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University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #28Med School Rank #25

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$341.2M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
719
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
723
Principal investigators
National Rank
#28
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 Minnesota in FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$40.9M8481
Pediatrics$36.7M5958#6
Public Health & Prev Medicine$23.6M4340
Neurosciences$17.7M5151#10
Neurology$17.6M2121#18
Family Medicine$17.1M3541#1
Surgery$14.9M2435#10
Pharmacology$14.9M3844#18
Biochemistry$14.3M4139#22
Pathology$13.5M3225#17
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$12.3M3131
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$11.8M1933
Psychiatry$11.4M2424#29
Physiology$10.3M1918#19
Genetics$8.8M2624#26
Biomedical Engineering$8.3M2226#17
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$6.8M79
Veterinary Sciences$5.3M1119
Dentistry$4.8M1212
Social Sciences$4.7M710

Showing top 20 of 35 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$12.5M
total funding
#2
Damien A Fair
3 grants
$11.3M
total funding
#3
Bruce R Blazar
4 grants
$9.2M
total funding
$5.4M
total funding
#5
Steve Ruggles
6 grants
$5.3M
total funding
#6
Nathan Bahr
6 grants
$5M
total funding
$4.6M
total funding
#8
Jan Zimmermann
4 grants
$3.9M
total funding
$3.8M
total funding
#10
Sylia Wilson
4 grants
$3.8M
total funding