ScienceDex / Researcher record
Ashok Kumar
- Wayne State University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)
From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.
FY2026 NIH rank #6,619
- R01 Holder
- Translational
- Early Career
NIH Funding · FY2026
Award-linked funding history
Linked NIH award amounts and rank by fiscal year.
Linked awards ($M)Award-linked rank
View yearly values
| Fiscal year | Linked awards | Records | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,793,009 | 4 | #6,516 |
| 2025 | $2,073,854 | 5 | #6,305 |
| 2026 | $2,853,417 | 6 | #6,619 |
Award activity
Awards through the years
NIH award records listing this researcher in each fiscal year.
- FY20244 records
- FY20255 records
- FY2026 · selected6 records
Each bar starts at zero. Annual records can include renewals of the same project; they are not a count of distinct career grants.
Researcher identity and coverage
- Current affiliation
- Not verified in ScienceDex.NIH award organizations may differ from a researcher's employer.
- NIH RePORTER identity
- Profile ID 8574507Search this ID in NIH RePORTER
- ORCID iD
- No ORCID iD on recordA researcher can add one by claiming this profile.
- ScienceDex PI coverage
- FY2024 through FY2026Career claims are limited to the years shown.Metrics use this researcher's latest loaded PI award year; ScienceDex is current through FY2027.
FY2026 award categories
- Pharmacology
- Ophthalmology
FY2026 award records by amount
NIH award records listing Ashok Kumar as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.
- 2R01EY032149-05A1R01Co-investigatorDefining Host Determinants of Ocular Zika PathogenesisUniversity of California, Los Angeles · Pharmacology (NIH department code)$702Kaward amount
- 5R01EY036572-02R01Co-investigatorDefining Ocular Monkey Pox Pathogenic MechanismsUniversity of California, Los Angeles · Pharmacology (NIH department code)$699.6Kaward amount
- 5R01EY027381-08R01Contact PIFerroptosis in bacterial endophthalmitis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic targetingWayne State University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)$453.5Kaward amount
- 5R01EY035499-03R01Contact PIVitreous metabolic perturbations during bacterial and fungal endophthalmitisWayne State University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)$447.1Kaward amount
- 5R01EY026964-10R01Contact PITargeting NAD metabolism to ameliorate bacterial endophthalmitisWayne State University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)$320.3Kaward amount
- 5R21EY037082-02R21Contact PIDifferential impact of acute and chronic opioids on ocular innate immunity and infectionsWayne State University · Ophthalmology (NIH department code)$231Kaward amount
Award organizations
Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Ashok Kumar as a PI.
Coverage and award-record milestones
Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.
- 2024First NIH AwardWayne State University
- 2024$500K Cumulative Funding
- 2024$1M Cumulative Funding
- 2024Entered Top 50% NationallyRanked #6516
- 2025$2M Cumulative Funding
- 2025Multi-Institutional ResearchAwards at 2 institutions
- 2025R01 Grant Holder
- 2026$5M Cumulative Funding
Shared-award investigators
Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Ashok Kumar.