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UT Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston, TX · School Of Medicine

Med School Rank #65

NIH Funding · FY2026

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

Total Funding
$45.5M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
77
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
90
Principal investigators
National Rank
#65
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 $45.5M.

Medical-school rank history

Published rank moved from #70 in FY2024 to #65 in FY2026. Best rank: #65; lowest rank: #70. 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
FY2024$72.7M#70
FY2025$77.4M#66
FY2026$45.5M#65

Top departments by funding

Department-level NIH funding breakdown for UT Medical Branch Galveston in FY2026.

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DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine/Medicine$6.6M88
Obstetrics & Gynecology$6M57
Microbiology/Immun/Virology$4.4M811
Pharmacology$4.3M88#42
Biochemistry$4M910#56
Pathology$3.8M89#37
Neurosciences$3.8M811#38
Neurosurgery$3M14#13
Neurology$3M54#32
Ophthalmology$1.9M45#33
Public Health & Prev Medicine$1.1M32
Pediatrics$783.3K12#66
Surgery$601.4K24#58
Biostatistics & Other Math Sci$571K22
Anesthesiology$505.8K12#43
Miscellaneous$400K12
Other Health Professions$80K11

Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at UT Medical Branch Galveston based on NIH grant totals.

$4.1M
total funding
#2
Surendra Sharma
2 grants
$3.8M
total funding
$3.3M
total funding
$3M
total funding
#5
Ajith Thomas
1 grant
$3M
total funding
$3M
total funding
#7
Farhan Siddiq
1 grant
$3M
total funding
#8
Jia Zhou
3 grants
$2.1M
total funding
#9
Rakez Kayed
3 grants
$2.1M
total funding
$1.9M
total funding