Which Rice University labs count as newly funded?

Labs at Rice University whose NIH award notice in the last 90 days was a new (Type 1) R01, or an R00 award, the independent phase of the K99/R00 that starts when a former postdoc opens their own lab. Competing renewals, non-competing continuations, and later R00 years are left out. Awards are matched to Rice University by the NIH recipient organization code, so affiliated hospitals and institutes that receive NIH awards under their own name have their own pages.

Are these Rice University labs hiring postdocs?

Not necessarily. A new award is a signal that a lab has new money and new work to staff, not a job posting. Many positions are filled before they are ever advertised, so a short, specific email to the PI soon after an award is the earliest way to ask.

Where does the data come from?

NIH RePORTER, the public NIH database of funded projects. Counts on this page refresh from RePORTER award notices about twice a day; each lab links to its official RePORTER record.

Why are the labs blurred?

The counts are free. The PI, department, and project for each lab are part of the Postdoc job leads plan ($59/year or $9.99/month), which also emails you new matching R01 and R00 awards daily or weekly.

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Postdoc jobs at Rice University: newly funded NIH labs that may be hiring

Rice University labs with a new NIH R01 or an R00 start, across every NIH institute. A PI who just landed a new grant often has new positions to fill, so if you want a postdoc at Rice University, these are the labs worth writing to first.

NIH award notices from August 7, 2026 to November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026

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Newly funded labs (90 days)

New R01 awards

R00 starts (new faculty)

Median award

$679K

The 3 Rice University labs, newest first

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When Rice University labs got their new awards

By month

August 2026	1
September 2026	2

Which NIH institutes fund Rice University research

In fiscal year 2026, Rice University received $26.3M in NIH awards. These institutes administered the most of it, which tells you which kinds of labs are most common there.

NIH institute	FY2026 funding	Awards
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) · newly funded cell and molecular biology labs	$5.1M	15
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · newly funded immunology and infectious disease labs	$4.5M	7
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) · newly funded bioengineering and imaging labs	$3.1M	8
National Cancer Institute (NCI) · newly funded cancer research labs	$3.0M	10
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · newly funded heart, lung, and blood labs	$3.0M	5
National Institute on Aging (NIA) · newly funded aging and Alzheimer’s labs	$2.2M	5

Full funding history, rankings, and largest awards: Rice University NIH funding.

How to approach a newly funded lab at Rice University

Read the funded project. The abstract and specific aims on the RePORTER record tell you what the new money pays for, which is the work a new postdoc would do.
Match one skill to one aim. In a short email, name the aim you could help with and the technique or result from your own work that fits it.
Write early. A lab that just received a notice may not have posted a position yet. An R00 start means a brand-new lab, often with no postdocs at all.

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Questions

Which Rice University labs count as newly funded?: Labs at Rice University whose NIH award notice in the last 90 days was a new (Type 1) R01, or an R00 award, the independent phase of the K99/R00 that starts when a former postdoc opens their own lab. Competing renewals, non-competing continuations, and later R00 years are left out. Awards are matched to Rice University by the NIH recipient organization code, so affiliated hospitals and institutes that receive NIH awards under their own name have their own pages.
Are these Rice University labs hiring postdocs?: Not necessarily. A new award is a signal that a lab has new money and new work to staff, not a job posting. Many positions are filled before they are ever advertised, so a short, specific email to the PI soon after an award is the earliest way to ask.
Where does the data come from?: NIH RePORTER, the public NIH database of funded projects. Counts on this page refresh from RePORTER award notices about twice a day; each lab links to its official RePORTER record.
Why are the labs blurred?: The counts are free. The PI, department, and project for each lab are part of the Postdoc job leads plan ($59/year or $9.99/month), which also emails you new matching R01 and R00 awards daily or weekly.

Newly funded labs at other Texas institutions

UT Southwestern Medical Center · Baylor College of Medicine · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · UTHealth Houston · UT Health San Antonio · University of Texas at Austin · University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · University of North Texas Health Science Center · University of Houston · University of Texas at Dallas · Houston Methodist Research Institute · Texas A&M University Health Science Center · All of Texas

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