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University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #54Med School Rank #49

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$116.3M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
225
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
222
Principal investigators
National Rank
#54
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 Illinois at Chicago in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$19.7M3235
Pharmacology$14.3M3334#15
Psychiatry$9.1M1520#28
Physiology$8.9M1312#13
Ophthalmology$5.9M1413#13
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$5.4M1210
Anatomy/Cell Biology$5.4M1310#29
Biochemistry$4.2M75#62
Pediatrics$3.9M54#41
Public Health & Prev Medicine$3.9M67
Biomedical Engineering$3.4M810#31
Chemistry$3.3M67
Dentistry$3.1M911
Pathology$3.1M44#45
Other Basic Sciences$2.6M23
Nutrition$2.2M57
Surgery$1.7M32#49
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$1.4M33
Biology$1.4M44
Miscellaneous$1.4M22

Showing top 20 of 29 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of Illinois at Chicago based on NIH grant totals.

$9.1M
total funding
#2
Julie Bobitt
3 grants
$5.6M
total funding
$4.4M
total funding
$4.3M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
#7
Reshma Shah
2 grants
$3M
total funding
#8
Jun Ma
4 grants
$2.8M
total funding
#9
Orly Lazarov
5 grants
$2.4M
total funding
#10
Deepak Shukla
4 grants
$2.3M
total funding