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University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #9Med School Rank #9

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$603.8M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
1,140
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,139
Principal investigators
National Rank
#9
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$154.1M249252
Psychiatry$85.3M130124#2
Public Health & Prev Medicine$32.4M5868
Pharmacology$32.2M7070#4
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$31.6M6247
Pediatrics$29.9M7669#12
Neurosciences$20.3M4147#7
Surgery$18.8M3845#5
Anesthesiology$17.2M2020#5
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$16.9M3236
Other Health Professions$12.8M3336
Pathology$12.3M2327#20
Neurology$12.1M2024#24
Biomedical Engineering$11.9M3434#9
Miscellaneous$10.7M1416
Anatomy/Cell Biology$10.5M2930#18
Physical Medicine & Rehab$9.7M1415
Ophthalmology$9M2223#10
Biology$7.5M1820
Neurosurgery$7M1219#9

Showing top 20 of 34 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Steven E Reis
3 grants
$16.5M
total funding
#2
Tharick Pascoal
4 grants
$7.6M
total funding
#3
Suzanne L Baker
3 grants
$6.9M
total funding
$6.3M
total funding
#5
Douglas J Weber
2 grants
$5.4M
total funding
$5.2M
total funding
$5.1M
total funding
$5.1M
total funding
$4.7M
total funding
$4.6M
total funding