University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #49Med School Rank #40

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$187M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
458
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
439
Principal investigators
National Rank
#49
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 Virginia in FY2024.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$30.5M7171
Physiology$16.4M3428#5
Biomedical Engineering$15.3M4036#5
Public Health & Prev Medicine$12M2431
Surgery$10.5M2028#14
Neurosciences$9.6M2620#26
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9.3M2622
Pediatrics$8.5M1621#34
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8M2323#23
Biology$7.6M2615
Pharmacology$7.1M1916#38
Chemistry$7.1M1811
Psychiatry$6.7M1418#43
Neurology$5.8M1113#33
Biochemistry$5.4M1512#62
Pathology$4.7M107#45
Anesthesiology$3.5M106#25
Engineering (all Types)$3.1M913
Ophthalmology$2.9M63#33
Psychology$2.5M810

Showing top 20 of 29 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
William A Petri
8 grants
$4.5M
total funding
#2
Gary K Owens
5 grants
$4.1M
total funding
#3
Jie Sun
6 grants
$3.4M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding
#5
K Craig Kent
4 grants
$2.9M
total funding
#6
Lianwang Guo
4 grants
$2.9M
total funding
#7
B. Jill Venton
5 grants
$2.8M
total funding
#8
Jianjie Ma
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding