NIH funding profile · Baton Rouge, LA · Higher education
Louisiana State University NIH Funding
Also known as LSUNIH RePORTER recipient name: Louisiana State Univ A&M Col Baton Rouge
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Louisiana State University received $16.2M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 28 award records and 27 principal investigators. That ranks #251 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #5 in Louisiana, down 17.8% from FY2025.
Part of Louisiana State University System. See its combined NIH funding across every member NIH records separately.
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
$16.2M
−17.8% vs FY2025
National rank
#251
Down 14 places from #237 vs FY2025
Rank in Louisiana
#5
8.1% of Louisiana NIH funding · down 1 place from #4
Awards · PIs
28
27 investigators · 8 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Louisiana State University received $94.4M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved −5.3% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #231 (FY2023).
NIH institutes funding Louisiana State University, FY2026
10 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 57.8% of the institution's NIH funding across 10 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$9.4M · 57.8%
10 awards · vs FY2025: −6.3%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$3.7M · 22.9%
8 awards · vs FY2025: −20.0%
- NIDCD · National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders$929K · 5.7%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −0.3%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$441K · 2.7%
1 award · vs FY2025: −2.0%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$410K · 2.5%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
- NIAAA · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism$399K · 2.5%
1 award · vs FY2025: +0.5%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$369K · 2.3%
1 award · vs FY2025: +1.6%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$298K · 1.8%
1 award · vs FY2025: −84.0%
- NIDCR · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research$147K · 0.9%
1 award · vs FY2025: −0.1%
- NIBIB · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering$143K · 0.9%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
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 32.9% of funding.
- Centers & program projects (P)38.3% · FY22 57.0%
- R01-equivalent32.9% · FY22 23.0%
- Other research (R)26.0% · FY22 10.0%
- Cooperative agreements (U)2.8% · FY22 2.2%
- Career development (K)0.0% · FY22 1.9%
- Institutional training (T)0.0% · FY22 2.4%
- Contracts (N)0.0% · FY22 0.0%
- Other0.0% · FY22 3.5%
Top activity codes, FY2026
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P20GM103424-25 · NIGMS
$4.1MP20
- Center for Lung Biology and Disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P20GM130555-08 · NIGMS
$2.2MP20
- Small molecules for perturbing iron homeostasis in bacterial biofilms (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI169344-05 · NIAID
$737KR01
- Inflammatory Organ Injury after Pneumonia-Derived Sepsis (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI180123-03 · NIAID
$715KR01
- Regulation of neutrophil endoplasmic reticulum stress response by IRE1a (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01AI193067-01A1 · NIAID
$599KR01
- Disorder within Dialects: An Expanded Test of Tense and Agreement in Sentence Recall for Children with DLD (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01DC020434-05 · NIDCD
$516KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 8 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Ras signaling in type 1 regulatory T cell development and function during allergic airway inflammation (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AI197492-01A1 · NIAID · Notice Sep 18, 2026
$188KR21
- Contribution of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses in Rickettsia pathogenesis (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AI199678-01 · NIAID · Notice Sep 2, 2026
$219KR21
- A multiscale and multispecies approach for identifying shared mechanisms of limb and fin regeneration (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R35GM161400-01 · NIGMS · Notice Sep 1, 2026
$375KR35
- Cell-type specific excitability and molecular mechanisms of opioid seeking (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21DA064905-01 · NIDA · Notice May 11, 2026
$410KR21
- Stent-based sensor system for continuous monitoring of mechanical biomarkers during vascular diseases (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R03EB038659-01 · NIBIB · Notice Apr 17, 2026
$143KR03
- Next-generation approaches for comprehensive mapping of post-translational modification landscapes (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R35GM162512-01 · NIGMS · Notice Apr 2, 2026
$375KR35
Other NIH-funded institutions in Louisiana
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA | $99.9M |
| 2 | LSU Health New OrleansNew Orleans, LA | $26.3M |
| 3 | Pennington Biomedical Research CenterBaton Rouge, LA | $22.7M |
| 4 | LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA | $21.9M |
| 5 | Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA | $16.2M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 248 | Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.Pittsburgh, PA | $16.5M |
| 249 | The Lundquist InstituteTorrance, CA | $16.4M |
| 250 | MaineHealthPortland, ME | $16.4M |
| 251 | Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA | $16.2M |
| 252 | George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA | $16.2M |
| 253 | PsychoGenics, Inc.Paramus, NJ | $16.1M |
| 254 | SRI InternationalMenlo Park, CA | $16.0M |
Similar universities and medical schools
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 243 | Texas Engineering Experiment StationCollege Station, TX | $17.2M |
| 244 | University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM | $17.1M |
| 245 | Tufts University MedfordBoston, MA | $16.9M |
| 246 | University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX | $16.9M |
| 251 | Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA | $16.2M |
| 252 | George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA | $16.2M |
| 258 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterLubbock, TX | $15.5M |
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 577907 (Louisiana State Univ A&M Col Baton Rouge). 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.