University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA · University

NIH Rank #43

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$124.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
246
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
283
Principal investigators
National Rank
#43
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-Irvine in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Anatomy/Cell Biology$20M3542#2
Biochemistry$13.4M3233#8
Pediatrics$8.2M88#25
Internal Medicine/Medicine$8M1921
Physiology$7.4M1718#16
Ophthalmology$7M1615#8
Other Basic Sciences$5.9M1214
Public Health & Prev Medicine$4.9M1320
Psychiatry$4.7M811#41
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$4.3M89
Psychology$4.2M48
Neurology$4.2M38#24
Biomedical Engineering$3.8M812#26
Pathology$3.2M68#41
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$3M68
Urology$3M56#4
Chemistry$2.2M56
Pharmacology$1.7M44#73
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$1.5M511
Dermatology$1.5M35#19

Showing top 20 of 28 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Eric J. Vilain
4 grants
$6.2M
total funding
#2
Xiangmin Xu
4 grants
$5.4M
total funding
#3
Joshua Grill
4 grants
$4.2M
total funding
#4
Dan M Cooper
1 grant
$4.1M
total funding
#5
Michael A Yassa
6 grants
$3.8M
total funding
#6
Kim Green
3 grants
$3.6M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
#9
Ali Ezzati
1 grant
$3.2M
total funding
#10
Elizabeth Head
6 grants
$3.2M
total funding