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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #31Med School Rank #29

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$307.7M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
567
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
544
Principal investigators
National Rank
#31
Among 2,376 institutions, FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 27 departments with NIH funding at UT Southwestern Medical Center in FY2026, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine$92.3M150161#25
Biochemistry$35.7M7364#3
Pediatrics$21.1M5142#26
Psychiatry$18.7M2227#22
Radiology$16.2M2636#15
Neurology$13.9M2125#21
Microbiology & Immunology$13.8M3223#35
Neurosciences$11.8M2325#25
Obstetrics & Gynecology$9.5M1814#11
Pathology$9M1511#35
Anatomy & Cell Biology$8.7M1614#27
Pharmacology$7.2M1618#47
Surgery$6.6M1415#32
Neurosurgery$4.8M86#16
Biomedical Engineering$4.7M1012#37
Genetics$4.3M108#40
Ophthalmology$4M97#28
Physiology$3.5M87#53
Family Medicine$3.1M24#12
Urology$2.5M45#16
Dermatology$2.5M810#19
Anesthesiology$1.4M34#38
Otolaryngology$1.2M33#36
Other Health Professions$766.4K24Not ranked
Plastic Surgery$686.9K12Not ranked
Orthopedics$665.3K22#34
Emergency Medicine$594.9K21#37
  • Not ranked: ScienceDex ranks 27 medical-school department categories, and this department is outside them.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at UT Southwestern Medical Center based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Xiankai Sun
3 grants
$7.2M
total funding
#2
Chul W Ahn
2 grants
$6.9M
total funding
#3
Adam Yopp
2 grants
$6.9M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
$5.5M
total funding
$5.4M
total funding
$4.8M
total funding
$4.8M
total funding
#10
Melanie H. Cobb
2 grants
$4.6M
total funding
UT Southwestern Medical Center — NIH Funding & Grants | ConductScience