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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #40Med School Rank #33

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$267.4M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
551
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
572
Principal investigators
National Rank
#40
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$76.7M130117
Pathology$16.4M3332#14
Neurology$13.1M3637#22
Psychiatry$12.3M2220#26
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$11.8M2823
Other Health Professions$10.9M1922
Pediatrics$10.2M2625#26
Genetics$8.7M1518#27
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8.5M2116#26
Obstetrics & Gynecology$7.7M1621
Biochemistry$7.3M1616#47
Surgery$7.2M2021#24
Neurosciences$7.1M1815#35
Public Health & Prev Medicine$7.1M1414
Anesthesiology$6.8M1113#10
Dentistry$6.4M118
Nutrition$6M89
Ophthalmology$4.2M1014#26
Family Medicine$4M67#9
Biomedical Engineering$3.6M87#42

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.

$13.7M
total funding
$9.7M
total funding
$6.4M
total funding
#4
Tapan S Mehta
5 grants
$5.2M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
#6
Barbara A Gower
5 grants
$4.3M
total funding
$3.8M
total funding
#8
Yogesh Dwivedi
5 grants
$3.8M
total funding
$3.7M
total funding
#10
Renee A. Heffron
8 grants
$3.6M
total funding