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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #6Med School Rank #3

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$664M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
1,251
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,159
Principal investigators
National Rank
#6
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 Pennsylvania in FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$156.6M259226
Pathology$40M5454#1
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$38.3M6976
Psychiatry$29.3M5659#14
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$27.4M88104
Neurology$26.9M5356#11
Neurosciences$26.5M3735#3
Obstetrics & Gynecology$24.1M2727
Surgery$23.6M1626#2
Genetics$21.2M3133#9
Biology$21.2M3635
Veterinary Sciences$17.9M4539
Anatomy/Cell Biology$15.8M3223#9
Biochemistry$15.1M2627#19
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$15.1M2629
Neurosurgery$14.9M2521#3
Other Health Professions$14.7M3741
Dentistry$10.2M3738
Orthopedics$9.1M2723#3
Ophthalmology$8.6M1414#13

Showing top 20 of 36 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Ali Naji
7 grants
$21.5M
total funding
$20M
total funding
#3
Alvin C Powers
2 grants
$12M
total funding
$10.2M
total funding
#5
Li-san Wang
7 grants
$9.7M
total funding
#6
Scott Hensley
4 grants
$9.7M
total funding
$9.6M
total funding
$9.3M
total funding
$9M
total funding
$8.9M
total funding