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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research NIH Funding
NIH RePORTER recipient name: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Res
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research received $14.4M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 20 award records and 23 principal investigators. That ranks #264 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #27 in Massachusetts, up 38.2% 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
$14.4M
+38.2% vs FY2025
National rank
#264
Up 45 places from #309 vs FY2025
Rank in Massachusetts
#27
0.4% of Massachusetts NIH funding · up 5 places from #32
Awards · PIs
20
23 investigators · 5 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research received $58.2M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +25.2% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #264 (FY2026).
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | PIs | U.S. rank | MA rank | Top IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $14.4M | +38.2% | 20 | 23 | #264 | #27 | NIGMS |
| FY2025 | $10.4M | −3.5% | 23 | 26 | #309 | #32 | NIGMS |
| FY2024 | $10.8M | −1.2% | 23 | 26 | #310 | #32 | NIGMS |
| FY2023 | $11.0M | −5.0% | 21 | 24 | #305 | #28 | NIGMS |
| FY2022 | $11.5M | — | 20 | 22 | #300 | #29 | NIGMS |
NIH institutes funding Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, FY2026
8 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 49.3% of the institution's NIH funding across 8 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$7.1M · 49.3%
8 awards · vs FY2025: +80.3%
- NHGRI · National Human Genome Research Institute$2.6M · 18.2%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +0.0%
- OD · NIH Office of the Director$1.9M · 13.5%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +300.0%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$1.0M · 7.2%
3 awards · vs FY2025: +160.0%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$900K · 6.2%
1 award · vs FY2025: +35.3%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$544K · 3.8%
2 awards · vs FY2025: −39.0%
- NEI · National Eye Institute$173K · 1.2%
1 award · vs FY2025: 0.0%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$84K · 0.6%
1 award · vs FY2025: +4.9%
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 9.1% of funding.
- Other research (R)64.3% · FY22 59.6%
- Other18.9% · FY22 0.0%
- R01-equivalent9.1% · FY22 33.0%
- Career development (K)7.1% · FY22 5.5%
- Fellowships (F)0.6% · FY22 1.8%
Top activity codes, FY2026
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- Post-transcriptional gene regulation (opens NIH RePORTER)
2R35GM118135-11 · NIGMS
$3.8MR35
- Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human Disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
5RM1HG009490-10 · NHGRI
$2.5MRM1
- Leveraging cell-derived bioparticles for macromolecular delivery (opens NIH RePORTER)
4DP5OD037342-03 · OD
$1.5MDP5
- Control of host invasion by protein complexes conserved across apicomplexan parasites (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01AI197409-01 · NIAID
$900KR01
- Transcriptional regulation in mammalian cells (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R35GM144283-05 · NIGMS
$799KR35
- Molecular Analysis of Kinetochore Function (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R35GM126930-09 · NIGMS
$794KR35
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 5 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Deciphering the regulatory landscape of untranslated regions across cell types (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K99GM166795-01 · NIGMS · Notice Aug 20, 2026
$125KK99
- Project ILLUMINE - Exploiting the Dark Proteome to fight cancer (opens NIH RePORTER)
1OT2CA321158-01 · NCI · Notice Aug 5, 2026
$782KOT2
- Spatiotemporal mapping of tumor microenvironment evolution (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K99CA312749-01 · NCI · Notice Jul 7, 2026
$142KK99
- Decoding Functional Cell-Cell Communication to Uncover Cellular State Modulation, Tissue Homeostasis, and Disease Genetics (opens NIH RePORTER)
1DP5OD042638-01 · OD · Notice Feb 5, 2026
$488KDP5
Other NIH-funded institutions in Massachusetts
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.Canton, MA | $23.8M |
| 23 | Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | $20.3M |
| 24 | Joslin Diabetes CenterBoston, MA | $19.1M |
| 25 | Tufts University MedfordBoston, MA | $16.9M |
| 26 | Schepens Eye Research InstituteBoston, MA | $14.4M |
| 27 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridge, MA | $14.4M |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts LowellLowell, MA | $12.7M |
| 29 | National Bureau of Economic ResearchCambridge, MA | $12.5M |
| 30 | Ada Forsyth Institute, Inc.Somerville, MA | $10.5M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 261 | Meharry Medical CollegeNashville, TN | $14.8M |
| 262 | Translational Genomics Research InstitutePhoenix, AZ | $14.7M |
| 263 | Schepens Eye Research InstituteBoston, MA | $14.4M |
| 264 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridge, MA | $14.4M |
| 265 | Revagenix, Inc.San Mateo, CA | $14.2M |
| 266 | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchPalo Alto, CA | $14.1M |
| 267 | Arkansas Children's Research InstituteLittle Rock, AR | $13.9M |
Similar research institutes and nonprofits
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 256 | New York Genome CenterNew York, NY | $15.8M |
| 262 | Translational Genomics Research InstitutePhoenix, AZ | $14.7M |
| 263 | Schepens Eye Research InstituteBoston, MA | $14.4M |
| 264 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridge, MA | $14.4M |
| 266 | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchPalo Alto, CA | $14.1M |
| 267 | Arkansas Children's Research InstituteLittle Rock, AR | $13.9M |
| 268 | Versiti Blood Health, Inc.Milwaukee, WI | $13.4M |
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 1742101 (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Res). 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.