University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #2Med School Rank #5

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$433.3M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
828
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
846
Principal investigators
National Rank
#2
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 Francisco in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$119.1M209209
Neurology$48.9M9697#1
Pharmacology$27.7M4643#1
Psychiatry$24.7M4247#8
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$20M3551
Ophthalmology$16.4M4134#1
Biochemistry$15.8M2420#4
Obstetrics & Gynecology$15.2M2726
Pediatrics$15M3337#17
Public Health & Prev Medicine$14.4M3536
Pathology$13.6M2425#10
Neurosurgery$13.2M2427#2
Other Health Professions$9.6M2022
Dentistry$8.7M1617
Surgery$8.5M1619#11
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$8.1M1718
Physiology$7.4M1411#17
Anatomy/Cell Biology$7.4M1819#20
Anesthesiology$6M912#5
Orthopedics$3.9M108#3

Showing top 20 of 28 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Radojka Savic
3 grants
$11.2M
total funding
$7.2M
total funding
$7.2M
total funding
$7.2M
total funding
$5.1M
total funding
$5M
total funding
#7
Monica Gandhi
7 grants
$4.8M
total funding
$4.5M
total funding
$4.5M
total funding
#10
Iona C Cheng
4 grants
$4.3M
total funding