NIH funding profile · Berkeley, CA · Nonprofit
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NIH Funding
Also known as Berkeley LabNIH RePORTER recipient name: University of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received $24.7M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 25 award records and 25 principal investigators. That ranks #214 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #25 in California, up 11.2% 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
$24.7M
+11.2% vs FY2025
National rank
#214
Up 9 places from #223 vs FY2025
Rank in California
#25
0.5% of California NIH funding · up 3 places from #28
Awards · PIs
25
25 investigators · 9 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received $112.2M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +20.3% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #214 (FY2026).
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | PIs | U.S. rank | CA rank | Top IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $24.7M | +11.2% | 25 | 25 | #214 | #25 | NIGMS |
| FY2025 | $22.3M | +2.3% | 26 | 20 | #223 | #28 | NIGMS |
| FY2024 | $21.7M | −5.2% | 25 | 22 | #225 | #28 | NIGMS |
| FY2023 | $22.9M | +11.6% | 26 | 20 | #222 | #28 | NIGMS |
| FY2022 | $20.6M | — | 25 | 20 | #233 | #30 | NIGMS |
NIH institutes funding Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, FY2026
12 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 34.5% of the institution's NIH funding across 11 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$8.5M · 34.5%
11 awards · vs FY2025: −12.2%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$3.6M · 14.6%
1 award · vs FY2025: +18.8%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$3.3M · 13.3%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +266.5%
- NIDCR · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research$2.5M · 10.2%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +68.3%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$2.1M · 8.3%
1 award · vs FY2025: +174.5%
- NHGRI · National Human Genome Research Institute$1.4M · 5.7%
1 award · vs FY2025: 0.0%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$817K · 3.3%
1 award · vs FY2025: 0.0%
- OD · NIH Office of the Director$802K · 3.2%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$651K · 2.6%
2 awards · vs FY2025: −50.6%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$493K · 2.0%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
Also: NIBIB $312K · NIAID $198K
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 38.4% of funding.
- R01-equivalent38.4% · FY22 52.0%
- Other research (R)31.4% · FY22 11.6%
- Centers & program projects (P)23.8% · FY22 30.6%
- Cooperative agreements (U)5.6% · FY22 5.7%
- Fellowships (F)0.7% · FY22 0.0%
Top activity codes, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 8 | $9.5M | 38.4% | $1.2M |
| P01 | 1 | $3.6M | 14.6% | $3.6M |
| R24 | 3 | $3.6M | 14.5% | $1.2M |
| R35 | 4 | $2.5M | 10.1% | $623K |
| P30 | 1 | $2.3M | 9.2% | $2.3M |
| U01 | 1 | $1.4M | 5.6% | $1.4M |
| R21 | 3 | $1.0M | 4.2% | $350K |
| R50 | 1 | $389K | 1.6% | $389K |
| R03 | 1 | $262K | 1.1% | $262K |
| F32 | 2 | $166K | 0.7% | $83K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Structural Cell Biology of DNA Repair Machine (opens NIH RePORTER)
2P01CA092584-26 · NCI
$3.6MP01
- Neural and Biochemical Mechanisms of Cognitive Aging (opens NIH RePORTER)
4R01AG034570-13 · NIA
$2.8MR01
- ALS Efficiently Networking Advanced Beam Line Experiments (ALS-ENABLE) (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P30GM124169-10 · NIGMS
$2.3MP30
- Deciphering the Enhancer Landscape and Regulatory Code of Heart Development at Single-Cell Resolution (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01HL183978-01 · NHLBI
$2.1MR01
- Phenix: providing high quality software to the research community for crystallography and cryo-EM (opens NIH RePORTER)
2R24GM141254-06 · NIGMS
$1.6MR24
- Functionally Assessing Transcriptional Enhancers In Vivo (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01HG003988-21 · NHGRI
$1.4MR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 9 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Accelerating Discovery in Neuroscience By Developing User-Friendly, Sustainable Software and Integrating Data Science Frameworks (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R50NS148159-01 · NINDS · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$389KR50
- A[18F]3F4AP PET measure of myelin/axonal integrity in aging and Alzheimer's disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AG104259-01 · NIA · Notice Sep 9, 2026
$538KR21
- Application of the SPREAD method to XFEL serial crystallography for the spatial and temporal resolution of metalloenzyme electronic structures (opens NIH RePORTER)
1F32GM161078-01A1 · NIGMS · Notice Aug 12, 2026
$76KF32
- An explainable AI platform integrating diverse data for enhancing rigor, reproducibility, and translatability of animal research (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R24OD039947-01 · OD · Notice Jul 10, 2026
$802KR24
- Enabling time resolved studies of small molecule-protein interactions with pharmacological relevance using serial crystallography (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R35GM164093-01 · NIGMS · Notice Jun 18, 2026
$662KR35
- Exploiting time-of-flight in photon cascade emissions for direct imaging of therapeutic radionuclides (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21EB037871-01A1 · NIBIB · Notice Jun 2, 2026
$312KR21
Other NIH-funded institutions in California
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA | $36.4M |
| 22 | La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyLa Jolla, CA | $33.9M |
| 23 | RAND CorporationSanta Monica, CA | $29.3M |
| 24 | Children's Hospital Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $27.1M |
| 25 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley, CA | $24.7M |
| 26 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | $18.3M |
| 27 | The Lundquist InstituteTorrance, CA | $16.4M |
| 28 | SRI InternationalMenlo Park, CA | $16.0M |
| 29 | California Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteSan Francisco, CA | $15.7M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR | $24.9M |
| 212 | American Type Culture CollectionManassas, VA | $24.8M |
| 213 | Jaeb Center for Health Research, Inc.Tampa, FL | $24.8M |
| 214 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley, CA | $24.7M |
| 215 | SUNY Downstate Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY | $23.9M |
| 216 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.Canton, MA | $23.8M |
| 217 | SUNY Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY | $23.5M |
Similar research institutes and nonprofits
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 205 | Banner HealthPhoenix, AZ | $26.6M |
| 210 | Van Andel InstituteGrand Rapids, MI | $25.3M |
| 212 | American Type Culture CollectionManassas, VA | $24.8M |
| 213 | Jaeb Center for Health Research, Inc.Tampa, FL | $24.8M |
| 214 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley, CA | $24.7M |
| 216 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.Canton, MA | $23.8M |
| 222 | Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy KriegerBaltimore, MD | $21.8M |
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 577512 (University of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab). 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.