University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #28Med School Rank #26

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$297.3M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
627
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
617
Principal investigators
National Rank
#28
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 FY2024.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$83.9M150151
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$17.8M49
Psychiatry$15.6M2219#22
Pathology$13.2M3633#17
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$12.9M3026
Neurology$11.6M3833#20
Pediatrics$11.5M3030#26
Genetics$10.8M2225#22
Other Health Professions$10.7M2628
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8.7M2318#22
Obstetrics & Gynecology$8.1M1419
Public Health & Prev Medicine$8M1318
Surgery$7.9M2122#22
Neurosciences$7.7M1715#35
Biochemistry$7.7M2319#43
Nutrition$7.4M99
Ophthalmology$6.5M1622#19
Anesthesiology$4.6M1111#19
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$3.6M810
Biomedical Engineering$3.4M97#37

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.

#1
Mary Cushman
1 grant
$16.2M
total funding
$16.2M
total funding
#3
George Howard
1 grant
$16.2M
total funding
$16.2M
total funding
$16.2M
total funding
$13.3M
total funding
$9.9M
total funding
$6.4M
total funding
#9
Barbara A Gower
6 grants
$5.7M
total funding
$4.8M
total funding