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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #30Med School Rank #22

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$333.6M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
492
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
494
Principal investigators
National Rank
#30
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 FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Public Health & Prev Medicine$45.2M7069
Neurology$39.7M1927#5
Social Sciences$35.9M2622
Internal Medicine/Medicine$33.4M4545
Physiology$17.5M3025#5
Ophthalmology$11M2120#8
Biomedical Engineering$9.5M1114#14
Biology$8.7M2120
Pharmacology$8.2M1112#35
Dentistry$7.3M1711
Other Health Professions$7.3M1213
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$6.8M1612
Psychology$6.1M109
Miscellaneous$6M1214
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$6M89
Orthopedics$5.4M129#5
Pathology$5.1M108#41
Otolaryngology$4.6M1210#11
Biochemistry$4.4M1314#72
Neurosurgery$4.3M910#18

Showing top 20 of 30 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$29.4M
total funding
$29.4M
total funding
#3
Paul S. Aisen
1 grant
$29.4M
total funding
#4
Arie Kapteyn
2 grants
$17.1M
total funding
#5
Jinkook Lee
6 grants
$12.2M
total funding
#6
Todd A Alonzo
2 grants
$10.5M
total funding
#7
Sara Adar
3 grants
$9.3M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
$9.1M
total funding
#10
Paul M Thompson
9 grants
$6.8M
total funding