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Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #38

NIH Funding · FY2026

Provisional ranking · FY2026 year to date · NIH data through July 13, 2026

Total Funding
$173M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
360
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
394
Principal investigators
National Rank
#38
Among schools ranked in FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and medical school rank by fiscal year.

NIH funding history

Annual award funding in millions of dollars. FY2026 is $173M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #14 in FY2001 to #38 in FY2026. Best rank: #13; lowest rank: #38. Lower numbers are better.

The FY2026 point is provisional: FY2026 year to date · NIH data through July 13, 2026.

View annual funding and rank data
NIH funding and published medical-school rank by fiscal year
Fiscal yearNIH fundingMedical-school rank
FY2001$215.6M#14
FY2002$251.9M#13
FY2003$231.8M#18
FY2004$242.9M#18
FY2005$244.1M#17
FY2006$223.1M#20
FY2007$215.3M#21
FY2008$220.7M#22
FY2009$247.4M#26
FY2010$267.1M#26
FY2011$220.3M#24
FY2012$222.6M#25
FY2013$186.4M#29
FY2014$199.8M#28
FY2015$234.3M#26
FY2016$251.5M#27
FY2017$235.6M#27
FY2018$251.4M#28
FY2019$274.3M#29
FY2020$330.5M#25
FY2021$359.9M#22
FY2022$366.5M#25
FY2023$344M#27
FY2024$292.5M#28
FY2025$288.8M#30
FY2026$173M#38

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Baylor College of Medicine in FY2026.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$43.9M71104
Pediatrics$35.8M7683#4
Genetics$26.6M4546#5
Anatomy/Cell Biology$17.2M3140#7
Physiology$11.4M1923#8
Neurosciences$11.3M2822#14
Surgery$9.4M1627#16
Biochemistry$9.1M1918#25
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$8M1418
Pathology$7M1714#28
Ophthalmology$4.2M99#20
Neurology$2.8M66#40
Neurosurgery$2.8M79#17
Obstetrics & Gynecology$2.1M47
Psychiatry$884.7K22#66
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$773.5K11
Otolaryngology$677.3K12#34
Urology$481.7K11#27
Pharmacology$479.5K11#109
Anesthesiology$149.7K11#49

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Baylor College of Medicine based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Richard A Gibbs
3 grants
$9.4M
total funding
$6.7M
total funding
$6.7M
total funding
#4
Helen E Heslop
2 grants
$6.7M
total funding
#5
Natalia Lapteva
2 grants
$6.7M
total funding
#6
Xiang Zhang
3 grants
$6.6M
total funding
#7
Cristian Coarfa
5 grants
$6M
total funding
$5M
total funding
$4.7M
total funding
$4.6M
total funding