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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #53Med School Rank #46

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$119.4M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
227
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
272
Principal investigators
National Rank
#53
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 UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$41.4M68100
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$21.4M4251
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$13.9M2329
Surgery$13M1930#17
Miscellaneous$10.7M2228
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$10.3M1418
Pathology$5.6M1018#44
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M813
Genetics$5.1M1213#28
Biology$5M1414
Obstetrics & Gynecology$4.6M816
Psychology$4.2M49
Anesthesiology$2.7M64#24
Pharmacology$2.4M65#73
Plastic Surgery$1.5M12
Neurosurgery$1.4M33#37
Pediatrics$787.9K34#67
Other Health Professions$667.3K12
Urology$637.2K23#22
Biochemistry$544.5K12#119

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center based on NIH grant totals.

$6.2M
total funding
$6.1M
total funding
#3
Stephen Y Lai
5 grants
$5.5M
total funding
#4
Ken Chen
2 grants
$3.8M
total funding
#5
Xiling Shen
2 grants
$3.5M
total funding
#6
Qian Lu
3 grants
$3.3M
total funding
#7
Ziyi Li
2 grants
$3.2M
total funding
#8
Susan Bullman
3 grants
$3.2M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding