University of Washington

Seattle, WA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #14Med School Rank #2

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$287.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
494
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
552
Principal investigators
National Rank
#14
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$58.5M8698
Public Health & Prev Medicine$20.3M4148
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$17.7M2627
Pharmacology$15.2M2828#9
Psychiatry$15.1M1821#15
Veterinary Sciences$14.4M55
Genetics$12.6M1719#11
Pathology$12.2M1921#11
Engineering (all Types)$12.1M1930
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$7.1M1011
Miscellaneous$6.9M916
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$6.8M1115
Chemistry$6.7M1112
Other Health Professions$6.6M1420
Biomedical Engineering$6.2M1215#10
Psychology$5.9M1519
Biochemistry$5.8M1213#37
Physiology$4.4M1114#35
Administration$3.9M79
Biology$3.3M89

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
#7
Andre Berndt
4 grants
$3.8M
total funding
$3.7M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding