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UT Health Science Center Houston

San Antonio, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #26

NIH Funding · FY2025

Total Funding
$306.4M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
554
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
575
Principal investigators
National Rank
#26
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 $168.4M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #39 in FY2001 to #27 in FY2026. Best rank: #26; lowest rank: #57. 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$75.2M#39
FY2002$83.5M#40
FY2003$84.6M#42
FY2004$75.3M#48
FY2005$79.1M#46
FY2006$98.9M#49
FY2007$92.8M#51
FY2008$101.1M#47
FY2009$123.4M#50
FY2010$128.8M#47
FY2011$81.2M#57
FY2012$87.4M#53
FY2013$84.5M#52
FY2014$87.4M#52
FY2015$86.5M#54
FY2016$92.9M#51
FY2017$94.9M#54
FY2018$97.2M#53
FY2019$108.9M#55
FY2020$129.6M#52
FY2021$138.8M#50
FY2022$126M#55
FY2023$160.1M#50
FY2024$289.6M#27
FY2025$306.5M#26
FY2026$168.4M#27

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for UT Health Science Center Houston in FY2025.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$44.2M7481
Neurology$27.9M4856#8
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$24.2M4539
Public Health & Prev Medicine$23.4M2331
Biochemistry$19.6M4846#10
Miscellaneous$17.9M1423
Psychiatry$13M1917#25
Neurosurgery$11.6M2622#5
Genetics$11.5M2928#18
Pharmacology$11.3M1918#28
Dentistry$11.1M2324
Obstetrics & Gynecology$8.5M1615
Biology$8.4M2221
Pediatrics$7.5M1313#36
Anesthesiology$6.9M1413#9
Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology$6.2M1111
Anatomy/Cell Biology$6.1M1518#34
Neurosciences$5.3M1410#44
Administration$4.7M55
Other Basic Sciences$4.3M710

Showing top 20 of 32 departments by funding.

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at UT Health Science Center Houston based on NIH grant totals.

#1
Hongfang Liu
5 grants
$7.8M
total funding
$7.4M
total funding
#3
Sean I Savitz
3 grants
$6.8M
total funding
$6.2M
total funding
$6.2M
total funding
$6.1M
total funding
$6M
total funding
#8
Hulin Wu
1 grant
$6M
total funding
#9
Jane N Bolin
1 grant
$6M
total funding
#10
Jennifer Kawi
1 grant
$6M
total funding