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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #64

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$78.3M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
182
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
199
Principal investigators
National Rank
#64
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 $47.9M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #64 in FY2001 to #63 in FY2026. Best rank: #56; lowest rank: #73. 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$29.2M#64
FY2002$32.9M#65
FY2003$37.3M#66
FY2004$41.4M#63
FY2005$41.7M#64
FY2006$45.4M#70
FY2007$42.6M#73
FY2008$48.5M#72
FY2009$68.7M#67
FY2010$76.7M#63
FY2011$56.7M#66
FY2012$64.8M#64
FY2013$59.6M#62
FY2014$61.8M#61
FY2015$60M#60
FY2016$73.4M#59
FY2017$75M#59
FY2018$82.9M#58
FY2019$87.8M#60
FY2020$94.3M#56
FY2021$91.7M#61
FY2022$99.6M#62
FY2023$101.4M#62
FY2024$73.9M#64
FY2025$78.4M#64
FY2026$47.9M#63

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of Nebraska Medical Center in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$15.9M4042
Pharmacology$11.7M2320#26
Other Basic Sciences$7.2M1815
Pathology$6.6M1617#37
Neurology$5.9M912#35
Biochemistry$5.1M1313#67
Anesthesiology$3.9M810#20
Public Health & Prev Medicine$3.1M36
Pediatrics$2.5M710#53
Physiology$2.3M54#56
Emergency Medicine$2.2M42#18
Genetics$2.1M86#47
Other Health Professions$1.5M42
Surgery$1.5M43#57
Miscellaneous$890.3K25
Ophthalmology$613.4K33#54
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$601.8K23
Other Clinical Sciences$556.9K22

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of Nebraska Medical Center based on NIH grant totals.

$5M
total funding
#2
Benson Edagwa
5 grants
$4M
total funding
#3
Kuan-hua Chen
3 grants
$3.8M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
#5
Yu-long Li
4 grants
$2.2M
total funding
$2M
total funding
#7
Hanjun Wang
3 grants
$2M
total funding
$2M
total funding
#9
Joann B. Sweasy
6 grants
$1.9M
total funding
#10
Shilpa J Buch
3 grants
$1.9M
total funding