NIH funding profile · Atlanta, GA · Higher education
Georgia Institute of Technology NIH Funding
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Georgia Institute of Technology received $51.5M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 111 award records and 125 principal investigators. That ranks #142 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #4 in Georgia, down 6.3% 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
$51.5M
−6.3% vs FY2025
National rank
#142
Down 8 places from #134 vs FY2025
Rank in Georgia
#4
6.6% of Georgia NIH funding
Awards · PIs
111
125 investigators · 26 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Georgia Institute of Technology received $249.4M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +1.6% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #134 (FY2025).
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | PIs | U.S. rank | GA rank | Top IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $51.5M | −6.3% | 111 | 125 | #142 | #4 | NIGMS |
| FY2025 | $55.0M | +16.5% | 116 | 129 | #134 | #4 | NIGMS |
| FY2024 | $47.2M | +4.6% | 133 | 130 | #151 | #4 | NIGMS |
| FY2023 | $45.1M | −11.0% | 121 | 114 | #156 | #4 | NIGMS |
| FY2022 | $50.7M | — | 128 | 111 | #146 | #4 | NIGMS |
NIH institutes funding Georgia Institute of Technology, FY2026
15 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 26.0% of the institution's NIH funding across 32 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$13.4M · 26.0%
32 awards · vs FY2025: +5.5%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$8.3M · 16.2%
15 awards · vs FY2025: −6.2%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$5.5M · 10.7%
13 awards · vs FY2025: −7.1%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$5.3M · 10.3%
10 awards · vs FY2025: +42.3%
- NIBIB · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering$3.6M · 7.0%
10 awards · vs FY2025: +23.0%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$3.6M · 7.0%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +99.7%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$2.7M · 5.2%
6 awards · vs FY2025: −0.1%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$2.5M · 4.8%
6 awards · vs FY2025: −62.6%
- NEI · National Eye Institute$2.0M · 3.8%
6 awards · vs FY2025: +7.8%
- NIAMS · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases$1.4M · 2.8%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +9.4%
Also: NICHD $1.3M · NIDCD $949K · NCATS $416K · NLM $327K · NIDDK $249K
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 63.4% of funding.
- R01-equivalent63.4% · FY22 74.4%
- Other research (R)32.6% · FY22 17.9%
- Institutional training (T)2.4% · FY22 2.1%
- Cooperative agreements (U)1.0% · FY22 2.6%
- Fellowships (F)0.7% · FY22 0.4%
- Career development (K)0.0% · FY22 0.5%
- Other0.0% · FY22 2.2%
Top activity codes, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 54 | $29.0M | 56.4% | $537K |
| R35 | 24 | $9.4M | 18.3% | $392K |
| R21 | 9 | $2.9M | 5.7% | $324K |
| RF1 | 1 | $2.6M | 5.0% | $2.6M |
| R00 | 7 | $1.5M | 2.9% | $213K |
| T32 | 4 | $1.2M | 2.4% | $310K |
| RM1 | 1 | $1.2M | 2.3% | $1.2M |
| R37 | 2 | $1.0M | 2.0% | $509K |
| R61 | 1 | $1000K | 1.9% | $1000K |
| R33 | 2 | $771K | 1.5% | $385K |
| U01 | 1 | $518K | 1.0% | $518K |
| F32 | 3 | $237K | 0.5% | $79K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Multiscale Models for Understanding Multi-Animal Interactions and Intent (opens NIH RePORTER)
1RF1MH140429-01A1 · NIMH
$2.6MRF1
- Deep Ovarian Cancer Metabolomics (opens NIH RePORTER)
4R01CA218664-08 · NCI
$1.4MR01
- Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Structural Biology Center (opens NIH RePORTER)
5RM1GM149374-04 · NIGMS
$1.2MRM1
- A naturalistic multimodal platform for capturing brain-body interactions in people during physical effort-based decision making (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R61MH138966-02 · NIMH
$1000KR61
- Improved treatment of intramural ventricular arrhythmia using robot-assisted MRI-guided intramyocardial needle ablation (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01HL183894-01A1 · NHLBI
$809KR01
- Engineering Protein Antigens and their Presentation from Multivalent Scaffolds (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI168408-04 · NIAID
$790KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 26 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Hydrogel delivery of stem cells to dystrophic diaphragm (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01HL187527-01 · NHLBI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$736KR01
- Robotic Ultrasound-Mediated Thrombectomy for First Pass Stroke Treatment (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01EB039036-01A1 · NIBIB · Notice Aug 28, 2026
$626KR01
- Gut protist metabolism as a driver of microbiome community ecology (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R35GM166073-01 · NIGMS · Notice Aug 24, 2026
$394KR35
- Optimizing fluorescent nanoparticle-based motion capture to understand the neural control of movement in health and disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01AR087123-01A1 · NIAMS · Notice Aug 21, 2026
$454KR01
- Human Aged-Immunity-on-Chip to Study B Cell Dynamics (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AG102510-01 · NIA · Notice Aug 21, 2026
$433KR21
- Mapping and Manipulating Cancer-Associated Neuronal Networks (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01CA315100-01 · NCI · Notice Aug 6, 2026
$524KR01
Other NIH-funded institutions in Georgia
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA | $514.0M |
| 2 | University of GeorgiaAthens, GA | $76.0M |
| 3 | Augusta UniversityAugusta, GA | $57.4M |
| 4 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA | $51.5M |
| 5 | Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA | $28.3M |
| 6 | Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, GA | $18.3M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 139 | University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle Rock, AR | $52.5M |
| 140 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington, IN | $52.4M |
| 141 | Four Points Technology, LLCChantilly, VA | $52.1M |
| 142 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA | $51.5M |
| 143 | New York State Psychiatric InstituteNew York, NY | $51.4M |
| 144 | Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, FL | $50.1M |
| 145 | Technical Resources International, Inc.Bethesda, MD | $49.1M |
Similar universities and medical schools
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 136 | University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, HI | $54.6M |
| 137 | Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | $54.5M |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts AmherstHadley, MA | $52.7M |
| 139 | University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle Rock, AR | $52.5M |
| 140 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington, IN | $52.4M |
| 142 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA | $51.5M |
| 148 | University of OregonEugene, OR | $48.4M |
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 676603. 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.