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Children's Research Institute NIH Funding
Also known as Children's National
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Children's Research Institute received $29.3M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 58 award records and 65 principal investigators. That ranks #193 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #3 in District of Columbia, up 8.3% from FY2025.
FY2026 closed on September 30, 2026, but NIH keeps posting that year's awards to RePORTER for several weeks. FY2026 figures reflect records available on October 16, 2026 and may rise slightly at the next refresh.
FY2026 NIH funding
$29.3M
+8.3% vs FY2025
National rank
#193
Up 12 places from #205 vs FY2025
Rank in District of Columbia
#3
14.4% of District of Columbia NIH funding
Awards · PIs
58
65 investigators · 14 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Children's Research Institute received $164.0M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved −27.6% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #169 (FY2022).
NIH institutes funding Children's Research Institute, FY2026
12 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), accounted for 28.9% of the institution's NIH funding across 16 awards.
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$8.5M · 28.9%
16 awards · vs FY2025: +4.0%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$5.5M · 18.7%
9 awards · vs FY2025: +12.8%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$4.0M · 13.7%
10 awards · vs FY2025: +57.2%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$3.2M · 11.0%
5 awards · vs FY2025: +27.2%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$1.7M · 5.8%
4 awards · vs FY2025: −28.2%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$1.3M · 4.5%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +0.7%
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$1.2M · 4.2%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −0.8%
- NIBIB · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering$1.1M · 3.9%
2 awards · vs FY2025: −35.6%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$998K · 3.4%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −5.2%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$965K · 3.3%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
Also: NIAAA $648K · NIMHD $123K
Award mechanism mix
Share of NIH award dollars by activity-code family in FY2026, with the FY2022 share for comparison. R01-equivalent research grants were 63.5% of funding.
- R01-equivalent63.5% · FY22 56.8%
- Other research (R)17.5% · FY22 13.5%
- Career development (K)7.3% · FY22 5.0%
- Other5.5% · FY22 2.2%
- Centers & program projects (P)4.1% · FY22 3.4%
- Cooperative agreements (U)1.3% · FY22 16.7%
- Institutional training (T)0.8% · FY22 2.4%
- Fellowships (F)0.0% · FY22 0.1%
Top activity codes, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 24 | $16.9M | 57.7% | $705K |
| R21 | 4 | $1.7M | 5.9% | $435K |
| OT2 | 1 | $1.6M | 5.5% | $1.6M |
| RF1 | 1 | $1.5M | 5.1% | $1.5M |
| P50 | 1 | $1.2M | 4.1% | $1.2M |
| R25 | 4 | $1.1M | 3.6% | $265K |
| K23 | 5 | $874K | 3.0% | $175K |
| R33 | 1 | $860K | 2.9% | $860K |
| K08 | 4 | $609K | 2.1% | $152K |
| R35 | 1 | $455K | 1.6% | $455K |
| R38 | 1 | $424K | 1.4% | $424K |
| U01 | 1 | $388K | 1.3% | $388K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Postnatal hypoxemia, cardiac immaturity, and the impact on surgical recovery (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01HL178508-01A1 · NHLBI
$1.8MR01
- NextGen - CRI (opens NIH RePORTER)
3OT2CA278700-01S4 · NCI
$1.6MOT2
- Delta oscillations in Angelman syndrome (opens NIH RePORTER)
1RF1NS144086-01A1 · NINDS
$1.5MRF1
- Admin Supplement_District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (DC-IDDRC) (opens NIH RePORTER)
3P50HD105328-05S1 · NICHD
$1.2MP50
- Multimodal Analysis of Gestational Health and Placental Injury in Opioid-Affected Pregnancies (opens NIH RePORTER)
4R01DA059176-03 · NIDA
$965KR01
- The Hospital to Home Study: A Pragmatic Trial to Optimize Transitions and Address Disparities in Asthma Care (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01HL161665-04 · NHLBI
$873KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 14 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Viral Neurobiology in the Prenatal Brain: The Role of Enzymes & Lysosomes in Causing or Mitigating Brain Injury (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01NS151308-01 · NINDS · Notice Sep 16, 2026
$750KR01
- Enhanced detection of anomaly in bone age X-ray for diagnosis of childhood growth disorder (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21HD120876-01A1 · NICHD · Notice Sep 16, 2026
$501KR21
- Integrated Assessment of Sleep-Cycle Maturation in Preterm Infants During Extra-Uterine Third Trimester (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21HD122088-01 · NICHD · Notice Aug 6, 2026
$501KR21
- Changing Developmental Trajectories through Early Executive Function Intervention in Early Childhood Education (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MH144622-01 · NIMH · Notice Aug 5, 2026
$479KR01
- Mentoring and Patient-Oriented Research in Human Neonatal and Infant Airway Biology (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K24HL177172-01A1 · NHLBI · Notice Aug 3, 2026
$127KK24
- Defining immunomodulatory mechanisms in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K08DK149197-01 · NIDDK · Notice Jul 14, 2026
$157KK08
Other NIH-funded institutions in District of Columbia
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington UniversityWashington, DC | $77.3M |
| 2 | Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC | $57.4M |
| 3 | Children's Research InstituteWashington, DC | $29.3M |
| 4 | Howard UniversityWashington, DC | $10.7M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 190 | The Emmes Company, LLCRockville, MD | $29.5M |
| 191 | University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences CampusSan Juan, PR | $29.5M |
| 192 | RAND CorporationSanta Monica, CA | $29.3M |
| 193 | Children's Research InstituteWashington, DC | $29.3M |
| 194 | University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI | $29.3M |
| 195 | Fisher Bioservices, Inc.Rockville, MD | $29.2M |
| 196 | Texas Biomedical Research InstituteSan Antonio, TX | $28.8M |
Similar research institutes and nonprofits
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 183 | NRG Oncology Foundation, Inc.Philadelphia, PA | $32.4M |
| 189 | ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research FoundationPhiladelphia, PA | $30.3M |
| 192 | RAND CorporationSanta Monica, CA | $29.3M |
| 193 | Children's Research InstituteWashington, DC | $29.3M |
| 196 | Texas Biomedical Research InstituteSan Antonio, TX | $28.8M |
| 198 | Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia, PA | $28.6M |
| 199 | Mayo Clinic ArizonaScottsdale, AZ | $28.5M |
About these numbers
Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See our data methodology and the guide to reading NIH funding rankings by university.
- Who is countedAwards made to NIH recipient organization code 1518602. A university's medical school, affiliated hospital, or other campuses can be separate NIH recipients with their own totals.
- What is countedTotal award amount (direct plus indirect) obligated in each fiscal year for grants, cooperative agreements, training awards, SBIR/STTR, and R&D contracts. Subprojects, intramural research, and interagency agreements are excluded.
- InstitutesEach award is credited in full to its administering institute, even when other institutes co-fund it.
- SubawardsNIH reports the prime recipient only, so research this institution performs under another organization's grant is not included here.