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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$31.9M5374
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$16.3M3644
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$10.2M1722
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$8.8M1216
Miscellaneous$7.5M1523
Surgery$7.5M1420#17
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M813
Genetics$5.1M1213#28
Biology$4M1313
Pathology$3.3M811#44
Obstetrics & Gynecology$2.5M58
Pharmacology$2.1M54#73
Anesthesiology$2.1M54#24
Plastic Surgery$1.5M12
Psychology$911.1K12
Neurosurgery$801.9K21#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.

#1
Ziyi Li
2 grants
$3.2M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding
#3
Ken Chen
1 grant
$3M
total funding
#4
Xiling Shen
1 grant
$3M
total funding
#5
Anil Korkut
1 grant
$3M
total funding
$2.7M
total funding
#7
Pawel K. Mazur
4 grants
$2.6M
total funding
#8
Rugang Zhang
4 grants
$2M
total funding
$2M
total funding
#10
Angela H Ting
1 grant
$2M
total funding