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Rutgers University

Newark, NJ · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #38

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$235M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
503
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
499
Principal investigators
National Rank
#38
Among schools ranked in FY2024

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 $151.2M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #57 in FY2001 to #34 in FY2026. Best rank: #34; lowest rank: #64. 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$37.3M#57
FY2002$42.4M#57
FY2003$54.8M#56
FY2004$59.7M#56
FY2005$58.8M#58
FY2006$61.7M#62
FY2007$61.9M#64
FY2008$70.2M#59
FY2009$95.8M#58
FY2010$103.6M#59
FY2011$73.9M#59
FY2012$80.7M#59
FY2013$71.2M#58
FY2014$73.2M#58
FY2015$67.9M#58
FY2016$69.1M#64
FY2017$70.7M#61
FY2018$78.8M#62
FY2019$93.7M#58
FY2020$98.8M#57
FY2021$108.1M#55
FY2022$137.5M#51
FY2023$258M#38
FY2024$236.4M#38
FY2025$255.7M#35
FY2026$151.2M#34

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Rutgers University in FY2024.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$37.4M5454
Pharmacology$19.8M5248#12
Genetics$16.8M1814#13
Other Basic Sciences$15.8M3026
Psychiatry$15.8M3232#21
Public Health & Prev Medicine$13.6M2632
Anatomy/Cell Biology$11.6M2521#14
Biology$10.1M2120
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$8.5M1818
Biochemistry$8.1M2017#42
Pediatrics$7.5M1515#36
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$7.2M1725
Miscellaneous$6M1918
Psychology$5.4M1822
Pathology$4.5M910#46
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$4M129
Family Medicine$3.4M87#6
Chemistry$3.3M107
Anesthesiology$3.1M67#28
Surgery$2.9M88#42

Showing top 20 of 32 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$11M
total funding
#2
James A Knowles
2 grants
$10.4M
total funding
$9.8M
total funding
$9.4M
total funding
#5
David Alland
7 grants
$9.4M
total funding
#6
Padmini Salgame
7 grants
$6.6M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
#8
Carlos N Pato
4 grants
$4.6M
total funding
#9
Zhiping P. Pang
5 grants
$4.5M
total funding
$4M
total funding