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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, AR · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #75

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$57.3M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
125
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
135
Principal investigators
National Rank
#75
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 $21.6M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #65 in FY2006 to #81 in FY2026. Best rank: #56; lowest rank: #82. 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
FY2006$48.8M#65
FY2007$50.9M#67
FY2008$46.7M#69
FY2009$62.5M#65
FY2010$71.4M#62
FY2011$52.9M#64
FY2012$45.2M#69
FY2013$40M#76
FY2014$32.7M#82
FY2015$31M#82
FY2016$77.7M#56
FY2017$37.9M#77
FY2018$40.9M#78
FY2019$44.8M#76
FY2020$57.2M#74
FY2021$63M#69
FY2022$70.2M#65
FY2023$68.2M#66
FY2024$57.3M#75
FY2025$48.6M#81
FY2026$21.6M#81

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in FY2024.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Pediatrics$8.6M46#33
Pharmacology$5.4M1617#54
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M1716
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$5.1M1715
Internal Medicine/Medicine$4.5M1111
Biochemistry$4.4M88#69
Physiology$2.7M98#58
Psychiatry$2.2M47#60
Otolaryngology$1.8M23#27
Miscellaneous$1.6M34
Neurology$1.3M46#56
Family Medicine$1.2M22#24
Pathology$1.1M45#72
Obstetrics & Gynecology$1.1M33
Other Clinical Sciences$899.8K32
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$758.6K42
Anatomy/Cell Biology$549.8K13#77
Orthopedics$324.4K11#39
Other Health Professions$216.7K11

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences based on NIH grant totals.

$7.9M
total funding
$7.9M
total funding
#3
Laura P James
1 grant
$3.9M
total funding
#4
Alan Tackett
4 grants
$3M
total funding
$2.1M
total funding
$1.9M
total funding
$1.7M
total funding
#8
Pebbles Fagan
2 grants
$1.7M
total funding
$1.7M
total funding
#10
Mark S Smeltzer
3 grants
$1.4M
total funding