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University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #62Med School Rank #45

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$167.5M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
334
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
320
Principal investigators
National Rank
#62
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$24.5M4749
Pharmacology$21.2M4950#13
Anatomy/Cell Biology$13M1613#13
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$10.8M1613
Public Health & Prev Medicine$9.6M1714
Psychiatry$9.4M2024#36
Physiology$9.2M1515#25
Ophthalmology$7.4M1915#17
Biochemistry$7.2M1411#48
Chemistry$7.2M1314
Biomedical Engineering$5.2M1417#31
Pediatrics$4.3M65#44
Dentistry$3.8M1315
Nutrition$3.1M1011
Anesthesiology$2.6M57#25
Other Health Professions$2.6M910
Pathology$2.5M54#61
Other Basic Sciences$1.6M12
Miscellaneous$1.6M44
Administration$1.3M34

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.

$8M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
$4.5M
total funding
$4.4M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
#7
Jalees Rehman
6 grants
$3.9M
total funding
#8
Jun Ma
5 grants
$3.4M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding
$3.3M
total funding