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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #55Med School Rank #50

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$109.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
217
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
231
Principal investigators
National Rank
#55
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 Arizona in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Pharmacology$16.3M2728#11
Internal Medicine/Medicine$15.1M3134
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9.6M168
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8.6M1514#19
Biology$7.1M1516
Pediatrics$6.5M1112#35
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M1416
Psychology$4.2M75
Surgery$3.7M912#29
Biomedical Engineering$3.4M69#33
Nutrition$3.4M810
Other Basic Sciences$3.3M79
Physiology$3.3M811#42
Neurosciences$3.2M87#45
Psychiatry$1.9M35#58
Zoology$1.4M35
Veterinary Sciences$1.3M33
Biochemistry$1.3M33#101
Administration$761.4K12
Otolaryngology$752.5K22#33

Showing top 20 of 25 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Hongmin Li
2 grants
$3.9M
total funding
#2
Michael S Kuhns
2 grants
$3.9M
total funding
#3
Rui Xiong
2 grants
$3.7M
total funding
#4
Evan Newell
1 grant
$3.2M
total funding
$3M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding
#7
Rongguang Liang
2 grants
$2.4M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding