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University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #16Med School Rank #16

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$499.5M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
837
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
808
Principal investigators
National Rank
#16
Among 2,376 institutions, FY2026

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, San Diego in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$99M152174—
Pediatrics$63.9M7982#3
Psychiatry$63.6M104107#6
Pharmacology$33.6M5652#6
Neurosciences$30M4553#3
Biology$27.2M6152—
Engineering (all Types)$17.2M3343—
Chemistry$14.1M3330—
Pathology$13.6M2623#20
Other Basic Sciences$13.5M3431—
Surgery$13.2M1731#16
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$13.1M2427—
Obstetrics & Gynecology$12.4M2019—
Ophthalmology$9.1M2127#16
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$6.9M911—
Physics$6.8M814—
Anesthesiology$6.7M1014#12
Family Medicine$5.7M810#5
Anatomy/Cell Biology$4.6M1011#45
Psychology$3.5M99—

Showing top 20 of 27 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$15M
total funding
$10.3M
total funding
#3
Joann Trejo
9 grants
$7.6M
total funding
#4
Sandra A Brown
3 grants
$7.2M
total funding
$7M
total funding
$6.7M
total funding
$6.7M
total funding
#8
Judith A Varner
4 grants
$6.5M
total funding
$6.5M
total funding
#10
James D Murphy
3 grants
$6.5M
total funding