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Wistar Institute NIH Funding

Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards

Wistar Institute received $48.9M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 52 award records and 45 principal investigators. That ranks #147 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #9 in Pennsylvania, up 20.4% 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

$48.9M

+20.4% vs FY2025

National rank

#147

Up 18 places from #165 vs FY2025

Rank in Pennsylvania

#9

2.2% of Pennsylvania NIH funding

Awards · PIs

52

45 investigators · 16 new projects

NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026

Wistar Institute received $214.8M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +9.2% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #147 (FY2026).

Wistar Institute NIH funding, awards, investigators, and rank by fiscal year
YearFundingAwardsU.S. rank
FY2026$48.9M52#147
FY2025$40.6M47#165
FY2024$38.2M50#168
FY2023$42.3M52#165
FY2022$44.8M66#156

NIH institutes funding Wistar Institute, FY2026

6 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), accounted for 51.2% of the institution's NIH funding across 18 awards.

  1. NIAID$25.0M · 51.2%

    18 awards · vs FY2025: +45.1%

  2. NCI$18.0M · 36.8%

    22 awards · vs FY2025: −7.4%

  3. NIGMS$3.6M · 7.3%

    7 awards · vs FY2025: +228.5%

  4. NINDS$1.5M · 3.1%

    3 awards · vs FY2025: +3.4%

  5. NLM$409K · 0.8%

    1 award · vs FY2025: −1.0%

  6. NIDCR$365K · 0.7%

    1 award · vs FY2025: 0.0%

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 40.9% of funding.

  • R01-equivalent40.9% · FY22 52.2%
  • Cooperative agreements (U)33.8% · FY22 14.4%
  • Centers & program projects (P)12.6% · FY22 22.6%
  • Other research (R)11.6% · FY22 8.1%
  • Institutional training (T)0.7% · FY22 1.2%
  • Career development (K)0.3% · FY22 0.2%
  • Other0.0% · FY22 1.3%

Top activity codes, FY2026

Wistar Institute NIH funding by activity code, fiscal year 2026
CodeAwardsFunding
R0128$19.4M
UM12$9.0M
U191$6.3M
P012$3.3M
R356$3.0M
P301$2.9M
R214$1.8M
U541$1.3M
R371$567K
R002$498K
R502$431K
T321$352K

Largest FY2026 awards

The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.

Recently started projects

The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 16 new projects NIH funded here this year.

Other NIH-funded institutions in Pennsylvania

NIH funding rank among Pennsylvania institutions, FY2026
#InstitutionFunding
5Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA$83.5M
6Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$70.0M
7Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$61.5M
8Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$54.5M
9Wistar InstitutePhiladelphia, PA$48.9M
10NRG Oncology Foundation, Inc.Philadelphia, PA$32.4M
11ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$30.3M
12Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia, PA$28.6M
13Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA$28.2M
NIH funding in Pennsylvania: all institutions

Nearby in the national ranking

Institutions ranked near Wistar Institute nationally, FY2026
#InstitutionFunding
144Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, FL$50.1M
145Technical Resources International, Inc.Bethesda, MD$49.1M
146Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteLa Jolla, CA$49.1M
147Wistar InstitutePhiladelphia, PA$48.9M
148University of OregonEugene, OR$48.4M
149Northern California Institute for Research and EducationSan Francisco, CA$47.0M
150University of DelawareNewark, DE$46.9M
Full FY2026 NIH funding ranking

Similar research institutes and nonprofits

research institutes and nonprofits ranked near Wistar Institute, FY2026
#InstitutionFunding
144Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, FL$50.1M
146Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteLa Jolla, CA$49.1M
147Wistar InstitutePhiladelphia, PA$48.9M
149Northern California Institute for Research and EducationSan Francisco, CA$47.0M
151Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchManhasset, NY$46.6M
155Gladstone InstitutesSan Francisco, CA$45.4M
160Houston Methodist Research InstituteHouston, TX$42.8M
Top NIH-funded research institutes and nonprofits

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 9340401. 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.

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