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University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA · University

NIH Rank #53

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$218.2M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
443
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
438
Principal investigators
National Rank
#53
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Anatomy/Cell Biology$33.2M5452#2
Biochemistry$21M4843#7
Internal Medicine/Medicine$16.5M4249
Physiology$13.3M2828#12
Ophthalmology$12.2M2623#6
Pediatrics$10.1M813#27
Other Basic Sciences$9.9M2831
Chemistry$8.8M1715
Neurology$8.3M1217#33
Public Health & Prev Medicine$8.1M2026
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$8M1819
Psychiatry$5.8M812#47
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$5.5M1213
Biomedical Engineering$5.5M1521#27
Pathology$4.8M910#44
Surgery$4.2M47#35
Psychology$4.1M812
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$3M812
Pharmacology$2.7M109#77
Dermatology$2.5M45#16

Showing top 20 of 31 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Kim Green
5 grants
$9.9M
total funding
#2
Xiangmin Xu
8 grants
$9.3M
total funding
$8.6M
total funding
#4
Eric J. Vilain
4 grants
$7.2M
total funding
#5
Craig E Stark
3 grants
$6.5M
total funding
#6
Frank M Laferla
3 grants
$6.4M
total funding
#7
Elizabeth Head
7 grants
$6.3M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
#9
Joshua Grill
5 grants
$4.7M
total funding
#10
Dan M Cooper
1 grant
$4.1M
total funding