ScienceDex / Researcher record
Rob Knight
- University of California, San Diego (no department on record)
From the FY2025 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.
FY2026 NIH rank #279
- Rising Star
- Top 5% Funded
- R01 Holder
- Early Career
- Diverse Portfolio
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 | $4,181,130 | 3 | #1,501 |
| 2025 | $9,343,113 | 5 | #481 |
| 2026 | $16,490,850 | 5 | #279 |
Award activity
Awards through the years
NIH award records listing this researcher in each fiscal year.
- FY20243 records
- FY20255 records
- FY2026 · selected5 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 8454082Search this ID in NIH RePORTER
- ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9019Verified identifier for this researcher
- 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
- Psychiatry
- Pediatrics
- ENGINEERING (ALL TYPES)
FY2026 award records by amount
NIH award records listing Rob Knight as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.
- 2U19AG063744-06A1U19Co-investigatorAlzheimer's Gut Microbiome ProjectUT Health Science Center Houston · Psychiatry (NIH department code)$11.1Maward amount
- 5U24DK131617-05U24Co-investigatorThe UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics CenterUniversity of California, San Diego · Pediatrics (NIH department code)$3.3Maward amount
- 3U24DK131617-05S1U24Co-investigatorThe UCSD Microbiome and Metagenomics CenterUniversity of California, San Diego · Pediatrics (NIH department code)$1.4Maward amount
- 5R01CA241728-07R01Co-investigatorBacterial biosensors for the prevention of gastrointestinal cancersUniversity of California, San Diego · Engineering (NIH department code)$511.2Kaward amount
- 3R01CA241728-07S1R01Co-investigatorBacterial biosensors for the prevention of gastrointestinal cancersUniversity of California, San Diego · Engineering (NIH department code)$120Kaward amount
Award organizations
Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Rob Knight as a PI.
Coverage and award-record milestones
Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.
- 2024First NIH AwardUT Health Science Center Houston
- 2024$500K Cumulative Funding
- 2024$1M Cumulative Funding
- 2024$2M Cumulative Funding
- 2024Entered Top 50% NationallyRanked #1501
- 2024Entered Top 25% NationallyRanked #1501
- 2024Entered Top 10% NationallyRanked #1501
- 2025$5M Cumulative Funding
- 2025$10M Cumulative Funding
- 2025Entered Top 5% NationallyRanked #481
- 2025Multi-Institutional ResearchAwards at 2 institutions
- 2025R01 Grant Holder
- 2026$25M Cumulative Funding
Shared-award investigators
Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Rob Knight.
Jeff M Hasty
University of California, San Diego
5
shared awards
Jack Anthony Gilbert
University of California, San Diego
4
shared awards
David J Moore
University of California, San Diego
2
shared awards
Jennifer E Iudicello
University of California, San Diego
2
shared awards
Ronald J. Ellis
University of California, San Diego
2
shared awards
Sara Gianella Weibel
University of California, San Diego
2
shared awards
Scott L Letendre
University of California, San Diego
2
shared awards
Richard L Gallo
University of California, San Diego
1
shared award
Rima F Kaddurah-Daouk
UT Health Science Center Houston
1
shared award
Sarkis K Mazmanian
UT Health Science Center Houston
1
shared award