ScienceDex / Researcher record
Zhijian J Chen
- University of Arizona · Internal Medicine (NIH department code)
- UT Southwestern Medical Center · Biochemistry (NIH department code)
From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.
FY2026 NIH rank #5,280
- Rising Star
- Program Leader
- R01 Holder
- Translational
- 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 | $792,616 | 2 | #19,261 |
| 2025 | $1,510,099 | 3 | #9,955 |
| 2026 | $3,369,186 | 3 | #5,280 |
Award activity
Awards through the years
NIH award records listing this researcher in each fiscal year.
- FY20242 records
- FY20253 records
- FY2026 · selected3 records
Each bar starts at zero. Annual records can include renewals of the same project; they are not a count of distinct career grants.
Publications
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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 7998706Search this ID in NIH RePORTER
- ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-8251Verified 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
- Internal Medicine
- Biochemistry
FY2026 award records by amount
NIH award records listing Zhijian J Chen as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.
- 5P01HL160488-04P01Contact PIImmune Response-Mediated Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Growth and RenewalUniversity of Arizona · Internal Medicine (NIH department code)$2Maward amount
- 3OT2CA278683-01S4OT2Contact PIeDyNAmiC-TEXASSWUT Southwestern Medical Center · Biochemistry (NIH department code)$770.7Kaward amount
- 5R01CA299257-02R01Co-investigatorNovel endogenous and engineered activators of STING: from mechanisms to cancer therapyUT Southwestern Medical Center · Biochemistry (NIH department code)$642.7Kaward amount
Award organizations
Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Zhijian J Chen as a PI.
Coverage and award-record milestones
Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.
- 2024First NIH AwardUniversity of Arizona
- 2024$500K Cumulative Funding
- 2025$1M Cumulative Funding
- 2025$2M Cumulative Funding
- 2025Entered Top 50% NationallyRanked #9955
- 2025Multi-Institutional ResearchAwards at 2 institutions
- 2025R01 Grant Holder
- 2025Program/Center Grant Leader
- 2026$5M Cumulative Funding
Shared-award investigators
Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Zhijian J Chen.
Eric N Olson
University of Arizona
2
shared awards
Hesham Sadek
University of Arizona
2
shared awards
Jeffery D Molkentin
University of Arizona
2
shared awards
Joseph A Hill
University of Arizona
2
shared awards
Xiaochen Bai
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2
shared awards
Xuewu Zhang
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2
shared awards
Eric N Olson
UT Southwestern Medical Center
1
shared award
Hesham Sadek
UT Southwestern Medical Center
1
shared award
Jeffery D Molkentin
UT Southwestern Medical Center
1
shared award
Joseph A Hill
UT Southwestern Medical Center
1
shared award