NIH funding profile · Newark, NJ · Higher education
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences NIH Funding
Also known as RBHS
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences received $212.1M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 378 award records and 366 principal investigators. That ranks #43 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #1 in New Jersey, down 0.5% from FY2025.
Part of Rutgers University. 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
$212.1M
−0.5% vs FY2025
National rank
#43
Up 2 places from #45 vs FY2025
Rank in New Jersey
#1
47.7% of New Jersey NIH funding
Awards · PIs
378
366 investigators · 96 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences received $846.7M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +308.7% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #43 (FY2026).
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | PIs | U.S. rank | NJ rank | Top IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $212.1M | −0.5% | 378 | 366 | #43 | #1 | NCI |
| FY2025 | $213.1M | +14.9% | 385 | 361 | #45 | #1 | NIAID |
| FY2024 | $185.5M | +0.8% | 351 | 331 | #54 | #1 | NIAID |
| FY2023 | $184.1M | +254.7% | 346 | 302 | #53 | #1 | NIAID |
| FY2022 | $51.9M | — | 95 | 107 | #143 | #3 | NIAID |
NIH institutes funding Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, FY2026
23 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), accounted for 19.4% of the institution's NIH funding across 64 awards.
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$41.1M · 19.4%
64 awards · vs FY2025: +12.8%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$39.5M · 18.6%
56 awards · vs FY2025: −8.7%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$15.1M · 7.1%
31 awards · vs FY2025: +5.4%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$14.3M · 6.7%
31 awards · vs FY2025: −1.3%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$13.8M · 6.5%
23 awards · vs FY2025: +52.4%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$13.0M · 6.1%
21 awards · vs FY2025: +101.7%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$12.5M · 5.9%
25 awards · vs FY2025: +32.8%
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$12.0M · 5.7%
27 awards · vs FY2025: −11.5%
- NIEHS · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences$10.3M · 4.8%
21 awards · vs FY2025: −27.8%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$9.5M · 4.5%
24 awards · vs FY2025: −21.0%
Also: NIMH $8.1M · NCATS $6.9M · NIMHD $4.1M · OD $2.8M · NIAAA $2.2M · NIDCR $2.0M · NIAMS $1.7M · NIDCD $1.5M · NCCIH $642K · NINR $413K · NLM $353K · NEI $222K · FIC $181K
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 63.2% of funding.
- R01-equivalent63.2% · FY22 62.1%
- Cooperative agreements (U)14.2% · FY22 17.6%
- Other research (R)14.0% · FY22 7.1%
- Career development (K)2.8% · FY22 3.5%
- Centers & program projects (P)2.7% · FY22 9.2%
- Other1.1% · FY22 0.0%
- Institutional training (T)1.1% · FY22 0.0%
- Contracts (N)0.4% · FY22 0.0%
- Fellowships (F)0.4% · FY22 0.6%
Top activity codes, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 200 | $120.3M | 56.7% | $602K |
| U01 | 8 | $12.3M | 5.8% | $1.5M |
| RF1 | 6 | $11.0M | 5.2% | $1.8M |
| R35 | 17 | $7.6M | 3.6% | $448K |
| R21 | 23 | $7.0M | 3.3% | $302K |
| R00 | 29 | $6.9M | 3.3% | $238K |
| P30 | 3 | $5.7M | 2.7% | $1.9M |
| UM1 | 1 | $5.6M | 2.6% | $5.6M |
| UH3 | 3 | $4.0M | 1.9% | $1.3M |
| UC7 | 1 | $3.8M | 1.8% | $3.8M |
| R37 | 5 | $2.8M | 1.3% | $554K |
| U45 | 1 | $2.2M | 1.1% | $2.2M |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey (opens NIH RePORTER)
5UM1TR004789-03 · NCATS
$5.6MUM1
- TB-RICC 3.0 (opens NIH RePORTER)
5U01AI174268-04 · NIAID
$3.9MU01
- Resources, Workforce Development, and Animal Models for the Rutgers RBL (opens NIH RePORTER)
5UC7AI180307-04 · NIAID
$3.8MUC7
- Rutgers Center of Excellence in Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco (opens NIH RePORTER)
5U01CA278695-04 · NCI
$3.8MU01
- Using real-world data to inform the epidemiology of cardiometabolic conditions and their treatment among older adults with HIV (opens NIH RePORTER)
1RF1AG099751-01 · NIA
$3.7MRF1
- Cancer Center Support Grant (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P30CA072720-27 · NCI
$3.5MP30
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 96 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Stem- and Paneth cell-specific CD74 functions control gut immune responses (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01DK148717-01 · NIDDK · Notice Sep 29, 2026
$780KR01
- Multisensory decision-making under conditions of normal hearing and hearing loss (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21DC023000-01A1 · NIDCD · Notice Sep 19, 2026
$432KR21
- Optimizing lung cancer interventions in a dynamic landscape for tobacco use, early detection, treatment, and survivorship care (opens NIH RePORTER)
1U01CA319217-01 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$1.4MU01
- Playing it Safe in the Sun: A Parent-focused, Social Media-delivered Intervention to Improve Sun Safety for Young Children (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01CA311039-01 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$674KR01
- Physiological and Pathological Insights into TREM2-CTF Cleavage by γ-Secretase in Alzheimer’s Disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K99AG097938-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 11, 2026
$126KK99
- Opioids promote wound healing in vesicant induced skin injury (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21AR087357-01 · NIAMS · Notice Sep 10, 2026
$432KR21
Other NIH-funded institutions in New Jersey
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesNewark, NJ | $212.1M |
| 2 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | $64.6M |
| 3 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyPiscataway, NJ | $43.3M |
| 4 | Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ | $40.0M |
| 5 | PsychoGenics, Inc.Paramus, NJ | $16.1M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA | $237.1M |
| 41 | Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer ResearchNew York, NY | $231.1M |
| 42 | University of California, IrvineIrvine, CA | $225.1M |
| 43 | Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesNewark, NJ | $212.1M |
| 44 | Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | $202.9M |
| 45 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX | $201.8M |
| 46 | University of Maryland, BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | $199.4M |
Similar universities and medical schools
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | Indiana University IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN | $251.9M |
| 40 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA | $237.1M |
| 42 | University of California, IrvineIrvine, CA | $225.1M |
| 43 | Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesNewark, NJ | $212.1M |
| 46 | University of Maryland, BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | $199.4M |
| 47 | University of RochesterRochester, NY | $197.5M |
| 48 | Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY | $191.0M |
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 10034168. 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.