University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #14

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$493.6M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
1,078
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
1,041
Principal investigators
National Rank
#14
Among 124 medical schools

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and medical school rank by fiscal year.

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in FY2024.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$136.1M154159
Genetics$76.7M7783#2
Public Health & Prev Medicine$51M7782
Pharmacology$44.4M8379#4
Social Sciences$39M610
Psychiatry$36.7M5061#17
Physiology$34M6457#2
Nutrition$31.9M2635
Pediatrics$31.6M4047#21
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$26.4M2128
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$23.5M3936
Miscellaneous$20.7M3335
Anesthesiology$19.7M56#16
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$19M1719
Psychology$16.5M3536
Biochemistry$16.3M3124#17
Biomedical Engineering$15.4M2523#13
Pathology$14.7M2126#25
Obstetrics & Gynecology$13.9M1718
Surgery$8.9M1213#33

Showing top 20 of 35 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Robert A Hummer
5 grants
$12.4M
total funding
$9.9M
total funding
$8.6M
total funding
#4
Paul B Watkins
10 grants
$6.9M
total funding
$6.9M
total funding
$6.6M
total funding
$6.6M
total funding
#8
Ehsan Samei
8 grants
$6.6M
total funding
#9
Susan Halabi
8 grants
$6.6M
total funding
#10
Jonathan S Berg
6 grants
$6.3M
total funding