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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #58Med School Rank #41

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$186.5M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
367
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
412
Principal investigators
National Rank
#58
Among 2,933 institutions, FY2025

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 22 departments with NIH funding at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in FY2025, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine$59.8M97124#28
Radiology$28.3M6165#7
Microbiology & Immunology$16M2226#13
Miscellaneous$13M2935Not ranked
Surgery$10.6M1927#16
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$8.9M1824Not ranked
Genetics$5.9M1613#35
Pathology$5.1M1014#43
Biology$5.1M1214Not ranked
Obstetrics & Gynecology$3.8M1015#23
Public Health$3.6M814#70
Anesthesiology$3M86#26
Pharmacology$3M77#75
Psychology$3M55Not ranked
Pediatrics$1.3M33#75
Neurosurgery$1.3M33#42
Veterinary Sciences$1M21Not ranked
Biochemistry$613.6K12#120
Plastic Surgery$507.9K12Not ranked
Biomedical Engineering$369.4K11#72
Urology$210K11#38
Other Health Professions$163.7K11Not ranked
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Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Linghua Wang
3 grants
$5.2M
total funding
#2
Stephen Y Lai
9 grants
$5.1M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
$4.1M
total funding
$4.1M
total funding
#6
Mingyao Li
1 grant
$4.1M
total funding
$3M
total funding
$3M
total funding
#9
Kunal Rai
2 grants
$2.9M
total funding
#10
Wen Jiang
4 grants
$2.8M
total funding