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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #57Med School Rank #48

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$163.5M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
378
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
408
Principal investigators
National Rank
#57
Among 2,872 institutions, FY2024

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 21 departments with NIH funding at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in FY2024, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine$51.6M110134#30
Radiology$21.5M5251#10
Miscellaneous$11.9M2635Not ranked
Surgery$9.4M2228#19
Microbiology & Immunology$9.1M2021#35
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$8.1M1722Not ranked
Pathology$7.5M1317#36
Genetics$7.3M1913#29
Biology$4.6M1212Not ranked
Psychology$3.9M78Not ranked
Anesthesiology$3.7M98#24
Obstetrics & Gynecology$3.6M610#27
Public Health$3.6M1017#70
Pharmacology$2.4M63#81
Neurosurgery$1.8M54#41
Veterinary Sciences$1.6M21Not ranked
Pediatrics$1.3M33#70
Biomedical Engineering$759.7K22#66
Biochemistry$593.1K12#122
Plastic Surgery$516.1K12Not ranked
Other Health Professions$161.4K11Not ranked
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Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Anirban Maitra
6 grants
$4.8M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
#3
Ying Yuan
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#4
Kunal Rai
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#5
Liang Li
2 grants
$2.5M
total funding
#6
Stephen Y Lai
7 grants
$2.5M
total funding
#7
Pawel K. Mazur
4 grants
$2.5M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
#9
Rugang Zhang
6 grants
$2.3M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding