NIH RePORTER data · Fiscal year 2025

NIH Funding by Institution: FY2025 Rankings

Name: NIH funding by institution, fiscal year 2025
Creator: Dr. Meng Zhao

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

1
Johns Hopkins University$859.5M
2
University of California, San Francisco$824.2M
3
Washington University in St. Louis$728.0M
4
University of Pennsylvania$727.2M
5
University of Michigan$724.9M
6
Yale University$679.2M
7
University of Pittsburgh$668.6M
8
Stanford University$646.1M
9
Massachusetts General Hospital$639.9M
10
Duke University$621.8M
11
Columbia University Health Sciences$588.1M
12
University of California San Diego$569.6M
13
University of California, Los Angeles$518.2M
14
University of Washington$516.5M
15
University of North Carolina at 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

NIH funding by institution, fiscal year 2025, ranked by total award amount
Rank	Institution	FY2025 funding	vs FY2024	Awards	PIs	Top institute
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 in St. Louis 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 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 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	University of North Carolina at 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	NYU Grossman 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 Anschutz Medical Campus 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 Cornell Medicine 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, Davis Davis, CA · Higher education	$298.9M +8.0%	+8.0% was #34	509	464	NIA
34	The 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	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 Institute for Cancer 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 Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 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	UMass Chan Medical School Worcester, MA · Higher education	$189.9M −4.5%	−4.5% was #45	344	313	NIAID
49	Children's Hospital 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	The Ohio State University
11	Michigan	$1.00B	2.7%	53	University of Michigan
12	Florida	$928.0M	2.5%	71	University of Florida
13	Missouri	$880.9M	2.4%	33	Washington University in St. Louis
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 Anschutz Medical Campus
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	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
32	Iowa	$197.3M	0.5%	8	University of Iowa
33	Oklahoma	$165.6M	0.5%	11	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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 Sciences Center
38	Maine	$120.2M	0.3%	11	Jackson Laboratory
39	Arkansas	$95.9M	0.3%	12	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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 Medical Center
43	Vermont	$52.3M	0.1%	6	University of Vermont
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 Medical Sciences Campus
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 in St. Louis, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan.

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.

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