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University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · School of Medicine

Med School Rank #5

NIH Funding · FY2023

Total Funding
$792.8M
Fiscal year 2023
Grants Awarded
1,496
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,062
Principal investigators
National Rank
#5
Among schools ranked in FY2023

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 $831.6M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #5 in FY2001 to #5 in FY2026. Best rank: #4; lowest rank: #7. Lower numbers are better.

View annual funding and rank data
NIH funding and published medical-school rank by fiscal year
Fiscal yearNIH fundingMedical-school rank
FY2001$314.3M#5
FY2002$337.2M#5
FY2003$377.5M#5
FY2004$401.8M#5
FY2005$414.6M#5
FY2006$421.4M#5
FY2007$449.5M#5
FY2008$528.4M#5
FY2009$569.1M#6
FY2010$579.3M#7
FY2011$569.2M#5
FY2012$549M#5
FY2013$549.3M#5
FY2014$579.5M#5
FY2015$597.6M#4
FY2016$615.8M#4
FY2017$601.7M#5
FY2018$658M#5
FY2019$699.5M#5
FY2020$696.2M#5
FY2021$722.5M#6
FY2022$834.3M#4
FY2023$797.7M#5
FY2024$760.9M#5
FY2025$766.5M#5
FY2026$831.6M#5

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of California, San Francisco in FY2023.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$219.8M401282—
Neurology$127.5M161117#2
Pharmacology$37.9M9065#3
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$37M6648—
Pediatrics$32.3M8471#18
Neurosurgery$28M5535#1
Psychiatry$27.2M6849#15
Ophthalmology$25.5M5130#3
Public Health & Prev Medicine$25.4M6345—
Obstetrics & Gynecology$21.8M4432—
Anatomy/Cell Biology$21.2M5938#4
Biochemistry$19.6M4331#9
Surgery$18.6M2621#10
Pathology$18.3M4233#16
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$14.2M3121—
Orthopedics$11.3M2016#3
Dermatology$8.9M2314#2
Anesthesiology$8.5M1612#13
Physiology$7.6M1918#29
Otolaryngology$7.5M1813#7

Showing top 20 of 24 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of California, San Francisco based on NIH grant totals.

$30.9M
total funding
#2
Krogan, Nevan J
2 grants
$9.1M
total funding
$8.5M
total funding
#4
Ashworth, Alan
2 grants
$8.4M
total funding
#5
Gandhi, Monica
7 grants
$6.4M
total funding
$6.1M
total funding
$5.7M
total funding
$5.5M
total funding
$5M
total funding
$4.9M
total funding