University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #15Med School Rank #14

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$506.3M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
1,089
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,048
Principal investigators
National Rank
#15
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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill in FY2024.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$89.2M154159
Genetics$42.6M7783#2
Pharmacology$32.2M8379#4
Public Health & Prev Medicine$31.6M7782
Physiology$21.2M6457#2
Psychiatry$20.8M5061#17
Pediatrics$18.8M4047#21
Nutrition$18.3M2635
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$16.3M3936
Miscellaneous$16.1M3335
Social Sciences$13.4M610
Biochemistry$13.3M3124#17
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$11.4M1719
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$11.2M2128
Psychology$9.8M3536
Biomedical Engineering$9.6M2523#13
Pathology$9.3M2126#25
Chemistry$7.7M2620
Obstetrics & Gynecology$6.1M1718
Anesthesiology$6M56#16

Showing top 20 of 35 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Robert A Hummer
5 grants
$12.4M
total funding
$9.9M
total funding
$8.6M
total funding
#4
Paul B Watkins
10 grants
$6.9M
total funding
$6.9M
total funding
$6.6M
total funding
$6.6M
total funding
#8
Ehsan Samei
8 grants
$6.6M
total funding
#9
Susan Halabi
8 grants
$6.6M
total funding
#10
Jonathan S Berg
6 grants
$6.3M
total funding