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Stanford University

Stanford, CA · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #11

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$548.3M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
1,155
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
986
Principal investigators
National Rank
#11
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 $345.4M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #13 in FY2001 to #9 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$345.4M#9

Top departments by funding

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

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$89.1M227209
Psychiatry$49.2M7676#6
Pediatrics$40M8188#5
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$39M7965
Pathology$36.1M5850#2
Genetics$33.5M5245#4
Anesthesiology$23.1M4229#2
Neurology$21.2M4955#14
Biomedical Engineering$21.2M3533#3
Biology$18.5M4941
Neurosurgery$15.1M3126#2
Surgery$14.2M3128#9
Ophthalmology$14.2M3223#4
Biophysics$12.9M2720
Chemistry$12M2819
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$10.7M2320
Pharmacology$9.2M2115#30
Otolaryngology$9M2016#2
Emergency Medicine$8.9M1315#4
Engineering (all Types)$7.3M2524

Showing top 20 of 33 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Dean W Felsher
5 grants
$11.5M
total funding
#2
Manisha Desai
4 grants
$11M
total funding
#3
Ruth M O'Hara
2 grants
$10.4M
total funding
#4
Joseph C. Wu
17 grants
$8.2M
total funding
#5
Wah Chiu
3 grants
$8.1M
total funding
#6
Britt Hedman
2 grants
$7.4M
total funding
$6.8M
total funding
$6.8M
total funding
$6.5M
total funding
#10
Mark Mercola
11 grants
$6.2M
total funding