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Stanford University

Stanford, CA · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #10

NIH Funding · FY2026

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

Total Funding
$403.2M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
719
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
692
Principal investigators
National Rank
#10
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 $403.2M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #13 in FY2001 to #10 in FY2026. Best rank: #8; lowest rank: #16. 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$219.9M#13
FY2002$241.7M#14
FY2003$267M#15
FY2004$295.7M#13
FY2005$305.8M#13
FY2006$316M#13
FY2007$307.1M#15
FY2008$301.6M#16
FY2009$370M#16
FY2010$430.8M#14
FY2011$345.5M#16
FY2012$347.1M#15
FY2013$360.7M#11
FY2014$391.6M#10
FY2015$427.3M#9
FY2016$433.4M#9
FY2017$473.5M#8
FY2018$510M#9
FY2019$533M#9
FY2020$563M#12
FY2021$612.6M#11
FY2022$660.9M#9
FY2023$676.6M#9
FY2024$562.3M#11
FY2025$580.4M#10
FY2026$403.2M#10

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for Stanford University in FY2026.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$61.4M132126
Psychiatry$47.8M4753#4
Pathology$29.9M3949#2
Genetics$28.5M4044#3
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$21.5M4042
Pediatrics$20.6M4145#12
Biology$17.3M3433
Neurology$15.9M2632#11
Biomedical Engineering$13M1918#5
Ophthalmology$12.6M2320#2
Anesthesiology$10.1M2520#3
Surgery$9.1M1617#14
Neurosurgery$8.9M2022#4
Emergency Medicine$8.2M1114#2
Pharmacology$8M1413#25
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$7.6M1313
Otolaryngology$7.4M1411#3
Chemistry$6.8M1815
Engineering (all Types)$6M1715
Biophysics$5.9M1310

Showing top 20 of 33 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Leanne Williams
2 grants
$11.6M
total funding
$11.3M
total funding
#3
Jun Ma
1 grant
$11.3M
total funding
#4
Manisha Desai
3 grants
$10.6M
total funding
$10M
total funding
#6
Ruth M O'Hara
1 grant
$10M
total funding
#7
Joseph C. Wu
13 grants
$9M
total funding
#8
Wah Chiu
2 grants
$6.5M
total funding
$6.4M
total funding
#10
Britt Hedman
1 grant
$6.4M
total funding