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Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #7Med School Rank #8

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$640.6M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
1,144
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,091
Principal investigators
National Rank
#7
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 Washington University in St. Louis in FY2025.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$136M254244
Neurology$77.8M7358#2
Psychiatry$43.3M6975#7
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$41.3M7985
Pathology$37.3M7668#4
Pediatrics$31.6M6461#10
Anesthesiology$29.1M5544#1
Genetics$26.4M2947#7
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$17.4M3228
Surgery$16.1M3242#8
Ophthalmology$14.8M2017#4
Neurosciences$14.4M3431#16
Neurosurgery$13.4M2224#4
Anatomy/Cell Biology$13M2419#14
Biology$11.1M2423
Other Basic Sciences$10.5M2423
Biochemistry$10.4M2022#30
Orthopedics$9.2M2424#2
Biomedical Engineering$8.4M1621#16
Otolaryngology$7.9M1815#7

Showing top 20 of 30 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Washington University in St. Louis based on NIH grant totals.

$29.8M
total funding
$17.5M
total funding
$15.1M
total funding
$12.3M
total funding
#5
Ting Wang
7 grants
$12M
total funding
$9.3M
total funding
$9M
total funding
#8
Damien A Fair
3 grants
$8.4M
total funding
$8.3M
total funding
#10
Li Ding
9 grants
$8.1M
total funding