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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #35Med School Rank #27

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$188.6M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
298
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
349
Principal investigators
National Rank
#35
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
Public Health & Prev Medicine$24.6M4347
Internal Medicine/Medicine$22.9M2732
Social Sciences$17.8M1415
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9.9M1618
Physiology$8.6M1215#17
Ophthalmology$7.8M1320#7
Otolaryngology$7M1310#4
Psychology$6M810
Neurology$5.9M1013#26
Biology$5.7M1112
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$5M56
Dentistry$4.7M108
Biochemistry$4.5M1111#57
Biomedical Engineering$4.3M68#25
Other Basic Sciences$3.5M88
Miscellaneous$3M65
Engineering (all Types)$3M68
Pathology$2.7M54#48
Other Health Professions$2.4M67
Orthopedics$2.2M55#15

Showing top 20 of 29 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Jinkook Lee
5 grants
$16.2M
total funding
#2
Sara Adar
2 grants
$9.2M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding
#6
Yang Chai
4 grants
$4.9M
total funding
#7
Paul M Thompson
7 grants
$4.8M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
#9
Carl Kesselman
2 grants
$3.9M
total funding
#10
Lihua Liu
1 grant
$3M
total funding