Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, NC · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #64Med School Rank #55

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$72.8M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
135
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
159
Principal investigators
National Rank
#64
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 Wake Forest University Health Sciences in FY2026.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$23.2M2933
Public Health & Prev Medicine$11M1928
Neurosciences$9.2M2122#16
Biology$4.8M1015
Biomedical Engineering$4.1M97#22
Biochemistry$3M66#66
Surgery$2.6M68#34
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$2.5M74
Neurology$1.9M35#44
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$1.7M54
Dentistry$1.2M11
Pediatrics$951.2K12#59
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$718.6K22
Anesthesiology$437.9K12#44
Physiology$433.8K11#77
Anatomy/Cell Biology$432.8K11#78
Pathology$361.2K22#79
Emergency Medicine$156.1K11#36

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Wake Forest University Health Sciences based on NIH grant totals.

$5.4M
total funding
$5.4M
total funding
#3
Yongmei Liu
1 grant
$5.4M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
$2.3M
total funding
$1.8M
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$1.8M
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$1.8M
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$1.8M
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