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University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · University

NIH Rank #63

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$92.6M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
202
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
194
Principal investigators
National Rank
#63
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 California, Berkeley in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Biochemistry$28.7M5448#1
Engineering (all Types)$7.9M1421
Chemistry$7.5M1313
Miscellaneous$5.3M128
Psychology$5.2M911
Neurosciences$5.2M1010#35
Other Basic Sciences$5.1M1312
Nutrition$4.4M98
Public Health & Prev Medicine$3M1111
Biology$2.9M78
Ophthalmology$1.4M33#43
Biomedical Engineering$1.1M32#57
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$1.1M22
Physics$945.4K21
Social Sciences$679.2K46
Genetics$120.4K11#55
Biophysics$46.5K11

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of California, Berkeley based on NIH grant totals.

#1
David Bilder
2 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#2
James H Hurley
4 grants
$2.3M
total funding
#3
Molly Ohainle
1 grant
$2.1M
total funding
#4
Chunlei Liu
3 grants
$2M
total funding
#5
Elcin Unal
1 grant
$1.8M
total funding
$1.8M
total funding
#7
Roberto Zoncu
3 grants
$1.7M
total funding
#8
Sanjay Kumar
3 grants
$1.6M
total funding
#9
Ahmet Yildiz
3 grants
$1.6M
total funding
#10
Hedy Kober
2 grants
$1.5M
total funding
University of California, Berkeley — NIH Funding & Grants | ConductScience