University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #34Med School Rank #26

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$153.8M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
246
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
303
Principal investigators
National Rank
#34
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 Southern California in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$21.2M2531
Public Health & Prev Medicine$20.2M3139
Social Sciences$12.1M1112
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9M1315
Otolaryngology$7M1310#1
Ophthalmology$6.5M1117#9
Physiology$5.1M911#29
Dentistry$4.7M108
Biology$4.6M910
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$4.5M44
Psychology$4.4M79
Biomedical Engineering$4.3M68#19
Biochemistry$4M109#55
Neurology$3.6M88#28
Other Basic Sciences$3.2M77
Miscellaneous$3M65
Engineering (all Types)$2.8M57
Orthopedics$2.2M55#11
Other Health Professions$2.2M45
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$2.1M37

Showing top 20 of 27 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Jinkook Lee
4 grants
$11.3M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
#4
Yang Chai
4 grants
$4.9M
total funding
#5
Paul M Thompson
7 grants
$4.8M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
#7
Sara Adar
1 grant
$4.2M
total funding
#8
Carl Kesselman
2 grants
$3.9M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding