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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #41

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$185.1M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
365
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
411
Principal investigators
National Rank
#41
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 $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.

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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 FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$59.8M97124
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$28.3M6165
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$16M2226
Miscellaneous$13M2935
Surgery$10.6M1927#15
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$8.9M1824
Genetics$5.9M1613#35
Pathology$5.1M1014#42
Biology$5.1M1214
Obstetrics & Gynecology$3.8M1015
Public Health & Prev Medicine$3.6M814
Anesthesiology$3M86#24
Pharmacology$3M77#74
Psychology$3M55
Pediatrics$1.3M33#64
Neurosurgery$1.3M33#39
Veterinary Sciences$1M21
Biochemistry$613.6K12#119
Plastic Surgery$507.9K12
Biomedical Engineering$369.4K11#70

Showing top 20 of 22 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

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

#1
Linghua Wang
3 grants
$5.2M
total funding
#2
Stephen Y Lai
9 grants
$5.1M
total funding
$4.2M
total funding
$4.1M
total funding
$4.1M
total funding
#6
Mingyao Li
1 grant
$4.1M
total funding
$3M
total funding
$3M
total funding
#9
Kunal Rai
2 grants
$2.9M
total funding
#10
Wen Jiang
4 grants
$2.8M
total funding