NIH funding profile · Ames, IA · Higher education
Iowa State University NIH Funding
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Iowa State University received $18.3M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 45 award records and 49 principal investigators. That ranks #239 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #2 in Iowa, up 5.5% 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
$18.3M
+5.5% vs FY2025
National rank
#239
Up 9 places from #248 vs FY2025
Rank in Iowa
#2
9.2% of Iowa NIH funding
Awards · PIs
45
49 investigators · 14 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Iowa State University received $92.2M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved −5.6% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #236 (FY2023).
NIH institutes funding Iowa State University, FY2026
14 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 31.0% of the institution's NIH funding across 17 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$5.7M · 31.0%
17 awards · vs FY2025: +4.1%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$4.1M · 22.3%
9 awards · vs FY2025: +3.0%
- OD · NIH Office of the Director$1.9M · 10.2%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −5.1%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$1.3M · 7.0%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −11.6%
- NIBIB · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering$876K · 4.8%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +87.4%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$828K · 4.5%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +17.5%
- NIEHS · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences$758K · 4.1%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$636K · 3.5%
1 award · vs FY2025: −4.2%
- NINR · National Institute of Nursing Research$625K · 3.4%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$429K · 2.3%
1 award · vs FY2025: −0.9%
Also: NICHD $416K · NHLBI $365K · NIDCR $249K · NCI $226K
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 50.7% of funding.
- R01-equivalent50.7% · FY22 47.3%
- Other research (R)48.4% · FY22 42.2%
- Career development (K)0.7% · FY22 0.6%
- Fellowships (F)0.2% · FY22 0.4%
- Cooperative agreements (U)0.0% · FY22 3.9%
- Institutional training (T)0.0% · FY22 0.3%
- Other0.0% · FY22 5.3%
Top activity codes, FY2026
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Conditional genetics and precision genome editing resources for Zebrafish (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R24OD036201-03 · OD
$982KR24
- Investigating ovotoxic mechanisms of PFAS (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01ES038580-01 · NIEHS
$758KR01
- Developing second generation SCID pig models: filling the gaps to improve translation of therapeutics in regenerative medicine (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R24OD028748-06 · OD
$756KR24
- Mosquito extracellular vesicles in malaria parasite killing and immune priming (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI182256-02 · NIAID
$692KR01
- Preventing Substance Use Among Youth in Foster Care Through Collaborative Court Appointed Special Advocates(CASA) Brief Intervention (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01DA061172-02 · NIDA
$636KR01
- Influence of prostaglandin E2 on insect innate immune function (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI177540-02 · NIAID
$633KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 14 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Role of the lncRNA BCAR4 in Trophoblast Differentiation (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21HD123893-01 · NICHD · Notice Sep 14, 2026
$416KR21
- A Modular Synthetic Platform for Design of Bottromycin Antibiotics (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AI202333-01 · NIAID · Notice Sep 1, 2026
$384KR21
- Next generation ultra-compact, wireless photoacoustic imaging withnanosecond pulsed, battery driven light emitting diodes (LEDs) (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21EB040099-01 · NIBIB · Notice Aug 14, 2026
$216KR21
- Unlock the potential of leucine rich repeats as therapeutic drugs (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R37CA299228-01A1 · NCI · Notice Jul 31, 2026
$226KR37
- ST3P: A lifestyle walking intervention to improve blood pressure and vascular health in rural cancer survivors (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01NR022294-01 · NINR · Notice Jul 22, 2026
$625KR01
- Defining substrate recognition and regulation of multidrug transporters to overcome chemotherapy resistance (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R35GM166048-01 · NIGMS · Notice Jul 21, 2026
$395KR35
Other NIH-funded institutions in Iowa
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of IowaIowa City, IA | $172.7M |
| 2 | Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA | $18.3M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 236 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | $18.3M |
| 237 | Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, GA | $18.3M |
| 238 | New York Structural Biology CenterNew York, NY | $18.3M |
| 239 | Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA | $18.3M |
| 240 | Alliance NCTN FoundationChicago, IL | $18.2M |
| 241 | Albany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY | $18.2M |
| 242 | Dell Federal Systems L.P.Round Rock, TX | $18.1M |
Similar universities and medical schools
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 235 | Clemson UniversityClemson, SC | $18.7M |
| 236 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | $18.3M |
| 237 | Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, GA | $18.3M |
| 239 | Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA | $18.3M |
| 241 | Albany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY | $18.2M |
| 243 | Texas Engineering Experiment StationCollege Station, TX | $17.2M |
| 244 | University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM | $17.1M |
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 3974801. 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.