UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX · School Of Medicine
Med School Rank #27
NIH Funding · FY2025
Total Funding
$295.8M
Fiscal year 2025
Grants Awarded
585
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
532
Principal investigators
National Rank
#27
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 $177.7M.
Medical-school rank history
Published rank moved from #33 in FY2006 to #25 in FY2026. Best rank: #25; lowest rank: #38. 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
| Fiscal year | NIH funding | Medical-school rank |
|---|---|---|
| FY2006 | $160.6M | #33 |
| FY2007 | $174.4M | #33 |
| FY2008 | $162.4M | #36 |
| FY2009 | $194.5M | #37 |
| FY2010 | $210.5M | #36 |
| FY2011 | $176.5M | #35 |
| FY2012 | $168.4M | #37 |
| FY2013 | $145.9M | #38 |
| FY2014 | $155.2M | #36 |
| FY2015 | $160.7M | #34 |
| FY2016 | $175.1M | #33 |
| FY2017 | $176.6M | #34 |
| FY2018 | $180.4M | #35 |
| FY2019 | $230.5M | #31 |
| FY2020 | $230.5M | #35 |
| FY2021 | $256.2M | #32 |
| FY2022 | $273M | #31 |
| FY2023 | $291.5M | #31 |
| FY2024 | $270.4M | #30 |
| FY2025 | $295.9M | #27 |
| FY2026 | $177.7M | #25 |
Top departments by funding
Department-level NIH funding breakdown for UT Southwestern Medical Center in FY2025.
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| Department | Funding | Grants | PIs | National Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Medicine/Medicine | $92M | 152 | 138 | — |
| Biochemistry | $28.5M | 66 | 57 | #3 |
| Pediatrics | $21.3M | 50 | 42 | #19 |
| Microbiology/Immun/Virology | $14.9M | 35 | 23 | — |
| Radiation-diagnostic/Oncology | $14.8M | 28 | 32 | — |
| Neurosciences | $13.1M | 27 | 26 | #19 |
| Neurology | $12.9M | 20 | 23 | #23 |
| Psychiatry | $12.1M | 26 | 25 | #27 |
| Pharmacology | $9.9M | 19 | 20 | #30 |
| Pathology | $9.7M | 22 | 15 | #26 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | $9.2M | 19 | 14 | — |
| Anatomy/Cell Biology | $7M | 16 | 13 | #28 |
| Surgery | $5.5M | 13 | 15 | #30 |
| Biomedical Engineering | $5.3M | 11 | 8 | #30 |
| Physiology | $4.2M | 10 | 10 | #41 |
| Neurosurgery | $3.4M | 6 | 5 | #20 |
| Ophthalmology | $3M | 10 | 8 | #36 |
| Urology | $2.5M | 4 | 5 | #9 |
| Genetics | $1.8M | 4 | 2 | #49 |
| Orthopedics | $1.7M | 4 | 4 | #23 |
Showing top 20 of 26 departments by funding.
Top funded principal investigators
Highest-funded PIs at UT Southwestern Medical Center based on NIH grant totals.
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