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University of Washington

Seattle, WA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #16Med School Rank #2

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$328.5M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
572
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
626
Principal investigators
National Rank
#16
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 Washington in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$70.4M103117
Public Health & Prev Medicine$30.2M5268
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$19.7M3032
Pharmacology$16.9M3030#10
Psychiatry$15.2M1922#17
Pathology$14.7M2426#12
Veterinary Sciences$14.4M55
Engineering (all Types)$14.3M2235
Genetics$13.4M1921#12
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$9.6M1418
Chemistry$9.1M1515
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$7.5M1112
Biomedical Engineering$7.1M1215#12
Other Health Professions$6.9M1622
Miscellaneous$6.9M916
Physiology$6.6M1518#28
Biochemistry$6.5M1414#43
Psychology$6.5M1721
Administration$5M1012
Anesthesiology$4.8M1717#11

Showing top 20 of 36 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$13M
total funding
#2
John K. Amory
1 grant
$10.1M
total funding
$7.7M
total funding
#4
Dror Ben-zeev
1 grant
$7.2M
total funding
#5
Trevor Cohen
1 grant
$7.2M
total funding
#6
Judith Tsui
7 grants
$6.8M
total funding
#7
Lucia N Vojtech
4 grants
$5.7M
total funding
#8
Florian Hladik
2 grants
$4.4M
total funding
$4.3M
total funding
#10
Kenneth Sherr
2 grants
$4.2M
total funding