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Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #30

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$281.7M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
563
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
561
Principal investigators
National Rank
#30
Among schools ranked in FY2025

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 $149.6M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #14 in FY2001 to #35 in FY2026. Best rank: #13; lowest rank: #35. 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$149.6M#35

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Baylor College of Medicine in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$56.6M104106
Pediatrics$53.5M118111#3
Genetics$42.4M6766#2
Neurosciences$19M4732#8
Physiology$15.1M2924#9
Anatomy/Cell Biology$13.4M3033#11
Surgery$10.1M1824#17
Biochemistry$10M2720#32
Neurosurgery$8.9M1415#8
Pathology$8.7M2216#30
Ophthalmology$7M1318#18
Psychiatry$6.3M811#44
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$5.6M1826
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$4.1M36
Neurology$3.8M1110#43
Urology$1.5M15#17
Obstetrics & Gynecology$1.3M46
Otolaryngology$678K12#42
Physical Medicine & Rehab$641.3K11
Family Medicine$457.8K12#42

Showing top 20 of 22 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$9.4M
total funding
$7.9M
total funding
#3
Fasiha Kanwal
6 grants
$7.9M
total funding
#4
Brendan Lee
9 grants
$7.3M
total funding
$7.2M
total funding
#6
Richard A Gibbs
3 grants
$6M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
#8
Sharon E. Plon
2 grants
$5.3M
total funding
$5.2M
total funding
#10
Jacob Reimer
7 grants
$5.2M
total funding