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University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #7Med School Rank #9

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$418.1M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
769
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
815
Principal investigators
National Rank
#7
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 Pittsburgh in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$90.9M149172
Psychiatry$70.7M99100#2
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$27.4M6159
Public Health & Prev Medicine$27M4658
Pediatrics$25M6260#5
Pharmacology$22.8M4846#5
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$18M2532
Neurosciences$12M2628#12
Obstetrics & Gynecology$11.2M35
Otolaryngology$10.9M831#13
Surgery$10.2M2326#12
Anatomy/Cell Biology$9.9M2528#16
Anesthesiology$8.2M1717#4
Neurology$8.1M1513#18
Other Health Professions$7.7M2124
Biomedical Engineering$7.4M1519#14
Pathology$6.9M1315#30
Biology$6.8M1518
Miscellaneous$5.5M88
Neurosurgery$5.4M1113#8

Showing top 20 of 34 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$14.9M
total funding
$11.4M
total funding
$11.2M
total funding
$10.8M
total funding
$10.6M
total funding
$10.4M
total funding
$10.2M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
#9
Riyue Bao
3 grants
$8.7M
total funding
$8.6M
total funding