NIH funding profile · Santa Monica, CA · Research institute
RAND Corporation NIH Funding
NIH RePORTER recipient name: Rand Corporation
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
RAND Corporation received $29.3M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 42 award records and 52 principal investigators. That ranks #192 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #23 in California, down 17.4% 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
−17.4% vs FY2025
National rank
#192
Down 17 places from #175 vs FY2025
Rank in California
#23
0.6% of California NIH funding · down 1 place from #22
Awards · PIs
42
52 investigators · 13 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
RAND Corporation received $168.0M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved −16.1% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #172 (FY2024).
NIH institutes funding RAND Corporation, FY2026
10 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), accounted for 22.1% of the institution's NIH funding across 12 awards.
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$6.5M · 22.1%
12 awards · vs FY2025: −4.5%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$6.3M · 21.5%
6 awards · vs FY2025: +40.5%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$5.8M · 19.8%
5 awards · vs FY2025: −23.0%
- NIMHD · National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities$4.1M · 13.8%
6 awards · vs FY2025: −3.2%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$1.9M · 6.6%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +55.1%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$1.5M · 5.0%
5 awards · vs FY2025: −20.3%
- NIAAA · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism$1.4M · 4.6%
2 awards · vs FY2025: −28.8%
- NCCIH · National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health$758K · 2.6%
1 award · vs FY2025: −79.7%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$631K · 2.2%
1 award · vs FY2025: −3.4%
- NEI · National Eye Institute$510K · 1.7%
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 75.9% of funding.
- R01-equivalent75.9% · FY22 80.9%
- Other research (R)10.1% · FY22 6.6%
- Centers & program projects (P)9.2% · FY22 4.1%
- Other4.0% · FY22 0.0%
- Career development (K)0.7% · FY22 0.9%
- Cooperative agreements (U)0.0% · FY22 6.9%
- Institutional training (T)0.0% · FY22 0.5%
Top activity codes, FY2026
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Center to Advance Research Excellence (OPTIC) (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P50DA046351-09 · NIDA
$2.7MP50
- Access to Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in the Medicare Population (opens NIH RePORTER)
4RF1AG088646-02 · NIA
$2.2MRF1
- Partnering to Achieve Wellness for Native Americans through Indigenous Knowledge (PAWNIK) (opens NIH RePORTER)
3OT2DA061064-01S2 · NIDA
$1.2MOT2
- Eat, Pray, Move: A Faith Community-level Intervention to Prevent Obesity among Black and Latino Adults (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MD020674-01 · NIMHD
$1.1MR01
$950KR01
- Availability of Telehealth-Delivered Buprenorphine Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Study (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01DA063704-01A1 · NIDA
$873KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 13 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Feasibility Study to Increase use of non-Pharmacological Therapies for Chronic Low Back Pain (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R34AT013845-01 · NCCIH · Notice Sep 16, 2026
$758KR34
- Public Health Insurance and Mortality Among People with Disabilities (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MD020402-01A1 · NIMHD · Notice Sep 1, 2026
$585KR01
- Implementing an evidence-based alcohol use and sexual risk intervention in young adult homeless service settings (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01AA033407-01 · NIAAA · Notice Aug 25, 2026
$731KR01
- Improving Sleep and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescents with Early Life Adversity: A Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R34MH141488-01 · NIMH · Notice Aug 19, 2026
$793KR34
- Decentralization and Scale-Up of Integrated Chronic Care Clinics in Malawi: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MH139372-01A1 · NIMH · Notice Aug 18, 2026
$677KR01
- Health Care Worker Violence and Impacts on Health of Institutionalized ADRD Patients (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01AG100925-01 · NIA · Notice Aug 11, 2026
$810KR01
Other NIH-funded institutions in California
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA | $37.9M |
| 20 | University of California, RiversideRiverside, CA | $36.9M |
| 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 |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 189 | ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research FoundationPhiladelphia, PA | $30.3M |
| 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 |
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 6856101 (Rand Corporation). 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.