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Stanford University

Stanford, CA · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #10

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$570.7M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
1,087
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
979
Principal investigators
National Rank
#10
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 $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 FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$99.9M202196
Psychiatry$49M6972#6
Genetics$42.1M5552#3
Pediatrics$40.7M7681#5
Pathology$39.1M5760#3
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$33.4M6662
Neurology$26.2M5052#13
Biology$21.8M4741
Biomedical Engineering$18.4M2726#4
Surgery$17.9M2626#6
Anesthesiology$17.4M3930#4
Ophthalmology$16.3M3525#3
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$13.8M2117
Chemistry$12.1M2723
Neurosurgery$11.2M2325#7
Otolaryngology$11.1M2219#2
Biophysics$9.1M2217
Pharmacology$8.9M1613#33
Emergency Medicine$8.7M1515#4
Engineering (all Types)$6.9M2324

Showing top 20 of 34 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Joseph C. Wu
19 grants
$13.5M
total funding
#2
Dean W Felsher
3 grants
$11.6M
total funding
$11.4M
total funding
#4
Manisha Desai
3 grants
$10.6M
total funding
#5
Ruth M O'Hara
2 grants
$10.4M
total funding
$8.3M
total funding
#7
Wah Chiu
2 grants
$7.2M
total funding
$6.5M
total funding
#9
Katy Borner
1 grant
$6.5M
total funding
#10
Liming Pei
1 grant
$6.5M
total funding