Tapan S Mehta
2 grants
$15.7M
total funding
#2
Laura P James
1 grant
$14.5M
total funding
#3
Irfan Asif
1 grant
$14.5M
total funding
$12.4M
total funding
#5
Laura Q Rogers
3 grants
$10.4M
total funding
$9.7M
total funding
$8.4M
total funding
$8.1M
total funding
$8.1M
total funding
#10
Mary Cushman
1 grant
$8.1M
total funding
University of Alabama at Birmingham — NIH Funding & Grants | ConductScience