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Howard University

Washington, DC · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #100

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$6.3M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
19
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
36
Principal investigators
National Rank
#100
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 $5M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #75 in FY2001 to #97 in FY2026. Best rank: #73; lowest rank: #108. 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$17.3M#75
FY2002$20.9M#74
FY2003$21.2M#76
FY2004$25M#73
FY2005$22.3M#75
FY2006$22.9M#85
FY2007$19.5M#87
FY2008$18.4M#88
FY2009$18.1M#90
FY2010$15.7M#94
FY2011$12M#93
FY2012$7.6M#102
FY2013$9.7M#95
FY2014$13.2M#91
FY2015$10.6M#93
FY2016$11.2M#92
FY2017$8.3M#95
FY2018$5.9M#108
FY2019$8.6M#102
FY2020$9.7M#101
FY2021$11.8M#93
FY2022$13.8M#92
FY2023$10M#97
FY2024$5.7M#106
FY2025$6.3M#100
FY2026$5M#97

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Howard University in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Physiology$1.2M45#68
Psychiatry$827.8K22#68
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$540.8K22
Biology$458.8K22
Pediatrics$424.9K14#83
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$389K11
Internal Medicine/Medicine$249K11
Biochemistry$193.1K12#132
Pharmacology$154.5K11#124

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Howard University based on NIH grant totals.

$1.3M
total funding
$1.2M
total funding
$1.2M
total funding
$1.2M
total funding
#5
Byron D. Ford
1 grant
$1.2M
total funding
$1.2M
total funding
$668.4K
total funding
$636.3K
total funding
$428.4K
total funding
#10
Sudha Sharma
1 grant
$428.4K
total funding