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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #25Med School Rank #24

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$214.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
426
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
423
Principal investigators
National Rank
#25
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$51M103100
Biochemistry$23M5448#2
Psychiatry$16.5M1823#14
Pediatrics$13.2M3431#20
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$12.7M2922
Neurology$11M1416#16
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$9.6M1723
Obstetrics & Gynecology$8.8M1612
Pathology$8M1310#26
Neurosciences$8M1416#23
Anatomy/Cell Biology$7.7M1413#24
Pharmacology$6.1M1417#36
Physiology$5.7M1314#30
Surgery$5.3M1111#22
Biomedical Engineering$4.2M910#26
Neurosurgery$2.9M64#15
Ophthalmology$2.7M53#28
Urology$2.5M45#10
Dermatology$2.2M66#11
Genetics$1.7M44#45

Showing top 20 of 27 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
$2.8M
total funding
$2.8M
total funding
$2.8M
total funding
$2.8M
total funding