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University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #15

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$479.1M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
840
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
847
Principal investigators
National Rank
#15
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 $263.2M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #8 in FY2001 to #17 in FY2026. Best rank: #6; lowest rank: #17. 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$267.3M#8
FY2002$306M#8
FY2003$337.9M#8
FY2004$352.6M#8
FY2005$377.1M#7
FY2006$391M#8
FY2007$383.5M#10
FY2008$372.3M#12
FY2009$470.8M#9
FY2010$474M#10
FY2011$375.9M#12
FY2012$373.4M#13
FY2013$347.8M#13
FY2014$374.5M#14
FY2015$374.4M#13
FY2016$387.2M#15
FY2017$405.9M#15
FY2018$412.7M#15
FY2019$455.6M#15
FY2020$667.4M#6
FY2021$595.4M#13
FY2022$616.2M#12
FY2023$587.9M#13
FY2024$463M#16
FY2025$481.5M#15
FY2026$263.2M#17

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of California, Los Angeles in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$141.6M191183
Pediatrics$35.7M3439#8
Psychiatry$30.1M5970#13
Neurology$27.3M4449#10
Biochemistry$19.7M3841#9
Public Health & Prev Medicine$18.8M2430
Physiology$15.4M4335#8
Neurosciences$13.9M2319#18
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$13.5M3426
Pathology$12.5M2225#19
Psychology$10.8M2826
Pharmacology$10.3M1418#29
Dentistry$9.3M2128
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$9.1M2432
Genetics$9M1822#25
Chemistry$8.8M2623
Engineering (all Types)$6.7M1615
Ophthalmology$6.5M1617#19
Anesthesiology$5.6M1211#13
Surgery$5.4M1414#31

Showing top 20 of 33 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of California, Los Angeles based on NIH grant totals.

$47M
total funding
#2
Joseph J Eron
15 grants
$43.2M
total funding
$20.9M
total funding
$12.8M
total funding
#5
Arleen F. Brown
5 grants
$11.5M
total funding
$10.4M
total funding
#7
Arash Naeim
2 grants
$9.9M
total funding
$5.6M
total funding
#9
Norbert Pardi
2 grants
$5.5M
total funding
#10
Hong-wei Dong
3 grants
$5M
total funding