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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$67.6M102112
Public Health & Prev Medicine$24.5M4753
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$19.6M2931
Pharmacology$16.9M3030#10
Psychiatry$15.2M1922#17
Veterinary Sciences$14.4M55
Pathology$14.4M2325#12
Engineering (all Types)$14.3M2235
Genetics$13.4M1921#12
Chemistry$7.5M1314
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$7.5M1112
Biomedical Engineering$7.1M1215#12
Miscellaneous$6.9M916
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$6.8M1115
Other Health Professions$6.7M1521
Physiology$6.6M1518#28
Psychology$6.5M1721
Biochemistry$6.1M1313#43
Administration$4.9M911
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
#3
Trevor Cohen
1 grant
$7.2M
total funding
#4
Dror Ben-zeev
1 grant
$7.2M
total funding
#5
Lucia N Vojtech
4 grants
$5.7M
total funding
$4.3M
total funding
$4.1M
total funding
#8
Andre Berndt
4 grants
$3.8M
total funding
$3.7M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding