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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #48

NIH Funding · FY2024

Total Funding
$163M
Fiscal year 2024
Grants Awarded
376
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
408
Principal investigators
National Rank
#48
Among schools ranked in FY2024

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 $92.1M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #38 in FY2006 to #50 in FY2026. Best rank: #38; lowest rank: #50. 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$92.1M#50

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in FY2024.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$51.6M110134
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$21.5M5251
Miscellaneous$11.9M2635
Surgery$9.4M2228#18
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$9.1M2021
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$8.1M1722
Pathology$7.5M1317#35
Genetics$7.3M1913#29
Biology$4.6M1212
Psychology$3.9M78
Anesthesiology$3.7M98#23
Obstetrics & Gynecology$3.6M610
Public Health & Prev Medicine$3.6M1017
Pharmacology$2.4M63#80
Neurosurgery$1.8M54#38
Veterinary Sciences$1.6M21
Pediatrics$1.3M33#62
Biomedical Engineering$759.7K22#65
Biochemistry$593.1K12#120
Plastic Surgery$516.1K12

Showing top 20 of 21 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Anirban Maitra
6 grants
$4.8M
total funding
$3.5M
total funding
#3
Ying Yuan
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#4
Kunal Rai
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#5
Liang Li
2 grants
$2.5M
total funding
#6
Stephen Y Lai
7 grants
$2.5M
total funding
#7
Pawel K. Mazur
4 grants
$2.5M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
#9
Rugang Zhang
6 grants
$2.3M
total funding
$2.2M
total funding