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Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #92

NIH Funding · FY2026

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

Total Funding
$6.7M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
14
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
16
Principal investigators
National Rank
#92
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 $6.7M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #74 in FY2001 to #92 in FY2026. Best rank: #71; lowest rank: #100. 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$18.7M#74
FY2002$24.8M#72
FY2003$26.5M#72
FY2004$26.7M#72
FY2005$30.8M#71
FY2006$26.7M#83
FY2007$24.2M#83
FY2008$23M#84
FY2009$33.6M#83
FY2010$35M#83
FY2011$25.9M#83
FY2012$25.2M#85
FY2013$21.3M#85
FY2014$17.3M#87
FY2015$14.9M#90
FY2016$16.3M#86
FY2017$14.2M#87
FY2018$14.6M#90
FY2019$9.8M#100
FY2020$9.9M#99
FY2021$11.5M#95
FY2022$11.7M#95
FY2023$15.5M#93
FY2024$8.1M#95
FY2025$18.2M#89
FY2026$6.7M#92

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Meharry Medical College in FY2026.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Neurosciences$2M12#50
Other Basic Sciences$1.4M36
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$1.1M23
Internal Medicine/Medicine$1.1M22
Dentistry$291K22
Family Medicine$162.5K11#36

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Meharry Medical College based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Anil Shanker
1 grant
$2M
total funding
$2M
total funding
$1.5M
total funding
#4
Pamela M Martin
2 grants
$925.5K
total funding
$684.6K
total funding
#6
Amadou Gaye
1 grant
$684.1K
total funding
$613.3K
total funding
#8
Pandu R Gangula
2 grants
$509.3K
total funding
#9
Pius N Nde
1 grant
$486K
total funding
#10
Waldemar Popik
1 grant
$400.1K
total funding