University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #11Med School Rank #13

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$313M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
534
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
567
Principal investigators
National Rank
#11
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, San Diego in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$61.6M8894
Pediatrics$43.1M4960#1
Psychiatry$40.3M6265#4
Neurosciences$20.9M3236#2
Biology$19.5M4340
Pharmacology$19.5M3935#5
Engineering (all Types)$10.9M2033
Other Basic Sciences$9.7M2523
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$9.4M1821
Pathology$7.6M1717#22
Chemistry$7.4M1820
Obstetrics & Gynecology$6.3M1317
Ophthalmology$6M1421#10
Family Medicine$4.8M45#3
Surgery$4.1M810#22
Anesthesiology$4.1M711#10
Anatomy/Cell Biology$2.8M65#40
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$2.8M59
Orthopedics$2.7M46#7
Physics$2.5M66

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.

$10.9M
total funding
$10.3M
total funding
#3
Rob Knight
4 grants
$5.3M
total funding
#4
Sandra A Brown
2 grants
$5.2M
total funding
$4.8M
total funding
$4.7M
total funding
$4.7M
total funding
#8
Colin A. Depp
5 grants
$4.7M
total funding
$4.7M
total funding
$4.6M
total funding