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David Michael Merrick

NIH Rank #1976
Unclaimed recordClaim profile
  • R01 Holder
  • Top 10% Funded
  • Early Career
  • Diverse Portfolio

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 8514413Search this ID in NIH RePORTER
ScienceDex PI coverage
FY2025 onlyCareer claims are limited to the years shown.Metrics use this researcher's latest loaded PI award year; ScienceDex is current through FY2026.

FY2025 award categories

  • Internal Medicine

NIH Funding · FY2025

Linked Award Amount
$4.1M
Full award amounts, FY2025
Award Records
3
Records listing this PI
Award-Linked Rank
#1,976
By linked amount among FY2025 PIs
Earliest Year Loaded
2025
ScienceDex PI coverage

One scientist record

NIH portfolios and SHARE

This is the common ScienceDex page for David Michael Merrick. NIH portfolio memberships are contextual views of this scientist, while SHARE Score, S-Index, and S-Impact describe the researcher's global sharing track record.

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FY2025 NIH portfolio memberships

No institute-level portfolio release is available for this scientist and fiscal year yet. Existing award history remains unchanged above.

Researcher-associated datasets

These datasets are linked to this researcher's ShareScore identity. This does not by itself prove that an NIH portfolio funded each dataset.

No compatible author-to-dataset release is published. Dataset records are unavailable, not zero.

Award data coverage

ScienceDex currently has one fiscal year of PI ranking data for this record. This does not establish the first NIH award or current employer.

Single fiscal year on record (FY2025): $4.1M in linked award amounts across 3 award records · Award-linked rank #1976.

FY2025 award records by amount

NIH award records listing David Michael Merrick as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.

  • 1R01DK144021-01R01
    Defining the mechanisms regulating adipose tissue metabolic memory and its role in rebound weight gain.
    University of Pennsylvania
    $2.6M
    award amount
  • 1DP2DK147746-01DP2
    Optogenetic engineering of thermogenic adipose tissue as a novel cell therapy for obesity
    University of Pennsylvania
    $1.4M
    award amount
  • 1R56DK139097-01A1R56
    Developmental origins of dermal adipose tissue
    University of Pennsylvania
    $121.9K
    award amount

Award organization

Organizations that administered FY2025 awards listing David Michael Merrick as a PI.

FY2025 award administered by University of Pennsylvania (PA).

Coverage and award-record milestones

Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.

  1. 2025
    First NIH Award
    University of Pennsylvania
  2. 2025
    $500K Cumulative Funding
  3. 2025
    $1M Cumulative Funding
  4. 2025
    $2M Cumulative Funding
  5. 2025
    Entered Top 50% Nationally
    Ranked #1976
  6. 2025
    Entered Top 25% Nationally
    Ranked #1976
  7. 2025
    Entered Top 10% Nationally
    Ranked #1976

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