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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #46

NIH Funding · FY2026

Provisional ranking · FY2026 year to date · NIH data through July 13, 2026

Total Funding
$119.4M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
227
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
272
Principal investigators
National Rank
#46
Among schools ranked in FY2026

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 $119.4M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #38 in FY2006 to #46 in FY2026. Best rank: #38; lowest rank: #48. 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
FY2006$149.5M#38
FY2007$153.7M#38
FY2008$155.4M#38
FY2009$185.3M#39
FY2010$190.9M#38
FY2011$153.5M#39
FY2012$157.2M#39
FY2013$132.4M#41
FY2014$121.9M#42
FY2015$119M#43
FY2016$124.9M#44
FY2017$149.1M#42
FY2018$147.1M#44
FY2019$168.8M#44
FY2020$178.4M#43
FY2021$172.9M#46
FY2022$180.3M#45
FY2023$192.7M#46
FY2024$163.5M#48
FY2025$186.5M#41
FY2026$119.4M#46

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in FY2026.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$41.4M68100
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$21.4M4251
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$13.9M2329
Surgery$13M1930#17
Miscellaneous$10.7M2228
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$10.3M1418
Pathology$5.6M1018#44
Public Health & Prev Medicine$5.3M813
Genetics$5.1M1213#28
Biology$5M1414
Obstetrics & Gynecology$4.6M816
Psychology$4.2M49
Anesthesiology$2.7M64#24
Pharmacology$2.4M65#73
Plastic Surgery$1.5M12
Neurosurgery$1.4M33#37
Pediatrics$787.9K34#67
Other Health Professions$667.3K12
Urology$637.2K23#22
Biochemistry$544.5K12#119

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center based on NIH grant totals.

$6.2M
total funding
$6.1M
total funding
#3
Stephen Y Lai
5 grants
$5.5M
total funding
#4
Ken Chen
2 grants
$3.8M
total funding
#5
Xiling Shen
2 grants
$3.5M
total funding
#6
Qian Lu
3 grants
$3.3M
total funding
#7
Ziyi Li
2 grants
$3.2M
total funding
#8
Susan Bullman
3 grants
$3.2M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding
$3.1M
total funding