NIH RePORTER data · Fiscal year 2025
NIH Funding by Institution: FY2025 Rankings
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
NIH awarded $36.89B to 2,732 universities, medical schools, hospitals, research institutes, and companies in fiscal year 2025. Johns Hopkins University ranked first with $859.5M. Search the full ranking below, filter by state or organization type, and see how each institution moved against the prior year.
FY2025 NIH award funding
$36.89B
−1.1% vs FY2024
Institutions funded
2,732
Distinct NIH recipient organizations
Award records
59,737
Subprojects excluded
Top-10 share
19.3%
Top 50 hold 56.0% of funding
Top 15 NIH-funded institutions, FY2025
- 1Johns Hopkins University$859.5M
- 2University of California, San Francisco$824.2M
- 3Washington University$728.0M
- 4University of Pennsylvania$727.2M
- 5University of Michigan at Ann Arbor$724.9M
- 6Yale University$679.2M
- 7University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh$668.6M
- 8Stanford University$646.1M
- 9Massachusetts General Hospital$639.9M
- 10Duke University$621.8M
- 11Columbia University Health Sciences$588.1M
- 12University of California, San Diego$569.6M
- 13University of California Los Angeles$518.2M
- 14University of Washington$516.5M
- 15Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill$514.2M
What stands out
- Johns Hopkins University led with $859.5M across 1,386 awards and 1,262 investigators; its largest administering institute was NIAID.
- The 10 largest recipients took 19.3% of all NIH award dollars, and the top 50 took 56.0%.
- Largest dollar gain among the top 100: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, up $65.1M (+21.4%) from FY2024.
- Largest dollar decline among the top 100: Research Triangle Institute, down $284.2M (−71.6%).
- California institutions received the most of any state, $5.24B (14.3% of U.S. recipient funding).
Full FY2025 NIH funding ranking
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1,000 institutions · $35.92B in FY2025 NIH funding · table covers the top 1,000 of 2,732 funded institutions
| Rank | Institution | FY2025 funding | vs FY2024 | Awards | PIs | Top institute | FY2022–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Higher education | $859.5M +0.2% | +0.2% | 1,386 | 1,262 | NIAID | |
| 2 | University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA · Higher education | $824.2M +0.5% | +0.5% | 1,429 | 1,185 | NIAID | |
| 3 | Washington University Saint Louis, MO · Higher education | $728.0M −0.3% | −0.3% was #4 | 1,137 | 1,029 | NIA | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Higher education | $727.2M +5.3% | +5.3% was #5 | 1,236 | 1,086 | NCI | |
| 5 | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Higher education | $724.9M −1.3% | −1.3% was #3 | 1,257 | 1,158 | NIA | |
| 6 | Yale University New Haven, CT · Higher education | $679.2M +5.7% | +5.7% was #8 | 1,114 | 1,011 | NIMH | |
| 7 | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · Higher education | $668.6M +1.6% | +1.6% was #6 | 1,130 | 1,083 | NIA | |
| 8 | Stanford University Stanford, CA · Higher education | $646.1M +5.8% | +5.8% was #10 | 1,089 | 925 | NCI | |
| 9 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital | $639.9M −2.0% | −2.0% was #7 | 1,031 | 922 | NINDS | |
| 10 | Duke University Durham, NC · Higher education | $621.8M +7.1% | +7.1% was #11 | 959 | 864 | NIAID | |
| 11 | Columbia University Health Sciences New York, NY · Higher education | $588.1M −7.1% | −7.1% was #9 | 944 | 895 | NIA | |
| 12 | University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA · Higher education | $569.6M +1.1% | +1.1% was #13 | 938 | 820 | NIAID | |
| 13 | University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Higher education | $518.2M +4.5% | +4.5% was #16 | 844 | 804 | NIAID | |
| 14 | University of Washington Seattle, WA · Higher education | $516.5M −8.8% | −8.8% was #12 | 895 | 884 | NIAID | |
| 15 | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Higher education | $514.2M −3.5% | −3.5% | 927 | 889 | NCI | |
| 16 | Emory University Atlanta, GA · Higher education | $511.6M +3.9% | +3.9% was #17 | 877 | 823 | NIAID | |
| 17 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY · Higher education | $500.3M +2.1% | +2.1% was #19 | 702 | 613 | NCI | |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Hospital | $453.4M −6.5% | −6.5% was #20 | 525 | 510 | OD | |
| 19 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY · Higher education | $438.6M −10.6% | −10.6% was #18 | 597 | 560 | NCI | |
| 20 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital | $411.9M +6.3% | +6.3% was #24 | 627 | 567 | NHLBI | |
| 21 | Northwestern University Chicago, IL · Higher education | $408.5M −3.3% | −3.3% | 687 | 600 | NHLBI | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Higher education | $397.1M −3.0% | −3.0% | 655 | 621 | NIA | |
| 23 | Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick, MD · Company | $382.1M −31.0% | −31.0% was #14 | 68 | 17 | NCI | |
| 24 | University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN · Higher education | $371.1M −2.9% | −2.9% was #25 | 704 | 672 | NIAID | |
| 25 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, WA · Nonprofit | $369.7M +21.4% | +21.4% was #31 | 274 | 257 | NIAID | |
| 26 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Higher education | $365.7M +2.6% | +2.6% | 491 | 462 | NIA | |
| 27 | University of Colorado Denver Aurora, CO · Higher education | $357.3M +2.6% | +2.6% | 784 | 723 | NHLBI | |
| 28 | UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX · Higher education | $317.8M +5.7% | +5.7% was #32 | 585 | 510 | NCI | |
| 29 | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ New York, NY · Higher education | $316.7M +3.3% | +3.3% was #30 | 525 | 489 | NIAID | |
| 30 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX · Higher education | $313.0M −2.9% | −2.9% was #29 | 555 | 508 | NCI | |
| 31 | Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · Higher education | $312.6M +13.3% | +13.3% was #35 | 475 | 445 | NCI | |
| 32 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL · Higher education | $304.3M −9.1% | −9.1% was #28 | 549 | 522 | NIAID | |
| 33 | University of California at Davis Davis, CA · Higher education | $298.9M +8.0% | +8.0% was #34 | 509 | 464 | NIA | |
| 34 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH · Higher education | $293.9M +12.7% | +12.7% was #39 | 543 | 578 | NCI | |
| 35 | Mayo Clinic Rochester Rochester, MN · Nonprofit | $289.6M +4.0% | +4.0% was #33 | 420 | 389 | NCI | |
| 36 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Higher education | $275.2M +3.6% | +3.6% was #38 | 558 | 570 | NINDS | |
| 37 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Higher education | $273.9M +1.6% | +1.6% | 448 | 430 | NIGMS | |
| 38 | Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Higher education | $270.5M −1.3% | −1.3% was #36 | 550 | 532 | NCI | |
| 39 | Indiana University Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Higher education | $246.7M +1.7% | +1.7% was #41 | 403 | 399 | NIA | |
| 40 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital | $245.0M +6.6% | +6.6% was #42 | 410 | 345 | NIAID | |
| 41 | Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research New York, NY · Research institute | $239.1M +17.4% | +17.4% was #43 | 324 | 290 | NCI | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Higher education | $236.0M −8.0% | −8.0% was #40 | 442 | 416 | NIA | |
| 43 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA · Higher education | $231.7M +18.6% | +18.6% was #47 | 437 | 409 | NHLBI | |
| 44 | University of Tx MD Anderson Can Ctr Houston, TX · Hospital | $219.4M +13.9% | +13.9% was #49 | 366 | 371 | NCI | |
| 45 | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark, NJ · Higher education | $213.1M +14.9% | +14.9% was #54 | 385 | 361 | NIAID | |
| 46 | University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, MD · Higher education | $204.4M +2.3% | +2.3% was #44 | 383 | 374 | NIAID | |
| 47 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY · Higher education | $189.9M −0.5% | −0.5% was #52 | 278 | 281 | NIAID | |
| 48 | Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester Worcester, MA · Higher education | $189.9M −4.5% | −4.5% was #45 | 344 | 313 | NIAID | |
| 49 | Children's Hosp of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Hospital | $188.4M +15.4% | +15.4% was #62 | 302 | 294 | NHLBI | |
| 50 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Higher education | $187.7M +10.5% | +10.5% was #58 | 296 | 289 | NIA |
NIH funding by state, FY2025
| # | State | Funding | Share | Institutions | Top recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $5.24B | 14.3% | 420 | University of California, San Francisco |
| 2 | New York | $3.49B | 9.5% | 181 | Columbia University Health Sciences |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $3.41B | 9.3% | 200 | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | $2.27B | 6.2% | 110 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 5 | Maryland | $2.15B | 5.9% | 117 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 6 | Texas | $1.88B | 5.1% | 116 | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| 7 | North Carolina | $1.71B | 4.7% | 101 | Duke University |
| 8 | Washington | $1.26B | 3.4% | 68 | University of Washington |
| 9 | Illinois | $1.26B | 3.4% | 69 | Northwestern University |
| 10 | Ohio | $1.01B | 2.8% | 54 | Ohio State University |
| 11 | Michigan | $1.00B | 2.7% | 53 | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
| 12 | Florida | $928.0M | 2.5% | 71 | University of Florida |
| 13 | Missouri | $880.9M | 2.4% | 33 | Washington University |
| 14 | Connecticut | $824.4M | 2.3% | 34 | Yale University |
| 15 | Tennessee | $823.9M | 2.2% | 22 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Show the other 40 states and territories
| 16 | Georgia | $789.3M | 2.2% | 40 | Emory University |
| 17 | Minnesota | $724.6M | 2.0% | 50 | University of Minnesota |
| 18 | Virginia | $615.6M | 1.7% | 73 | University of Virginia |
| 19 | Colorado | $579.9M | 1.6% | 51 | University of Colorado Denver |
| 20 | Wisconsin | $574.0M | 1.6% | 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 21 | New Jersey | $467.3M | 1.3% | 51 | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences |
| 22 | Oregon | $420.9M | 1.1% | 38 | Oregon Health & Science University |
| 23 | Indiana | $408.0M | 1.1% | 20 | Indiana University Indianapolis |
| 24 | Arizona | $401.7M | 1.1% | 38 | University of Arizona |
| 25 | Alabama | $350.2M | 1.0% | 20 | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 26 | Utah | $300.0M | 0.8% | 16 | Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah |
| 27 | South Carolina | $267.8M | 0.7% | 29 | Medical University of South Carolina |
| 28 | Rhode Island | $241.2M | 0.7% | 18 | Brown University |
| 29 | Kentucky | $230.4M | 0.6% | 17 | University of Kentucky |
| 30 | District of Columbia | $205.1M | 0.6% | 26 | George Washington University |
| 31 | Louisiana | $200.6M | 0.5% | 10 | Tulane University of Louisiana |
| 32 | Iowa | $197.3M | 0.5% | 8 | University of Iowa |
| 33 | Oklahoma | $165.6M | 0.5% | 11 | University of Oklahoma Hlth Sciences Ctr |
| 34 | Kansas | $144.7M | 0.4% | 8 | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| 35 | New Hampshire | $144.5M | 0.4% | 13 | Dartmouth College |
| 36 | Nebraska | $137.3M | 0.4% | 8 | University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| 37 | New Mexico | $134.0M | 0.4% | 13 | University of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr |
| 38 | Maine | $120.2M | 0.3% | 11 | Jackson Laboratory |
| 39 | Arkansas | $95.9M | 0.3% | 12 | Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis |
| 40 | Delaware | $92.8M | 0.3% | 27 | University of Delaware |
| 41 | Hawaii | $66.2M | 0.2% | 10 | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| 42 | Mississippi | $57.1M | 0.2% | 8 | University of Mississippi Med Ctr |
| 43 | Vermont | $52.3M | 0.1% | 6 | University of Vermont & St Agric College |
| 44 | Montana | $50.3M | 0.1% | 17 | Montana State University - Bozeman |
| 45 | West Virginia | $50.3M | 0.1% | 7 | West Virginia University |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | $50.2M | 0.1% | 6 | University of Puerto Rico Med Sciences |
| 47 | Nevada | $42.5M | 0.1% | 6 | University of Nevada Reno |
| 48 | Idaho | $29.8M | 0.1% | 7 | Boise State University |
| 49 | South Dakota | $28.8M | 0.1% | 9 | Sanford Research/Usd |
| 50 | North Dakota | $19.6M | 0.1% | 3 | University of North Dakota |
| 51 | Alaska | $16.3M | 0.0% | 6 | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| 52 | Wyoming | $11.6M | 0.0% | 3 | University of Wyoming |
| 53 | American Samoa | $4.3M | 0.0% | 1 | American Samoa Community Cancer Coalitio |
| 54 | U.S. Virgin Islands | $570K | 0.0% | 1 | University of the Virgin Islands |
| 55 | Guam | $567K | 0.0% | 1 | University of Guam |
By organization type
Each institution is grouped by where most of its NIH dollars go, using NIH's recipient type. A university's medical school can be its own row, but stays under higher education.
- Higher education$26.57B · 72.1%
- Hospital$3.65B · 9.9%
- Company$2.62B · 7.1%
- Research institute$2.36B · 6.4%
- Nonprofit$1.44B · 3.9%
- Foreign institution$231.8M · 0.6%
- Other$1.7M · 0.0%
How this ranking is built
Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See also our data methodology.
Dollar totals measure scale, not research quality or training environment. Our guide on how to read NIH funding rankings by university covers what these numbers miss.
- What countsEvery NIH award record in the fiscal year — research grants, cooperative agreements, training and career awards, SBIR/STTR, and R&D contracts. NIH intramural research and interagency agreements with other federal agencies are excluded.
- Dollar amountRePORTER's total award amount (direct plus indirect costs) obligated in that fiscal year, not the full multi-year value of each grant.
- No double countingComponents of multi-project awards (P01, U54, center grants) are excluded; their dollars are already in the parent award.
- Who an institution isRows follow NIH's recipient organization code, so a university's medical school, affiliated hospital, and separate campuses can appear separately. Subawards stay with the prime recipient.
NIH funding ranking questions
Which institution receives the most NIH funding in FY2025?
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) received the most NIH award funding in fiscal year 2025: $859.5M across 1,386 award records. The next largest recipients were University of California, San Francisco, Washington University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
How much NIH funding went to outside institutions in FY2025?
NIH RePORTER lists $36.89B in extramural award funding across 59,737 award records to 2,732 institutions in fiscal year 2025. The ten largest recipients received 19.3% of that total, and the top 50 received 56.0%.
Which state receives the most NIH funding?
California led all states in FY2025 with $5.24B in NIH awards to 420 institutions, 14.3% of funding to U.S. recipients in this table.
Why do these numbers differ from the BRIMR rankings or NIH RePORT?
Rankings differ by what they count. This page totals every NIH award record in RePORTER for the fiscal year, including grants, cooperative agreements, training awards, and R&D contracts, and groups them by the NIH recipient organization code. BRIMR ranks medical school departments and folds affiliated hospitals into schools; NIH RePORT's "Awards by Location & Organization" applies its own inclusion rules. A university's medical school, hospital, and other campuses can therefore appear as separate rows here.
Are subawards to collaborating institutions counted?
No. NIH reports awards to the prime recipient only. When a university passes part of a grant to a collaborator through a subaward, the full amount stays with the prime recipient in RePORTER, so collaborating institutions can look smaller than the research they actually host.
How often is this ranking updated?
The ranking is rebuilt from the NIH RePORTER API and was last refreshed on October 16, 2026. It covers fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Verify individual awards at reporter.nih.gov before citing them.
Go deeper than the institution total
Other years: FY2026 NIH funding rankings · FY2024 NIH funding rankings · FY2023 NIH funding rankings · FY2022 NIH funding rankings