UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #27Med School Rank #25

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$177.7M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
359
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
354
Principal investigators
National Rank
#27
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 UT Southwestern Medical Center in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$44.3M8383
Biochemistry$20.6M4945#2
Psychiatry$13M1619#16
Pediatrics$10.9M2926#19
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$10.4M2318
Obstetrics & Gynecology$8.5M1511
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$7.2M1317
Anatomy/Cell Biology$7.2M1211#21
Neurology$6.8M1213#19
Neurosciences$6.8M1316#24
Pharmacology$6.1M1417#32
Pathology$6.1M1110#27
Physiology$5.3M1214#28
Surgery$3.9M89#24
Ophthalmology$2.7M53#26
Biomedical Engineering$2.3M67#38
Dermatology$2.2M66#11
Urology$1.8M34#10
Genetics$1.7M44#44
Anesthesiology$1.4M34#27

Showing top 20 of 25 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$5.7M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding
#4
Gary Chung Hon
3 grants
$3M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding
$2.9M
total funding
#7
Bruce A Beutler
3 grants
$2.7M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
$2.3M
total funding
$2.3M
total funding