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Joseph Heitman

From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.

FY2026 NIH rank #6,988
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  • R01 Holder
  • Translational
  • Early Career
  • Mentor
  • Diverse Portfolio

Researcher identity and coverage

Current affiliation
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NIH RePORTER identity
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ScienceDex PI coverage
FY2024 through FY2026Career claims are limited to the years shown.

FY2026 award categories

  • Genetics
  • BIOLOGY

NIH Funding · FY2026

Linked Award Amount
$2.7M
Full award amounts, FY2026
Award Records
5
Records listing this PI
Award-Linked Rank
#6,988
By linked amount among FY2026 PIs
Earliest Year Loaded
2024
ScienceDex PI coverage

One scientist record

NIH portfolios and SHARE

This is the common ScienceDex page for Joseph Heitman. 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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FY2026 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-linked funding history

Linked NIH award amounts and rank by fiscal year.

FY2026 award records by amount

NIH award records listing Joseph Heitman as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.

  • 5R01AI170543-05R01Contact PI
    RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesis
    Duke University · Genetics (NIH department code)
    $728.3K
    award amount
  • 5R01AI172451-04R01Contact PI
    Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence
    Duke University · Genetics (NIH department code)
    $672.9K
    award amount
  • 5R01AI133654-09R01Co-investigator
    The Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus Neoformans
    Duke University · Biology (NIH department code)
    $575.8K
    award amount
  • 5T32AI052080-23T32Contact PI
    Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program
    Duke University · Genetics (NIH department code)
    $447.6K
    award amount
  • 1R21AI199262-01R21Contact PI
    Investigation of a novel mycovirus and its impacts on the biology and pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans
    Duke University · Genetics (NIH department code)
    $242.3K
    award amount

Award organization

Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Joseph Heitman as a PI.

FY2026 award administered by Duke University (NC).

Coverage and award-record milestones

Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.

  1. 2024
    First NIH Award
    Duke University
  2. 2024
    $500K Cumulative Funding
  3. 2024
    $1M Cumulative Funding
  4. 2024
    $2M Cumulative Funding
  5. 2024
    Entered Top 50% Nationally
    Ranked #1770
  6. 2024
    Entered Top 25% Nationally
    Ranked #1770
  7. 2024
    Entered Top 10% Nationally
    Ranked #1770
  8. 2025
    $5M Cumulative Funding
  9. 2025
    R01 Grant Holder

Shared-award investigators

Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Joseph Heitman.

Paul Mitaari Magwene
Duke University
6
shared awards
Andrew Alspaugh
Duke University
3
shared awards
Salome Leibundgut-Landmann
Duke University
1
shared award

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