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University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #2Med School Rank #5

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$519.1M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
959
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
959
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$180.7M270287
Neurology$58.9M115110#1
Pharmacology$32.9M5553#1
Psychiatry$28M4951#8
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$27.2M4566
Neurosurgery$23.3M3342#2
Pediatrics$20.9M4550#16
Surgery$19.3M2639#6
Biochemistry$17.9M2723#5
Obstetrics & Gynecology$16.9M3333
Pathology$16.6M3030#11
Ophthalmology$16.5M4534#1
Public Health & Prev Medicine$15.7M4040
Dentistry$11M2022
Other Health Professions$10.9M2427
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9.3M2021
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8M2021#23
Urology$7.7M1219#2
Physiology$7.4M1411#24
Anesthesiology$6.2M1013#5

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
Susan M Chang
5 grants
$16.8M
total funding
#2
Radojka Savic
4 grants
$11.9M
total funding
#3
Pamela May Ling
4 grants
$11.4M
total funding
#4
Alan Ashworth
2 grants
$10.3M
total funding
#5
Eric J Small
2 grants
$10.3M
total funding
$9.3M
total funding
$9M
total funding
#8
Andrei Goga
2 grants
$8.6M
total funding
#9
Joanna Phillips
4 grants
$8.6M
total funding
#10
Nynikka Palmer
2 grants
$8.4M
total funding