NIH funding profile · Syracuse, NY · Higher education
SUNY Upstate Medical University NIH Funding
NIH RePORTER recipient name: Upstate Medical University
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
SUNY Upstate Medical University received $23.5M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 55 award records and 56 principal investigators. That ranks #217 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #19 in New York, up 4.0% from FY2025.
Part of State University of New York. 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
$23.5M
+4.0% vs FY2025
National rank
#217
Up 5 places from #222 vs FY2025
Rank in New York
#19
0.7% of New York NIH funding · up 1 place from #20
Awards · PIs
55
56 investigators · 12 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
SUNY Upstate Medical University received $124.0M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +8.9% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #196 (FY2023).
NIH institutes funding SUNY Upstate Medical University, FY2026
13 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Eye Institute (NEI), accounted for 15.8% of the institution's NIH funding across 10 awards.
- NEI · National Eye Institute$3.7M · 15.8%
10 awards · vs FY2025: −40.4%
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$3.6M · 15.2%
9 awards · vs FY2025: −9.4%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$3.5M · 14.9%
5 awards · vs FY2025: +95.8%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$3.3M · 13.9%
9 awards · vs FY2025: +19.1%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$2.7M · 11.6%
8 awards · vs FY2025: +35.1%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$1.6M · 6.7%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −4.8%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$1.4M · 6.0%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +43.1%
- NIAMS · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases$863K · 3.7%
1 award · vs FY2025: −34.2%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$826K · 3.5%
2 awards · vs FY2025: —
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$724K · 3.1%
1 award · vs FY2025: —
Also: NINDS $705K · NIAAA $367K · NIBIB $245K
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 68.6% of funding.
- R01-equivalent68.6% · FY22 72.7%
- Other research (R)23.0% · FY22 22.8%
- Cooperative agreements (U)3.7% · FY22 0.7%
- Contracts (N)2.0% · FY22 1.3%
- Institutional training (T)0.9% · FY22 0.0%
- Fellowships (F)0.9% · FY22 0.7%
- Career development (K)0.9% · FY22 1.8%
Top activity codes, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 30 | $15.6M | 66.4% | $521K |
| R35 | 6 | $2.7M | 11.6% | $454K |
| R21 | 3 | $1.2M | 4.9% | $385K |
| R00 | 4 | $984K | 4.2% | $246K |
| U01 | 1 | $863K | 3.7% | $863K |
| R56 | 1 | $500K | 2.1% | $500K |
| N01 | 1 | $481K | 2.0% | $481K |
| R03 | 1 | $326K | 1.4% | $326K |
| T32 | 1 | $221K | 0.9% | $221K |
| R33 | 1 | $215K | 0.9% | $215K |
| K08 | 1 | $204K | 0.9% | $204K |
| F30 | 3 | $165K | 0.7% | $55K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- SLE Treatment with N-acetylcysteine (opens NIH RePORTER)
3U01AR076092-05S1 · NIAMS
$863KU01
- Randomized controlled trial comparing nonstimulant-first vs stimulant-first strategies in treating ADHD in adults (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MH146143-01 · NIMH
$839KR01
- Blood-Brain Barrier Leakiness and Inflammation in Schizophrenia: Implications for Dopamine Alterations (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01MH143963-01 · NIMH
$807KR01
- Synaptopathy and Pathogenesis in Frontotemporal Dementia: Role of CYLD (opens NIH RePORTER)
4R01AG082478-02 · NIA
$805KR01
- From variants to mechanisms for cardiac arrhythmias (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01HL170051-05 · NHLBI
$761KR01
- Dissecting the roles of an epigenetic regulator of genes involved in synaptic plasticity and social cognition. (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01MH127423-05 · NIMH
$729KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 12 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Establishing anterior-posterior asymmetry in the left-right organizer. (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R56HD118044-01A1 · NICHD · Notice Sep 10, 2026
$500KR56
- Molecular mechanisms of outer segment renewal. (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01EY039378-01 · NEI · Notice Aug 31, 2026
$457KR01
- Harnessing β-Catenin and NK2GD to enable HLA-Independent CD8+ T Cell immunotherapy Against AML (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01CA308325-01A1 · NCI · Notice Aug 25, 2026
$724KR01
- Dose-dependent Effects of Neuromodulation on Headaches in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R03HD123642-01 · NICHD · Notice Aug 25, 2026
$326KR03
- The dengue "endgame" summit (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R13AI202924-01 · NIAID · Notice Aug 20, 2026
$15KR13
- mRNA/Lipid nanoparticle-mediated genome editing in the brain. (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R21EB040117-01 · NIBIB · Notice Aug 13, 2026
$245KR21
Other NIH-funded institutions in New York
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Columbia University (Morningside)New York, NY | $41.6M |
| 16 | Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY | $39.9M |
| 17 | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterBuffalo, NY | $38.3M |
| 18 | SUNY Downstate Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY | $23.9M |
| 19 | SUNY Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY | $23.5M |
| 20 | New York Structural Biology CenterNew York, NY | $18.3M |
| 21 | Albany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY | $18.2M |
| 22 | New York Genome CenterNew York, NY | $15.8M |
| 23 | Binghamton UniversityBinghamton, NY | $13.2M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 218 | University of Kansas LawrenceLawrence, KS | $22.8M |
| 219 | Pennington Biomedical Research CenterBaton Rouge, LA | $22.7M |
| 220 | Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO | $22.5M |
Similar universities and medical schools
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR | $24.9M |
| 215 | SUNY Downstate Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY | $23.9M |
| 217 | SUNY Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY | $23.5M |
| 218 | University of Kansas LawrenceLawrence, KS | $22.8M |
| 219 | Pennington Biomedical Research CenterBaton Rouge, LA | $22.7M |
| 220 | Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO | $22.5M |
| 221 | LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA | $21.9M |
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 5992619 (Upstate Medical University). 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.