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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #49

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$158.8M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
302
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
344
Principal investigators
National Rank
#49
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 $93.1M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #36 in FY2001 to #48 in FY2026. Best rank: #36; lowest rank: #56. 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$88.2M#36
FY2002$98.4M#36
FY2003$104.2M#36
FY2004$110.3M#36
FY2005$105.4M#38
FY2006$103.9M#46
FY2007$106.2M#45
FY2008$96.3M#53
FY2009$105.6M#56
FY2010$122.8M#51
FY2011$110M#50
FY2012$88.4M#52
FY2013$78.1M#56
FY2014$79.9M#55
FY2015$79.1M#56
FY2016$91.3M#55
FY2017$101.4M#52
FY2018$131.2M#49
FY2019$150.3M#49
FY2020$165.1M#47
FY2021$159.1M#47
FY2022$175.7M#47
FY2023$201.3M#41
FY2024$138.7M#51
FY2025$158.8M#49
FY2026$93.1M#48

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of Arizona in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Pharmacology$28.5M4038#6
Internal Medicine/Medicine$16.5M3137
Physiology$11.3M1516#16
Public Health & Prev Medicine$10M2131
Psychology$9.3M1213
Pediatrics$9M1215#33
Anatomy/Cell Biology$8.8M2020#24
Biology$7.2M1415
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$6.1M1613
Neurosciences$6M1511#40
Surgery$4.7M1114#33
Biomedical Engineering$4.7M810#36
Psychiatry$4.1M79#51
Other Basic Sciences$2.9M1010
Biochemistry$2.8M87#90
Veterinary Sciences$2.6M77
Nutrition$2.5M77
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$2.1M35
Other Health Professions$1.8M33
Otolaryngology$1.5M44#28

Showing top 20 of 26 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

$10.2M
total funding
$7.7M
total funding
$6.6M
total funding
$4M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
$3.4M
total funding
#7
Yin Chen
2 grants
$3.2M
total funding
#8
Todd W Vanderah
5 grants
$3.2M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding
#10
Carol A. Barnes
4 grants
$2.8M
total funding