Funding
Linked award amount
Total award dollars on a researcher’s NIH records in one fiscal year. Multi-PI awards count in full for each PI.
At a glance
Researchers named on NIH awards in FY2016.
- Researchers
- 41,480
- Median
- $386,232
- Half are at or below
- Middle half
- $202,500 to $730,204
- 25th to 75th percentile
- 90th percentile
- $1,481,854
- 9 in 10 are at or below
Researchers by linked award amount
Each bar counts the researchers in one range. Each range starts about three times higher than the one before ($10K, $30K, $100K and so on). Select a bar to list them below.
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| Range | Researchers | Share of researchers |
|---|---|---|
| Under $10K | 183 | 0.4% |
| $10K to under $30K | 723 | 1.7% |
| $30K to under $100K | 4,175 | 10.1% |
| $100K to under $300K | 9,619 | 23.2% |
| $300K to under $1M | 19,860 | 47.9% |
| $1M to under $3M | 5,507 | 13.3% |
| $3M to under $10M | 1,225 | 3% |
| $10M or more | 188 | 0.5% |
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Showing 188 researchers with linked award amount $10M or more.Show all researchers
188 researchers · Page 7. Table bars compare sizes within this page.
| Researcher | Linked award amount |
|---|---|
| Ridker, Paul M. | $11,048,538 |
| Lewin, Jonathan S | $11,040,592 |
| Sparrow, Barney | $10,992,024 |
| Savage, Sharon A. | $10,961,045 |
| Busse, William W. | $10,950,456 |
| Bennett, David Alan | $10,948,545 |
| Brewer, Brenda | $10,930,523 |
| Boulware, Leigh E | $10,863,297 |
| Varinde, Celso | $10,858,441 |
| Fowler, Vance G. | $10,848,808 |
| Gale, Michael | $10,810,468 |
| Sewankambo, Nelson K | $10,807,511 |
| Chanock, Stephen J. | $10,805,580 |
| Dmitrovsky, Ethan | $10,804,787 |
| Saag, Michael S. | $10,781,355 |
| Chang, Polly | $10,751,825 |
| Sherwin, Robert S | $10,704,449 |
| Mashour, George Alexander | $10,503,032 |
| Umutoni, Agathe | $10,500,000 |
| Mailick, Marsha Ruth | $10,488,241 |
| Hanley, Daniel F | $10,478,912 |
| Feldman, Howard | $10,470,025 |
| Costantino, Joseph P. | $10,463,203 |
| Cain, Christina Trahan | $10,462,386 |
| Mullikin, James C | $10,328,164 |
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