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Michael L Merchant
- University of Louisville · Pharmacology (NIH department code)
From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.
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- Program Leader
- R01 Holder
- Translational
- Early Career
NIH Funding · FY2026
Award-linked funding history
Linked NIH award amounts and rank by fiscal year.
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| Fiscal year | Linked awards | Records | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,511,393 | 3 | #8,487 |
| 2025 | $697,731 | 1 | #23,413 |
| 2026 | $2,382,862 | 2 | #8,340 |
Award activity
Awards through the years
NIH award records listing this researcher in each fiscal year.
- FY20243 records
- FY20251 record
- FY2026 · selected2 records
Each bar starts at zero. Annual records can include renewals of the same project; they are not a count of distinct career grants.
Citation measures
From OpenAlex data as of September 23, 2026. Google Scholar and Scopus count other sources, so their numbers differ.
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Publications
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Researcher identity and coverage
- Current affiliation
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- NIH RePORTER identity
- Profile ID 8638276Search 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.
FY2026 award categories
- Pharmacology
- Public Health
FY2026 award records by amount
NIH award records listing Michael L Merchant as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.
- 2P30ES030283-06A1P30Contact PIUniversity of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Louisville · Pharmacology (NIH department code)$1.6Maward amount
- 1R01DK143566-01A1R01Co-investigatorNovel biomarkers of kidney disease in type 1 diabetesUniversity of Pittsburgh · Public Health (NIH department code)$812.9Kaward amount
Award organizations
Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Michael L Merchant as a PI.
Coverage and award-record milestones
Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.
- 2024First NIH AwardUniversity of Louisville
- 2024$500K Cumulative Funding
- 2024$1M Cumulative Funding
- 2024Entered Top 50% NationallyRanked #8487
- 2025$2M Cumulative Funding
- 2025Multi-Institutional ResearchAwards at 2 institutions
- 2025R01 Grant Holder
- 2025Program/Center Grant Leader
Shared-award investigators
Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Michael L Merchant.