NIH funding across 16 recipients · Massachusetts

Harvard NIH Funding

Harvard University

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

Harvard University and its affiliates received $2.04B in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 3,139 award records at 16 NIH recipients, down 1.3% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #1 nationally. Harvard University schools received $317.9M of that (#30 if combined), and affiliates the other $1.72B.

NIH records Harvard's schools and each Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospital and research institute as separate recipients. The affiliates are independent organizations whose faculty hold Harvard appointments, so they are totaled separately from Harvard's own schools. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is an independent nonprofit and is not included.

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

$2.04B

−1.3% vs FY2025

Combined rank

#1

If counted as one NIH recipient · #1 in FY2025

Largest member

31%

Massachusetts General Hospital, $637.8M

Awards · new projects

3,139

700 new Type 1 projects in FY2026

Harvard NIH funding by institution, FY2026

NIH records each of these organizations as its own recipient. Ranks are each member's own national rank; follow a name for its full profile.

Harvard University schools

Harvard University schools NIH funding, FY2026
InstitutionFY2026U.S. rank
Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA$143.2M#63
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthBoston, MA$100.6M#85
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA$74.2M#110
Subtotal$317.9M

Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals and institutes

Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals and institutes NIH funding, FY2026
InstitutionFY2026U.S. rank
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA$637.8M#9
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, MA$381.4M#22
Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA$264.0M#38
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA$169.7M#57
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA$141.3M#64
Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBoston, MA$42.0M#162
McLean HospitalBelmont, MA$31.4M#186
Joslin Diabetes CenterBoston, MA$19.1M#233
Schepens Eye Research InstituteBoston, MA$14.4M#263
Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalCharlestown, MA$7.5M#353
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for AgedBoston, MA$7.1M#364
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA$1.6M#744
Judge Baker Children's CenterBoston, MA$403K#1771
Subtotal$1.72B

Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026

The group received $10.30B in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +3.8% from FY2022 to FY2026.

Harvard University combined NIH funding and rank by fiscal year
YearFundingAwardsCombined rank
FY2026$2.04B3,139#1
FY2025$2.06B3,316#1
FY2024$2.09B3,548#1
FY2023$2.15B3,580#1
FY2022$1.96B3,528#1

NIH institutes funding Harvard, FY2026

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) administered the most, $314.7M across 484 awards.

  1. NCI$314.7M · 15.5%

    484 awards · vs FY2025: −6.8%

  2. NIAID$280.4M · 13.8%

    364 awards · vs FY2025: +3.5%

  3. NHLBI$234.3M · 11.5%

    378 awards · vs FY2025: −4.1%

  4. NINDS$228.0M · 11.2%

    278 awards · vs FY2025: +4.5%

  5. NIA$187.4M · 9.2%

    277 awards · vs FY2025: −0.1%

  6. NIDDK$137.2M · 6.7%

    243 awards · vs FY2025: −0.8%

  7. NIMH$120.6M · 5.9%

    195 awards · vs FY2025: +3.1%

  8. NICHD$81.9M · 4.0%

    140 awards · vs FY2025: +3.1%

  9. NIGMS$72.1M · 3.5%

    146 awards · vs FY2025: +2.2%

  10. NIAMS$54.1M · 2.7%

    95 awards · vs FY2025: +14.4%

Also: NIBIB $51.2M · NEI $45.4M · NIDA $41.5M · NIDCD $36.3M · NHGRI $25.8M · NCATS $25.2M · OD $21.7M · NIEHS $20.3M · NCCIH $16.6M · NIDCR $12.7M · NIMHD $10.1M · NIAAA $8.3M · FIC $4.4M · NLM $3.5M · NINR $1.9M

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 56.4% of funding.

  • R01-equivalent56.4% · FY22 53.3%
  • Cooperative agreements (U)16.4% · FY22 16.6%
  • Other research (R)9.2% · FY22 9.9%
  • Centers & program projects (P)7.9% · FY22 9.0%
  • Career development (K)4.6% · FY22 4.9%
  • Other2.8% · FY22 2.1%
  • Institutional training (T)2.1% · FY22 2.6%
  • Fellowships (F)0.3% · FY22 0.5%
  • Contracts (N)0.3% · FY22 1.0%

Top activity codes across Harvard, FY2026

Harvard University NIH funding by activity code, fiscal year 2026
CodeAwardsFunding
R011,538$1.06B
U0195$95.9M
P0138$84.7M
R35115$77.1M
UM114$70.2M
U1915$48.0M
R21130$43.1M
T3284$41.2M
OT217$38.4M
P3017$36.1M
P5017$34.3M
RF114$33.1M

Largest FY2026 awards

The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.

Recently started projects

Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.

Other university and health systems

About these numbers

Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See our data methodology.

  • Which organizationsGotGrant groups these NIH recipient organization codes by hand. NIH does not publish system totals, so other sources may draw the boundary differently.
  • Combined rankWhere the group's total would place among individual NIH recipients outside the group. NIH itself ranks each recipient separately.
  • No double countingEach award has one prime recipient, so member totals add up without overlap. Subawards stay with the prime recipient, and subprojects of multi-project awards are excluded.
  • What is countedTotal award amount (direct plus indirect) obligated in each fiscal year, excluding intramural research and interagency agreements.

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