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University of South Carolina at Columbia

Columbia, SC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #112Med School Rank #72

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$65.4M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
114
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
126
Principal investigators
National Rank
#112
Among 2,529 institutions, FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 14 departments with NIH funding at University of South Carolina at Columbia in FY2026, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Other Health Professions$13.2M2320Not ranked
Public Health$9.4M1923#41
Psychology$7.3M1212Not ranked
Anatomy & Cell Biology$5.6M33#38
Pharmacology$5.5M1116#57
Engineering (all Types)$3.3M310Not ranked
Administration$2.3M712Not ranked
Neurology$1.8M22#56
Pathology$1.5M510#68
Chemistry$1.3M44Not ranked
Biology$608.5K11Not ranked
Other Basic Sciences$428.2K32Not ranked
Internal Medicine$347.2K11#129
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$297.5K11Not ranked
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Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of South Carolina at Columbia based on NIH grant totals.

$5M
total funding
#2
Jane E Roberts
3 grants
$4.7M
total funding
$4.6M
total funding
$4.3M
total funding
#5
James R Hebert
2 grants
$3.3M
total funding
#6
Lorne J Hofseth
2 grants
$3.3M
total funding
#7
Jiajia Zhang
2 grants
$2.9M
total funding
$2.8M
total funding
$2.7M
total funding
#10
Robert G Weaver
4 grants
$2.4M
total funding